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It is with great pride, humility and deep appreciation that we are sharing with our blog-followers that Chicago Corrosion Group was recently awarded the contract to provide a comprehensive assessment of the Crown Fountain. The work is a collegial collaboration among CCG, Millennium Park...
"A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done" - Dwight D. Eisenhower Before we get started, let me be crystal clear - I take corrosion mitigation, material selection, failure analysis and everything CCG does...
About 25 years ago, I was involved in the lining of several underground diesel fuel storage tanks. They weren’t just any storage tanks. They measured roughly 60’ square and 15’ tall – and were made of 1” thick steel. They were built into the foundation...
A primer* on better coating practices and a better life * yes, indeed, pun intended I’ve just finished reading a thought-provoking book called, “Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts” by Annie Duke. The gist of the book is that playing world-class...
Just this past summer, one of the largest health care insurance companies in the world called me out to look at a large, concrete basin that had been coated several years prior. The coating, a polyurea that had been applied between 40 and 80 mils,...
Fate is fickle, and it knows no bounds. Such is the case with an underground storage tank (UST) facility hidden in the Red Hills of Pearl Harbor, which is still in operation after more than 75 since the infamous events that lend to its namesake. These USTs...
“Temperature: friend or foe?” We received an urgent call from a client several weeks ago. A critical process tank was forced out of service. Engineers and contractors were working around the clock on the tank and other associated systems, as needed to get it back into...
“How my big, fat head momentarily got in the way of serving our client” Our firm spends most of its time helping companies determine optimal solutions for corrosion mitigation which is often, but not always, optimal coating/material identification. This summer was no different. One of the largest...
“It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics,” George Bernard Shaw So let’s start with the numbers: Weight: 40,000 tons. Roughly the weight of 3 Eiffel Towers, 107 fully loaded 747s or the USS Missouri battleship. Height: 590 feet tall. Roughly...
I think a lot. I’m not boasting. I’m lamenting. I have a mild case of attention deficit disorder (ADD). For me, staying focused on an idea is a lot like trying to catch a canary. Picture a fluttering, yellow canary in a living room. Every once...