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“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...
We were honored to have The Chief Association run this piece about the Calder Flamingo. About 5 years ago, CCG was hired to manage all of the QA/QC work on the painting of the famed Calder Flamingo. Read the details here: https://chiefengineer.org/?p=20962...
One of the benefits, and pleasures, of providing highly technical, vendor-neutral corrosion mitigation and optimal material selection consulting, is that we stumble upon new products all the time. CCG is fortunate to work in a variety of spaces. In the past month, we’ve remediated a failed...
I've been immersed (pun intended) in the coating industry for decades. I've installed, specified and inspected hundreds of different types of paint and coating systems. And I've heard the arguments for multiple-coat systems and single-coat systems. Clearly, in many cases, a multiple-coat system is intuitively...
I was recently inspecting a 250' diameter, floating roof waste water treatment tank. The interior coating on the walls of the tank appeared to be, in many places, intact. In other places, it exhibited blistering, with liquid underneath. But to my surprise, when I chipped...
For those of you who follow my writing at all, you’ll know I’m obsessed with coatings, family, and martial arts. What they all have in common is that they’re difficult to manage and are technically challenging. When teaching combat Jiu Jitsu, I try to be lenient...
Blog post originally posted on www.PaintSquare.com I can think of few corrosion protective materials more durable, functional and versatile than lead. Setting aside the health issues for a moment, the history of lead is truly remarkable—like the Swiss Army Knife of materials. Discovered about 3,000 BC, lead was...
For nearly 30 years, I’ve watched, fascinated, as technology in the coatings industry has advanced. The best minds in the business have brought us intumescents, optically activated pigmented coatings, nanotechnology, flouropolymers, flexible ceramics, self-healing coatings, and materials smarter than we are. Testing equipment today is remarkable in...