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Steel Bridge Shop Painting Issues and Answers: The FDOT Experience

Steel Bridge Shop Painting Issues and Answers: The FDOT Experience
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The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) spends over $50 million in steel bridge fabrication and shop painting annually.  According to a recent Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) sponsored study by Appleman, approximately 7% of the cost of a steel bridge is budgeted for blast cleaning and primer application in most shops.  FDOT knows that proper surface preparation and primer application are the best ways to assure long-term corrosion protection.  

Product Number: 41206-289-SG
Author: Steve Duke, Linda Houk, Ernst Toussaint, Douglas Reardon, William Wallhausser
Publication Date: 2006
Industries: Coatings , Corrosion Monitoring and Control
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The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) spends over $50 million in steel bridge fabrication and shop painting annually.  According to a recent Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) sponsored study by Appleman, approximately 7% of the cost of a steel bridge is budgeted for blast cleaning and primer application in most shops.  FDOT knows that proper surface preparation and primer application are the best ways to assure long-term corrosion protection.  To that end, FDOT has created a system whereby shops are qualified in accordance with the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) Shop Certification Program (SCP), and its fabricators are required to have the coveted designation as SSPC: The Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC) Painting Contractor Certification Programs (PCCP) Quality Procedure Three (SSPC-QP 3) Certification or the AISC Sophisticated Paint Endorsement (SPE).  Only coating systems which have passed through the National Transportation Product Evaluation Program (NETPEP) testing protocol and met the FDOT criteria are specified. 

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) spends over $50 million in steel bridge fabrication and shop painting annually.  According to a recent Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) sponsored study by Appleman, approximately 7% of the cost of a steel bridge is budgeted for blast cleaning and primer application in most shops.  FDOT knows that proper surface preparation and primer application are the best ways to assure long-term corrosion protection.  To that end, FDOT has created a system whereby shops are qualified in accordance with the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) Shop Certification Program (SCP), and its fabricators are required to have the coveted designation as SSPC: The Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC) Painting Contractor Certification Programs (PCCP) Quality Procedure Three (SSPC-QP 3) Certification or the AISC Sophisticated Paint Endorsement (SPE).  Only coating systems which have passed through the National Transportation Product Evaluation Program (NETPEP) testing protocol and met the FDOT criteria are specified. 

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