This paper presents two case studies where proper and thorough coating inspection at the blast & coating shop level would have avoided coating failures that caused incredible headaches, project delays and millions of dollars of unnecessary remedial repairs and legal costs. It details how the lack of Certified Coating Inspection oversight at the shop coating level, can, and has, caused massive and incredibly costly failures. Failures that are sometimes impossible to fully rectify. Failures that were completely avoidable. This paper will show how owners were left with no choice but to accept quality that was far less than they paid for, due to logistics and project deadlines.

Subject
Abrasive blasting, Primers, Coating performance, Coating inspection, Coatings, Specifications, Quality assurance, Inspection, Surface preparation, Steel, Quality control, Contractors, Coating defects
Keywords:
Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Inspection, coatings, linings, quality, failure analysis
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