On April 4, 1994 the Cleveland Indians will begin the 1994 baseball season in their new home. The $392 Million stadium has been under construction since the spring of 1992. During the past 18 months there have been numerous challenges presented to all parties with respect to the construction schedule and the protective coating system applied to the 10,000 tons of structural steel.

It is estimated that approximately 75% of the structural steel will be architecturally exposed. The coating system; therefore, will be providing long term corrosion protection as well as an aesthetically pleasing appearance.

A great deal of time and effort was devoted to designing a specification for the painting of the structural steel for this project. This paper presents a series of suggestions regarding items to include in a project paint specification. Many of these suggestions are made because they proved to be effective on this project. Others are made as a result of looking back at how some of the problems could possibly have been avoided.

Subject
Coating repair, Primers, Coating inspection, Zinc rich coatings, Coating application, Specifications, Surface preparation, Customers, Dry film thickness, Construction, Maintenance, Paints, Coating systems
Keywords:
Cleveland Indians Baseball Stadium, Paint Specifications, Zinc Rich Epoxy, Waterbased Acrylic
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1994
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