About High Performance Industrial Coatings
Today’s performance coating process makes the old “anyone-can-grab-a-bucket-of-paint-and-a-brush” concept obsolete. As the economic need to protect steel and concrete increases, and expansion of various industries presents additional corrosion challenges, performance coatings have become so vital they are considered an integral part of structures or assets and no longer viewed as simply a last-minute detail.
Coating manufacturers are constantly trying to solve challenges and requirements of changing variables within the industrial markets. Each variation is developed to address differences in material, application, or use. The evolution in the performance coating industry is changing at a more rapid pace than any time in history. As local, state and federal regulations continue toward universal preservation of the environment, performance coatings will continue to become more complicated and demanding; requiring more highly technical and highly trained individuals to apply them.
Coblaco has made a commitment to training and being a leader in the ever-changing landscape of high-performance coatings. We maintain multi-decade strategic relationships with many of the world’s largest coating manufacturers by conducting and participating in technical training and making financial commitments to operate as single-source and/or approved applicators. We continue to pursue significant investments in the development of specialized fluid delivery systems to properly apply a variety of performance coatings. These computer driven ratio pumps require highly trained operators and a significant investment in development and maintenance. We pride ourselves on the portability of our equipment. Our fleet of specialized pumps are meticulously maintained and housed in climate-controlled enclosures to ensure they are dependable and ready to perform.
Coblaco High Performance Coating Projects
Located in Eldorado Canyon, the South Boulder Diversion Structure channels water into Denver Water’s treatment system. Constructed over 75 years ago, this site was due for some rehabilitation, including the application of industrial coatings.
The City of Aurora contracted Coblaco Services to perform coating repairs on the Spinney Mountain Dam outlet piping, located southeast of Fairplay, CO. The scope of work involved blasting and coating the interior and exterior of a 96-inch diameter section of outlet pipe and a mag meter at the reservoir.
The Texoma 72” Pipeline Improvement project was something new for American Pipeline Services. To retrofit this concrete-mortar lined pipe with cathodic protection, the steel needed to be exposed at each joint so that copper wires could be welded from one pipe to the next. An absolute minimum of 900 joints needed to be fully completed in two weeks.
The East Cherry Creek Valley Sanitation District contracted Coblaco Services to recoat the interior and exterior of an aerial run of 30-inch sewer pipe. There were many variables with the project including:
small diameter of the pipe
a flowing creek beneath the pipe
thickness of the existing coating
the need to maintain sewer service for over 50,000 residents in this area via pipe bypass
Timing to complete this project was critical, due to the expense of the bypass. Coblaco’s crews had to work long days and through the weekend in the punishing June sun so that the sewer pipe could be returned to service as soon as possible. A specified coating scope of work was done by Coblaco’s skilled technicians in spite of the environmental conditions, both internal and external. The quality inspection on this project was a critical path for delivery back to the customer, and was done so with diligence beyond the required scope specification.
Highly trained Coblaco technicians performed specialized surface preparation and installed high-performance interior and exterior protective coatings for a 146' diameter, 16' high welded steel domestic water tank.
The window to perform the specified scope of work was limited to not impact growing water requirements for the surrounding community. The production schedule was strictly managed by dedicated project management providing dependable communication throughout the project and to ensure on-time performance and technician safety; meeting the specified scope of work throughout ever changing weather conditions. Through our proven process, relentless effort and dedicated project management, the project was executed flawlessly ahead of schedule and within budget.
Performed high performance coatings on complex structures including turbine generators, long stretches of large diameter pipe throughout the new facility.
Architectural coatings included truss, joists and ceiling located more than 70 feet above the turbine room floor. Accessibility was strictly managed to ensure technician safety while meeting the specified scope of work.
Through our proven process, relentless effort and dedicated project management, the project was executed flawlessly alongside multiple trades. The project was recognized by Engineering News-Record for the ENR 2019 Project of the Year!
Performed surface preparation and high performance interior and exterior protective coating systems on a 3.34 million gallon welded steel domestic water tank. Coordinating water demand and rehabilitation of the tank established a short window to perform proper protective coating application for immersion service, cure schedules and AWWA C652 Method 2 disinfection.
Dedicated project management navigated fabrication repairs and ever-changing environmental conditions by moving primer application efforts to early morning hours to extend required cure schedules while balancing surface preparation efforts to late night hours to optimize production.
Through our proven process, ability to flex and scale and relentless effort, Coblaco mobilized customized equipment and highly trained and experienced technicians completing the intended scope of work on time and under budget.
Performed UHP surface preparation to remove a pre-existing elastomeric coating system, then media blast and apply high performance interior and exterior protective coatings.
The pre-existing tank lining was reported to be 30-40 mils, but once the tank was drained and available for inspection, we revealed the lining to be between 90-200 mils!
Dedicated project management and highly trained technicians collaborated to formulate a plan to address the unexpected change in scope, along with ever-changing environmental conditions and a fixed deadline for completion.
Through our proven process, ability to flex and scale and relentless effort, Coblaco mobilized customized equipment and a team of highly trained technicians. The original and extended scope of work was expertly coordinated and executed delivering a cured, disinfected and ready for service tank before the originally agreed upon delivery date.
Performed high performance protective coatings on complex structures including pellet reactors and process piping throughout the newly constructed facility. Architectural coatings included more than 17,000 square feet of interior CMU, more than 700 gallons of exterior moisture vapor barrier and more than 30,000 square feet of concrete floor sealer.
Through our proven process, dedicated project management and the relentless effort of more than thirty Coblaco technicians, the project was expertly managed and executed over the course of twenty months alongside multiple trades and finishing ahead of schedule.
Kinder Morgan had to bring its processing facility to KM PSM standards, by addressing a jet-fire scenario of the propane and butane vessels. In a perfect jet-fire scenario, an LPG vessel can have a Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion (BLEVE) in less than ten minutes! To meet API 752 siting requirements, and give both plant and neighboring personnel safe egress, it was necessary for a BLEVE scenario to be delayed for one hour or longer.