NEW CONCEPTS FOR COATING PROTECTION OF STEEL STRUCTURES STP841

NEW CONCEPTS FOR

COATING PROTECTION

OF STEEL STRUCTURES

STP841

D. M. Berger, Gilbert

The Symposium on New Concepts for Coating Protection of Steel Structures was sponsored by ASTM Committee D-1 on Paint and Related Coatings and Materials and the Steel Structures Painting Council (SSPC). ASTM Subcommittee D-01.46 on Industrial Protective Painting directly relates to the work of SSPC. This meeting, held in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, represented the first
time SSPC met anywhere other than in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The meeting also represented the first time Committee D-1 met in joint session with SSPC.
The success of the meeting was attributed to the fact that one could attend Committee D-1 meetings in the beginning of the week, the joint symposium on Wednesday, and the SSPC meeting later in the week. Over 180 members attended the ASTM meetings and over 220 attended the SSPC meetings. This joint venture is of particular value when air travel and other expenses are considered,
because it allowed the individual members to attend both meetings under one travel expense. It is expected that future symposia and joint meetings will be held by these two organizations. Owing to the presence of SSPC, representatives of 15 other organizations were present.
This symposium was the first sponsored by SSPC. The selection of Stan Lopata as keynote speaker set the tone of the subject. Protection of Steel Structures.
Mr. Lopata, Chairman of the Board, Carboline Company, St. Louis, Missouri, inventor of alkyl silicate inorganic zinc-rich primers, has contributed significantly to the technology of protection of steel structures. 
Sidney B. Levinson, Chairman of ASTM Committee D-1, and John D. Keane, Director of the Steel Structures Painting Council, welcomed the attendees. The speakers were introduced by Dean Berger and Rufus Wint, who served as symposium chairmen and who have edited this publication.
The Summary at the end of this volume reviews the presented papers and highlights the important issues raised by the speakers.

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