Pleasants Construction Performs Successful Metal Pipe Riser Rehabilitation in Maryland Pleasants Construction, Inc. is an OBIC-certified installer based in Clarksburg, Maryland, with a service area of Maryland, Virginia, Washington, DC and Delaware. The Rehabilitation Division of Pleasants was working on a project in northern Baltimore, Maryland for an MDE and local municipal storm water management division. The structure in need of rehabilitation (shown below) was a bituminous-coated corrugated metal pipe riser (overflow) barrel. Inspections had reported that rust and corrosion were starting to peel and deteriorate the existing bituminous coating. Existing bituminous coating deteriorating within riser structure.   Brian Lippy, Director of Construction – Rehabilitation for Pleasants, said of the challenges inherent in this sort of project, “Typically when working a “riser barrel structure” that is located in a storm water management pond/facility, the hardest, most challenging aspect will be the terrain. Many obstacles can

Successful Rehab With Transportation Coatings at Food Processing Plant As an OBIC-certified installer, CTR Coatings is experienced in offering customized solutions for even the most challenging coatings project. One such project was for a food processing plant located in southeast Mississippi. The plant’s wash drain (weep pad), where truck trailers were parked to be cleaned and drained prior to reloading, had missing and broken concrete, and was in need of a rehabilitation solution that would provide a long-term protective coating.   A food processing plant has a heavy rotation of transport trucks loading and unloading. Maintaining clean trailers was paramount to them to prevent cross-contamination of food in transit in order to meet industry best practices concerning cleaning, inspection, maintenance, loading and unloading of vehicles and transportation equipment. The plant could not afford the downtime required to demolish and replace the weep pad. Additionally, the wash