Assessment of Structural Steel Coating Applications
Research is needed to gather, catalog and assess historical data available at the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District level with the goal of creating a database capable of identifying and correlating the factors that result in premature coating failures. Furthermore, the research will provide recommendations on data that should be required input for an effective, electronic database on all new construction and maintenance projects with coating related activities. The expected benefit of decisions based on the results (such as specification changes) is longer service of coatings, thus significant reduction in annual maintenance costs related to coating failures. Coatings on steel bridges will last longer (in line with expected service life) and less money will be spent on repainting work.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $99860
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Contract Numbers:
BE935
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Sponsor Organizations:
Florida Department of Transportation
605 Suwannee Street
Tallahassee, FL United States 32399-0450 -
Managing Organizations:
Florida Department of Transportation
Research Center
605 Suwannee Street MS-30
Tallahassee, FL United States 32399-0450 -
Project Managers:
Knight, Chase
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Performing Organizations:
Florida International University
Division of Research
11200 SW 8th St, MARC 430
Miami, FL United States 33199 -
Principal Investigators:
Zhang, Lu
- Start Date: 20200407
- Expected Completion Date: 20210930
- Actual Completion Date: 0
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Coatings; Data collection; Databases; Evaluation and assessment; Failure; Recommendations; Steel bridges; Structural steel
- Geographic Terms: Florida
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Data and Information Technology; Highways; Materials;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01736165
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Florida Department of Transportation
- Contract Numbers: BE935
- Files: RIP, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Apr 14 2020 10:24AM