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Tips to Improve Safety on Construction Sites

Make no mistake: a construction site can be a perilous place. Each year, more than 150,000 construction accidents are reported to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. These unfortunate accidents range from minor bumps and bruises all the way up to the occasional fatality. Whether as a result of a fall, malfunctioning equipment or out-and-out negligence, […]

Why You Should Leave Composite Pipe Repairs to the Professionals

Some things are best left to the professionals. Actually, when it comes to factory maintenance and repairs, most things are best left to someone specializing in that particular field. Case in point: working with composite pipe repair professionals to repair corroded piping. Composite solutions take an experienced professional to administer, simply because there’s not always […]

Avoid Expensive Refractory Repairs with Proper Maintenance

Like everything else in the factory environment, concrete surfaces need routine maintenance. That’s doubly true for refractory concrete, which has the burdensome task of protecting heating elements from thermal damage and corrosion. Heat-processing equipment needs refractory protection to function safely and efficiently, so it only makes sense to count refractory concrete maintenance among your plant’s […]

What Can I Do to Protect My Concrete Surface?

Concrete is an ever-present material in factories and industrial structures throughout Indiana. And for good reason: it’s durable, reliable, resistant to abrasion and well-suited for demanding environments. But it’s far from indestructible. In fact, without proper care and protection, industrial concrete surfaces can succumb heavily to environmental detractors. When they do, they become a liability. […]

I Have Pipe Corrosion. Do I Have to Replace, or Can It Be Repaired?

Plumbing corrosion is extremely common across industrial plants in Indiana. Whether you’re dealing with gas, steam, liquids or caustic chemicals, different grades of steel only stand up for so long before they start to compromise. When that happens, there’s immediate demand for a solution. The question becomes, can it be repaired, or does it have […]