Asset Management
The Two Main reasons for repainting are:
1. The preservation of the stability and strength of the structure.
2. Preservation of the appearance of the structure. A legal requirement in certain conditions, but often less important than item 1 above.
The elements that affect maintenance planning, scheduling and execution can include:
1. The initial protective system.
2. The history of the painting over the lifetime.
3. The design; access for surface preparation and painting.
4. The coating breakdown and rusting.
Impact of Poor Maintenance/Asset management programme
1. Lost productivity/production time.
2. Potential environmental costs from leaks spills or other damage.
3. Overall health and safety impacts for personnel involved with the asset.
4. Expensive remedial works.
5. Loss of the asset.
The Purpose of an asset survey
1. To access the coatings condition and the overall rusting of the structure.
2. To determine the critical areas for maintenance and the overall methods to be
used for the recoating.
3. To provide a basis for a sound specification and tender prices for the
maintenance work.
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5 metric tons of steel is degenerated every second Worldwide.
40% of all steel produced is used to replace corroded steel.
The estimated cost of corrosion worldwide is 1.8 trillion USD
annually – by specifying the correct protection coating systems and
maintaining the asset this figure can be reduced.
