Coating & Painting Of Decorative Casino Steel Stacks

WORK PERFORMED

- Rope access rigging and scaffolding assembly

- Pressure washing of four stacks and two lateral struts

- Coating the structures with primer and color paint

SUMMARY

A casino contracted Industrial Access for coating services of their decorative steel stacks. The structures were washed and prepped, and a new coating system was installed. The project was completed to protect the stacks’ steel plate from oxidation and improve the appearance of the casino exterior.

TIME: 2-3 weeks with no interruptions to the client’s business

COST: Completed utilizing a combination of rope access and scaffolding; scaffold alone would have exceeded the budget

SAFETY: All technicians were tied off, and work was completed during regular business hours

CLIENT NEED

A casino in the southeast of the US was in need of maintenance services for their decorative stacks built on the roof of a steamboat-like building. The four steel stacks, (2) 50’ and (2) 100’, were designed to visually imitate ship funnels. Aside from guy wires, the two of the taller stacks were additionally supported by a couple of lateral struts built in between. Industrial Access (IA) had observed all of the structures and noted the signs of wear on their steel plates, such as faded paint, grime, and oxidation. The structures had to be cleaned and repainted for aesthetic as well as preventive maintenance purposes.

ACCESS

Since the stacks were built for decorative purposes only, the team of IA engineers had to develop a unique strategy for accessing the structures not designed for industrial maintenance work. The taller stacks had limited access available through the interior ladder system, which was sufficient to enable rope access rigging from the tops of the stacks and across their horizontal bracing. However, the other two 50’ stacks had no provided access with no structural elements off which the ropes could be effectively rigged, so a scaffolding system was assembled and installed instead.

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