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Selected Job References

Brownsville Public Utilities Board
Brownsville, TX, USA
Steel transmission towers along the Gulf Coast of Mexico were coated with Si-COAT in 1990 to prevent salt-fog related corrosion. In 2001, the coating remains in "like-new" condition.

Florida Power & Light Company
Miami, FL, USA
Live front switchgear cabinets were coated with Si-COAT in 1991 to prevent rusting in salt-fog environments. When inspected in 2000, the coating showed no signs of degradation.

Central Power & Light Company
Corpus Christie, TX, USA
Si-COAT was applied to corroded galvanized steel structures in 1991. The structures, being located beside the sea coast, were subject to extreme salt-fog related corrosion. Where all other coatings failed to prevent the corrosion, Si-COAT excelled. Other so-called "high performance" coatings were being reapplied every 4 to 5 years. Since using the Si-COAT 10 years ago, the Central Power & Light Company has not needed to re-coat the structures at all.

Weyerhaeuser Canada, Ltd.
Prince Albert, SK, CANADA
Structures in a 138 kV substation at the Weyerhaeuser pulp & paper plant in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan were corroding severely because of acid rains from the exhaust stacks of the plant. Si-COAT was chosen, in 1991, to protect the structures due to the coating's unsurpassed resistance to severely acidic and basic chemicals. Since applying Si-COAT, Weyerhaeuser has had no issues with the coating. In fact, performance has been so exceptional that Weyerhaeuser has forgotten that corrosion was ever a problem in the areas where Si-COAT was applied.

B.C. Hydro & Authority
Nanaimo, BC, Vancouver Island, CANADA
B.C. Hydro applied Si-COAT in 1992 to steel structures in a 138 kV substation affected by salt spray from the Pacific Ocean. Si-COAT has been extremely useful in this application since all previously used coatings failed in a short period of time. After 9 years of service, Si-COAT has proven its worth and the investments were recovered by B.C. Hydro within 5 years due to reduced maintenance and repair costs.

Noranda Mines
Noranda, PQ, CANADA
The Noranda Mines facility in Noranda, Quebec produces acidic exhaust that corrodes structural steel at the facility very quickly. Because of its unsurpassed performance in acidic conditions, Si-COAT was chosen by Noranda in 1992 to protect all structural steel in their 69 kV substation. As is usual with Si-COAT, after 9 years of service, the coating shows zero signs of wear, weathering or degradation.