Vulcan Painters Achieves Historic First
Becomes first company to achieve six QP certifications at one time.
SSPC is pleased to announce that Vulcan Painters, Inc., of Bessemer, Alabama, is the first coatings contracting company to meet the certification requirements of the SSPC QP 9 program and the QS 1 certification program. In addition, Vulcan is the first contracting company to achieve six SSPC Quality Progam certifications including QP 1, QP 2, QP 3, QP 8, QP 9 and QS 1. Vulcan Electro-Coating, Inc. and Vulcan Pipe and Steel Coatings, Inc. have also achieved SSPC QP 3 certification.
SSPC QP 9 contains requirements for evaluating the qualifications of painting contractors who apply architectural coatings on commercial or institutional structures, and defines a minimum standard for qualification.
SSPC-QS 1 is the standard procedure in the SSPC PCCP program that requires participating contractors to implement and document more stringent (ISO 9001 Compliant) quality control and record-keeping procedures than those included SSPC-QP 1, SSPC-QP 3, etc. However, unlike ISO 9001 certification, QS-1 provides the facility owner with the dual benefit of a coatings-industry specific QMS model for contractors who have the operational capability required by QP 1 plus the ISO 9001 compliant QMS detailed in QS 1.
About Vulcan Painters, Inc.
Vulcan Painters, Inc. is a painting contracting firm specializing in commercial and industrial painting projects, and blasting and coating structural steel and pipe. Their work includes paper mill maintenance, stadiums, power plants, sewer pipes, floors, college buildings, hospitals, churches and historic landmarks. Vulcan is also MSHA certified to work in mines. Headquartered in Bessemer, Alabama, Vulcan is 17th largest painting contractor in the nation, according to Engineering News Record, and one of only a few painting contractors to earn ISO certification. Vulcan has been an SSPC Organizational Member since 1983. For more information about Vulcan Painters contact Jeff Theo, at 1.205.428.0556 Ext. 735 or at jtheo@vulcan-group.com.
About SSPC: The Society for Protective Coatings
SSPC was founded in 1950 as the Steel Structures Painting Council, a non-profit professional society concerned with the use of coatings to protect industrial steel structures. In 1997, the name of the association was changed to SSPC: The Society for Protective Coatings to better reflect the changing nature of coatings technology and the ever-expanding types of construction materials.
SSPC is the only non-profit association that is focused on the protection and preservation of concrete, steel and other industrial and marine structures and surfaces through the use of high-performance industrial coatings. SSPC is the leading source of information on surface preparation, coating selection, coating application, environmental regulations, and health and safety issues that affect the protective coatings industry.
For more information on the benefits of SSPC QP programs:
Shawn Nedley
Certification Program Specialist
Toll-Free: 1.877.281.7772 x210 (from inside the US)
Phone: 1.412.281.2331 x2210 (from outside the US)
Fax: 1.412.281.9993
Email: nedley@sspc.org
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