test performance requirements exist for
both the coatings used on the turbines
as well as different ones for the blades.
Chemark estimates between $185
and $265 million in paints and coatings will be needed over the next four
years as the stimulus program comes
into effectiveness.
DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE FACILITIES
Military infrastructure new construction and maintenance will improve base
housing and barracks, invest in energy
efficiency, expand and improve health
care facilities for military personnel and
veterans, and invest in basic military
site infrastructure renovation for each
of the major military entities. The Army
has been allocated $1,474,525,000; the
U.S. Navy $657,051,000; the Marine
Corps $113,865,000; the Air Force
$1,095,959,000; in addition to millions
of dollars also allocated to the various
reserves and National Guard.
Generally, these investments all
involve increased demand for products
derived from the specialty chemicals
industry, such as paints for barracks and
base housing/medical and education
facilities and general office spaces, to
high performance coatings for steel
structures and tank linings for such
items as fuel and drinking water, to general construction materials. Depending
on the specific end-use application, prior
specification-use approval, approved
vendor status or specific product
approvals are needed to access these
sales opportunities. In fact, many suppliers already have existing U.S.
General Services Administration (GSA)
contracts to supply these very products
and associated contractor services at
agreed-to-pricing. In order to make procurement from thoroughly vetted vendors most convenient, GSA provides a
gateway ( www.gsaadvantage.gov) for
use by various government and military
entities.
Of the $16.4 billion of defense and
security spending (depicted in the
chart below), Chemark estimates
approximately four tenths of one percent (0.4%) of the total will be formulated paints and coatings value. This
would result in a paints and coatings
impact of between $65 and $70 million over the next two years.
In addition, GSA’s Public Buildings
Service is responsible for the design, construction and maintenance of thousands
of federally-owned facilities. Another
$750 million from the Recovery Act is
being directed to renovate and construct
land ports of entry and $4.5 billion will
be used to convert federal buildings to
