ties, companies are encouraged to visit
http://www.recovery.org. There they
can register and receive notification of
specific projects of interest. Projects
can be sorted by geographic location
and the particular stage of the project.
For tracked projects, this database will
help paint and coatings companies
know if they still have time to go
through the approval cycle if it is needed for a project, when to start working
to get the paint/coatings systems specified and when to chase actual can
sales. Also as noted previously, by visiting key Federal agency sites, information on that agency’s specific project
plans can be determined. A few typical
examples follow:
Table 1. Planned stimulus-funded DOD projects
Paveme
Ro
Project Category (Code)
Energy-related (E)
of repair/replacement (R)
Utilities (U)
nt, roads or grounds (P)
Barracks (B)
Quality of Life (Q)
Operations (O)
Total
Cost Estimate ($000)
$345,929
$37,324
$50,289
$152,819
$69,849
$18,836
$160,427
$835,473
of Projects
338
92
53
91
74
28
180
856
CORPS OF ENGINEERS
On April 28, the United States Army
Corps of Engineers released a listing
of Civil Works projects to be funded
by the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009. This list of
Recovery Act-funded Civil Works
projects includes approximately 172
construction projects, 523 operation
and maintenance projects, 45
Mississippi River and tributaries
projects, 64 investigations projects,
and nine projects under the Formerly
Utilized Sites Remedial Action
Program (FUSRAP).
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
ECIP is DOD’s Energy Conservation
Investment Program that focuses on
energy and water savings projects.
Therefore, ECIP projects are focused
on improving energy efficiency of existing Department of Defense facilities
and creating new energy generation
sources on military installations in a
cost-effective manner.
This program has identified 45 construction and three planning and
design projects which include:
• Installing renewable energy sources,
including wind turbines and solar photovoltaic and solar thermal systems;
• Completing energy conservation
upgrades;
• Upgrading and installing high efficiency lighting and associated controls;
• Installing solar “air/ventilation” preheating systems; and
• Replacing heat pumps to improve
energy efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
In addition, a general breakdown of
planned stimulus-funded DOD projects related to military facilities and
identified as “Sustainment, Restoration and Modernization” are shown
in Table 1.
Chemark estimates the DOD will
spend between $65-70 million in
paints and coatings over the next two
years. Architectural paints will be used
for barracks, housing and medical,
educational and general office spaces.
Typical interior acrylic latex and exterior acrylic and alkyd latex will predominate, while approximately 15%
will be light industrial maintenance
paints such as urethanes and epoxy,
one- and two-part systems
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
In addition to increased funding for
wind energy, Secretary Chu announced
the selection of 24 new solar projects to
advance photovoltaic (PV) technology
research, development, and design—
helping to lower the cost of PV generation. These selected projects will be eligible for up to $22 million from the
American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act and will be matched by more than
$50 million in funding from private
partners.
The new projects range from development of semiconductor fabrication to
performance enhanced/innovative
materials development to replace current PV protective materials and silicon surface treatments. The funding
targets manufacturing and product
cost reduction with the potential to
have a near-term impact on a substantial segment of the PV industry. Some
of the recipients of this R&D funding
are university applied development
groups but they also include specialty
chemicals-based companies such as
paints/coatings and adhesives firms.
Chemark estimates the DOE will
spend between $185-265 million in
paints and coatings over the next four
years. Paints and coatings will be relegated to the drivers of alternative
energy sources such as natural gas
from the Alaskan Natural Gas
Pipeline. Powder coatings will be
employed at a usage estimate of
between $120-175 million; wind power
will use both liquid (2-cpt.) and powder
coatings over reinforced plastics at an
estimated $45-60 million; Substations
and other support facilities will use
industrial maintenance paints as well
as architectural systems.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
By visiting http://www.dot.gov/-recovery/ reports.htm you can glean
detailed information on DOT plans
and recovery status reports. On May 7,
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood
announced $742.5 million in Federal
Recovery Act Funds to pay for transit
projects in nine states. The arrival of
these federal funds will allow the local
transit agencies to save on financing
costs while putting additional dollars
into the local economy, will supplement
local resources, which have declined
during the economic downturn, and
allow for a quicker investment and
