C-N8N8 Minimum requirements for shop- or field-applied coatings

Requirements for surface preparation, coating materials and touch up, including their application, and inspection criteria should be provided in the contract documents.

In the case of paint, it is addressed in the Code of Standard Practice in three sections: Section 3.1, which lists information regarding shop painting that must be provided in the contract documents; Section 6.4, Shop Cleaning and Painting (see also Section 3.1); and Section 7.17, Field Painting, which states, “Neither the fabricator nor the erector is responsible to paint field bolt heads and nuts or field welds, nor to touch up abrasions of the shop coat, nor to perform any other field painting.” If project requirements differ from the provisions of the Code of Standard Practice, including coatings other than paint, they should be addressed in the contract documents as “instructions to the contrary” as the Code of Standard Practice provides in Section 1.1.