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Contractors Sought for TX Tank Repainting

Thursday, August 2, 2018


The City of Seguin is seeking contractors for the rehabilitation of the Seguin Lucile Street Elevated Water Storage Tank, in Seguin, Texas.

Seguin tank
City of Seguin

The City of Seguin, Texas, is seeking contractors for the rehabilitation of its Seguin Lucile Street Elevated Water Storage Tank.

Bids are due Aug. 21. The project is estimated at $600,000.

Scope of Work

This project involves rehabilitating the interior and exterior surfaces of an existing 1 million-gallon elevated water storage tank.

Contractors will abrasive blast-clean interior tank surfaces to Near White standards (SSPC-SP 10/NACE NO. 2). The interior will then be coated with a zinc-rich primer and epoxy system.

The exterior tank surfaces will be abrasive blast-cleaned to Commercial standards (SSPC-SP 6/NACE NO.3), and coated with a zinc-rich primer, epoxy intermediate and modified polycarbamide finish.

The work also includes power-tool cleaning piping surfaces to Hand- or Power-Tool standards (SSPC-SP2/SSPC-SP3). The piping surfaces will then be coated with an epoxy-polycarbamide system.

The concrete tank pedestal will be pressure-washed.

The owner-approved coating manufacturers is Tnemec.

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