MC-DUR TopSpeed impresses even on the high seas

• Name

  Helipad on the high seas successfully coated

• Country

  Netherlands, 2022

• Categories

  Floor Coatings
  Concrete Repair

• Products

  Colusal Speed Primer
  MC-DUR TopSpeed

Off the coast of Scheveningen in the Netherlands lies a group of gas and oil production platforms owned by Alkmaar-based energy company Taqa Energy BV. Since the employees of the production platforms only have access to their workplaces by air, extreme demands are placed on the helipad. Needless to say, highly visible and colour-fast markings are of great importance for a safe landing and take-off. However, the provision of durable protection for the steel deck is just as important.

Coating work with operations ongoing

Taqa Energy BV turned to MC-Bouwchemie in the Netherlands for the platform coating work. For the flooring structure of the helicopter deck, the MC specialists recommended a corrosion protection coating of fast-curing Colusal Speed Primer as the initial covering, followed by a coating of fast, roller-applied MC-DUR TopSpeed, a proven high-end, moisture-tolerant product. The application work was carried out by Muehlhan BV of Vlaardingen. The operator’s requirement that the platform should still be available for helicopter usage each day during the coating work represented a significant challenge and meant that particularly fast application and curing times had to be guaranteed. Hence, the only solution was to use these two MC products based on MC’s KineticBoost-Technology®, a technology that ensures that products can be applied quickly even in damp conditions, have short overcoating times and offer fast walk-on accessibility.

Adverse application conditions

The corrosion protection coating of Colusal Speed Primer offers accelerated application times with fast curing, largely independent of humidity and temperature influences, and so was ideal for the adverse climatic conditions encountered in the middle of the North Sea. The fast, moisture-tolerant roller coating MC-DUR TopSpeed comes with a similar performance profile. This low-solvent and UV-stable special-purpose resin is characterised by its high abrasion and scratch resistance combined with impressive resistance to dilute acids, alkalis and salt solutions. Thanks to MC, helicopter landings on and take offs from the deck continued every day without problem, with the coating work being carried out simultaneously at maximum speed. Yet this was not the only aspect of the work that impressed the client and the contractor: The removal of an existing coating and the application of a completely new one normally takes about three weeks on helipads such as this, and then only if the weather conditions are good. With MC’s products, the refurbishment work took just seven days – despite the challenging location in the middle of the Dutch North Sea.