Chimu Wan, Japan- Fuel Tanks

Location

Higashi, Kadena, Nakagami District, Okinawa 904-0200, Japan

Project Size

120,000 sq ft

Completed Date

2023

Prime Contractor

Wood PCL

Client

AFCEC

Value

$4,900,000

About Project

Located in Tengan Bay, the Chimu Wan Base sits on the Pacific Ocean side of Okinawa, Japan.

In 2021, Thomas Industrial Coatings (TIC) completed a project to renovate two underground tanks, each measuring 35 feet in height and 153 feet in diameter.

The project’s scope of work included refurbishing the vault areas in each tank, which included pressure washing the entire vault, all piping and appurtenances, and applying an alkyd-semi gloss coating.

The contract also included exposing and coating all piping adjacent to the tank. TIC abrasive blasted and recoated the interior floors of each tank and 40 inches up the internal shell with a three-coat epoxy and epoxy polyamide coating application.

Other areas addressed were failed coatings on the manways entering each tank and the repair of damaged sealant on the concrete secondary containment.

Market

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