NEW CORROSION STUDY UNVEILED COST OF CORROSION IN THE USA-A SYNOPSIS

摘要

The USA Federal Highway Administration recently released a break-through 2-year study on the direct costs associated with metallic corrosion in nearly every US Industry Sector, from infrastructure and transportation, to production and manufacturing. Initiated by NACE and mandated by the US Congress in 1999, as part of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, the study provides current cost estimates and identifies national strategies to minimize the impact of corrosion. The study entitled Corrosion Costs and Preventive Strategies in the United States, was conducted from 1999 to 2001 by CC Technologies Laboratories Inc, with support from FHWA and NACE. Its main activities included determining the cost of corrosion control methods and services, determining the economic impact of corrosion for specific industry sectors, extrapolating individual sector costs to a national total cost, assessing barriers to effective implementation of optimized corrosion control practices, and developing implementation strategies and cost-saving recommendations.