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PDCA Industry Standards

The NEW PDCA Standards Binder & Subscription provides all of the current PDCA Standards in printed form along with a CD-Rom that includes the Standards and a copy of the Guidelines for a Successful Construction Project publication, and a printed copy the newly updated verion of the MPI Glossary of Painting and Decorating Terminolgy.
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PDCA Standards are also available to PDCA Members in the Members Only Area of this web site, specifically for use in their business.

A Draft Standard goes through intense development procedures and a series of approvals before becoming a PDCA Standard.

All participants in the architectural, engineering, design, construction, and painting & wallcovering industry benefit from the use and propagation of the PDCA Standards.

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Standard Name and Description

     
Standard - PDCA P1-04 
Touch-Up Painting and Damage Repair: Financial Responsibility
 
Standard - PDCA P2-04
Third Party Inspections: Qualifications, Responsibilities, and Procedures.  
 
Standard - PDCA P3-04
Designation of Paint Color 
 
Standard - PDCA P4-04
Responsibility for Inspection and Acceptance of Surfaces Prior to Painting and Decorating
 
Standard - PDCA P5-04
Benchmark Sample Procedures for Paint and Other Decorative Coating Systems
 
Standard - PDCA P6-04
Acceptance of Completed Wallcovering Installations
 
Standard - PDCA P7-04
Establishes criteria for the order of work performed by various parties on a construction project as it relates to the efficient and successful completion of painting and decorating work. The cost impact of variations from a prescribed schedule are discussed.
 
Standard - PDCA P8-04
Contracting Entity's Responsibility for Maintenance of Paints and Coatings
 
Standard - PDCA P9-04
Defines terms commonly used to describe work to be performed by painting and decorating contractors in the routine and ordinary course of their duties. This standard clarifies the work scope and responsibilities of the painting and decorating contractor.
 
Standard - PDCA P10-04
Prescribes a methodology for measuring surfaces for estimating and bidding painting and decorating work.
     
Standard - PDCA P11-05
Defines painter's caulk to determine its suitability and establish its placement whether delineated, implied and/or not referenced in the specification for painting.
   
     
Standard - PDCA P12-05
Establishes consistent procedures for the specification of block filling and the application of block filler prior to painting paint grade smooth face concrete masonry units.
   
     
Standard - PDCA P13-06
Establishes procedures for the inspection and acceptance of Architectural Paints on the Interior Surfaces of Structures when the project specifications explicitly establish dry film thickness as a criterion for acceptance.
   
     
Standard - PDCA P14-06
Establishes four degrees or levels of surface preparation (Basic, Standard, Superior , and Supreme) when repainting is performed so that both cost and appearance can be considered. The criteria for inspection and acceptance of these levels is defined.
   
     
Standard - PDCA P15-07
Establishes procedures for the evaluation of shop primer applied by an entity other than the painting and decorationg contractor.
   
     
Standard - PDCA P16-07
Assigns responsibilities to the various entities involved when wallcovering is removed by an entity other than the Painting and Decorating Contractor in preparation for painting.
   
     
Standard - PDCA P17-08
The purpose of this newest Industry Standard is to assign responsibilities to the various entities involved when smooth
faced tilt-up concrete is field painted.

 
PDCA Technical Paper
 
PDCA Technical Paper 100
Responsibilities and Limitations Regarding Efflorescence In Masonry, Stucco, and Cementitious Substrates    
     

 
PDCA Specifications
     

PDCA / MPI
Architectural Painting Specifications Manual

The Architectural Painting Specification Manual is written for paint contractors, architects, engineers, interior designers, government agencies, and anyone else involved in the business of painting. It includes evaluations on a multitude of paint systems options for a wide range of surfaces. Both product and surface references include interior and exterior exposures as well as recommended surface preparation procedures.

This publication should be your single source reference for all new work paint projects!


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PDCA / MPI Maintenance Repainting Manual
The Maintenance Repainting Manual goes beyond your typical specification manual to include a section of paint problem identifiers, an assessment section to aid in the determination of the recommended surface preparation, and a section of surface preparation standards. Use of this manual encourages the highest painting standards.

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