About Columbia Corrosion Control Columbia Corrosion Control was founded in 1990 by William A. Byrd, P.E., C.S. as a subsidiary of the holding company, PrivaCom Ventures, Inc. Columbia Corrosion Control has for 25 years provided Corrosion Engineering services in South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, thru out the USA, and the world. It is the primary fully licensed and certified Corrosion Engineering Company located in North and South Carolina. It provides a full complement of corrosion engineering services such as: coatings, underground corrosion prevention, cathodic protection, materials design & selection, failure analysis, industrial process analysis, high temperature analysis, high pressure analysis, storage tank and pipeline corrosion control, atmospheric, marine, and submarine corrosion control design and installation. Before starting Columbia Corrosion Control Mr. Byrd worked nearly 20 years in the Electric Power and Natural Gas Businesses at Florida Power & Light Company & SCANA (South Carolina Electric & Gas Company). He now has over 40+ years of Corrosion Control Experience. While at Florida Power and Light Company Mr. Byrd worked in the Overhead, and Underground Transmission Engineering Departments including Corrosion Control. He trained under Joe Prime, a founding member of the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) and one of America's leading Corrosion Control Engineers and Scientists. Some of Mr. Byrd’s projects included break through applications of Corten "Self Weathering" Steel, Underground and Submarine High Pressure Oil Pipe lines for High Voltage Pipe Type Cables, Oil Pumping Stations Corrosion problems, Atmospheric Corrosion, Materials Selection, and advanced structural applications of various stainless steels & Aluminums. Mr. Byrd Joined South Carolina Electric and Gas Company, one of America’s largest Natural Gas distributors & electric power utilities, from Florida Power and Light Company as Senior Underground Transmission Design Engineer. He assumed all Corrosion Engineering responsibilities for the Company along with all Underground Engineering and some Overhead Transmission Design projects. This included: all outdoor devices, anchor rods, wires, pad mounted transformers & equipment, hardware, painting, manholes, underground equipment, materials selections, painting techniques, coatings selections, coatings research and galvanization standards, and Cathodic Protection of all underground electric utility facilities. Mr. Byrd was SCE&G’s only licensed professional corrosion engineer and had engineering review responsibilities for all electric & gas company corrosion activities. This included supervisory review of all natural gas corrosion control requirements of Federal Natural Gas Pipe line laws, high-pressure pipe systems, petrochemical corrosion control, and atmospheric protection of facilities The corrosion control problems included a vast array of utility situations from extensive coastal salt spray zones, to industrial pollution zones, to combinations of both. Underground problems were just as extensive with polluted water, soils, and manholes with multiple dissimilar materials in salt water. Today, Columbia Corrosion Control (CCC) has provided key corrosion engineering services and failure analysis all over the world such as: Egypt on failure of 650 kilometers of power & communications cables in the Gaza Border, Belize Jungle Dam projects, Venezuela’s Maracaibo 500+ ft. Electric Tower failures in the Amazon Basin, Electric Utility Construction from helicopters in the summer Arizona Desert Heat, in Europe, Canada, etc., etc. CCC has also provided Expert Witness work in both USA and International Courts. Where it has an outstanding success rate advising courts and clients in disputes.

About Columbia Corrosion Control

Columbia Corrosion Control was founded in 1990 by William A. Byrd, P.E., C.S. as a subsidiary of the holding company, PrivaCom Ventures, Inc.

Columbia Corrosion Control has for 25 years provided Corrosion Engineering services in South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, thru out the USA, and the world. It is the primary fully licensed and certified Corrosion Engineering Company located in North and South Carolina. It provides a full complement of corrosion engineering services such as: coatings, underground corrosion prevention, cathodic pro

tection, materials design & selection, failure analysis, industrial process analysis, high temperature analysis, high pressure analysis, storage tank and pipeline corrosion control, atmospheric, marine, and submarine corrosion control design and installation.

Before starting Columbia Corrosion Control Mr. Byrd worked nearly 20 years in the Electric Power and Natural Gas Businesses at Florida Power & Light Company & SCANA (South Carolina Electric & Gas Company). He now has over 40+ years of Corrosion Control Experience.

While at Florida Power and Light Company Mr. Byrd worked in the Overhead, and Underground Transmission Engineering Departments including Corrosion Control. He trained under Joe Prime, a founding member of the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) and one of America's leading Corrosion Control Engineers and Scientists.

Some of Mr. Byrd’s projects included break through applications of Corten "Self Weathering" Steel, Underground and Submarine High Pressure Oil Pipe lines for High Voltage Pipe Type Cables, Oil Pumping Stations Corrosion problems, Atmospheric Corrosion, Materials Selection, and advanced structural applications of various stainless steels & Aluminums.

Mr. Byrd Joined South Carolina Electric and Gas Company, one of America’s largest Natural Gas distributors & electric power utilities, from Florida Power and Light Company as Senior Underground Transmission Design Engineer. He assumed all Corrosion Engineering responsibilities for the Company along with all Underground Engineering and some Overhead Transmission Design projects. This included: all outdoor devices, anchor rods, wires, pad mounted transformers & equipment, hardware, painting, manholes, underground equipment, materials selections, painting techniques, coatings selections, coatings research and galvanization standards, and Cathodic Protection of all underground electric utility facilities.

Mr. Byrd was SCE&G’s only licensed professional corrosion engineer and had engineering review responsibilities for all electric & gas company corrosion activities. This included supervisory review of all natural gas corrosion control requirements of Federal Natural Gas Pipe line laws, high-pressure pipe systems, petrochemical corrosion control, and atmospheric protection of facilities

The corrosion control problems included a vast array of utility situations from extensive coastal salt spray zones, to industrial pollution zones, to combinations of both. Underground problems were just as extensive with polluted water, soils, and manholes with multiple dissimilar materials in salt water.

Today, Columbia Corrosion Control (CCC) has provided key corrosion engineering services and failure analysis all over the world such as: Egypt on failure of 650 kilometers of power & communications cables in the Gaza Border, Belize Jungle Dam projects, Venezuela’s Maracaibo 500+ ft. Electric Tower failures in the Amazon Basin, Electric Utility Construction from helicopters in the summer Arizona Desert Heat, in Europe, Canada, etc., etc.

CCC has also provided Expert Witness work in both USA and International Courts. Where it has an outstanding success rate advising courts and clients in disputes.