Reliable performance...flexible solutions
If your company is like most, you look for three main aspects in a painting service: a quality job, safe work practices, and cost-effectiveness. LaCosta offers it all, plus the flexibility to work around your schedule.

A team that manages itself
LaCosta offers unique systems for safe, reliable painting and coating processes - taking the responsibility out of your hands.

Whether your organization specializes in pharmaceuticals, food processing, printing, manufacturing, or needs to meet OSHA, FDA or clean room requirements, LaCosta can meet your painting and coating needs.

Standard operating procedures assure a job well done
When you work with LaCosta, you get consistent high quality due to our solutions-based management methodology and standard operating procedures.

Included in our standard operating procedures are work schedules, a procedures manual, job startup sheets, a safety plan, a field activity list, customer communication guidelines, a quality assurance program, and more. We also customize a set of detailed standards and safety procedures that are designed specifically around your facility.

Job setup makes sure no steps are missed
Every project starts with consistent setup procedures. Using these procedures, our team determines the job's scope and identifies site-specific requirements. Setup procedures include:

• Reviewing the environment
• Preparing the proper tools
• Reviewing job safety requirements and hazards
• Communicating all information to the project team

If any requirements change, we issue a change order and modify the procedures as necessary.

A team you can count on
How do you know you can count on LaCosta's painting and coating team? Rest assured that we prescreen and hire qualified, enthusiastic personnel. Plus, we motivate our personnel with award programs, benefits, incentives, and internal promotions based on exceptional performance.

Electrostatic Painting:

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Safe practices
Painting and coating services require an exceptionally safe working environment. To protect both our employees and yours, we use a strict safety plan and employ managers with 30 hours of OSHA training, and journeymen with 10 hours of OSHA training. Our safety procedures include:

• Safety Task Assignment Checklists
• Behavioral Observation Sheets
• Field Activity Lists
• Hot Work Permits
• Confined Space/Tunnel Entry Procedures
• Lead Testing
• Multi-cause Analysis

See our safety section for more information on our safe work practices and programs.
 

Rigorous training and orientation
Every LaCosta craftsman completes a rigorous training orientation program with a heavy emphasis on following your facility's safety procedures, including the use of personal protective equipment, hazardous communication, and the proper reporting of accidents and material use. Refresher training continues with our weekly Tool Box meetings, in which we review procedures and study a module from our 52-Week Safety Training program.

For more on training, see our training section.

Standard quality procedures are key
Carefully followed quality standards are critical to painting and coating jobs. At LaCosta, we set up a Standardized Work Area Organization for every painting and coating project. Also called a designated triage area, it ensures that all equipment is categorized and labeled, and all signage and barricades are properly displayed. We also perform daily customer quality audits, and apply a 5S approach that helps minimize risks and maximize efficiency.