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Sherwin-Williams Announces 2021 Water & Wastewater Impact Award Winners Sherwin-Williams has announced the winners of the 2021 Water & Wastewater Impact Awards, which honour the companies that successfully overcame challenges while extending the service lives of critical infrastructure assets.
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he project team braving tight quarters, steep vertical drops and an
The runner-up project for the 2021 awards realized major savings
aggressive coatings schedule to reline an 8- to 9.5-foot-diameter,
in the restoration of five surface water storage tanks for the City of
1.3-mile-long penstock for the Devil Canyon Powerplant in San
Holyoke, Massachusetts. The project team of Holyoke Water Works,
Bernardino, California, has earned top honours in the 2021 Sherwin-
applicator Champion Painting Specialty Services Corporation and
Williams Impact Award program.
engineering firm Tighe & Bond worked with Sherwin-Williams to save
The Impact Award recognizes exceptional projects that feature high-
more than half of the initial anticipated $2.2 million cost of restoring
performance coating and lining materials from Sherwin-Williams
the tanks. The resulting $1.2 million savings was made possible by
Protective & Marine. The challenging, multi-year project involved
reassessing the tank’s conditions and opting for an overcoat system
blasting and relining the penstock’s entire interior while navigating
on four of the tanks instead of setting up full containment systems for
grades of nearly 75% in spots, figuring out how to manage equipment
each tank and dry blasting their surfaces down to bare metal. Only one
access via 30-inch wide entry points located 1,000 feet apart and
tank required the full restoration treatment, saving the city precious
maintaining warmth inside the pipeline when outside temperatures
budget dollars and enabling the restorations to take place over two
were near freezing and winds occasionally reached 70 mph.
years.
The winning team includes the California Department of Water
The 2021 honourable mention project covered the restoration of an
Resources (DWR) and industrial services firm Unified Field Services
elevated water storage tank that celebrates iconic TV legend Andy
Corporation.
Griffith. Serving Griffith’s hometown city of Mount Airy, North Carolina,
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