COATINGS+ 2021 AWARDS RECIPIENTS
2021 Individual Awards
The SSPC Honorary Life Member Award recognizing extraordinary contribution and long-term activity on behalf of SSPC.
Recipient: Bob McMurdy
John D. Keane Award of Merit is named for SSPC’s executive director from 1957 to 1984, acknowledges outstanding leadership and significant contribution to the development of the protective coatings industry and to SSPC.
Recipient: Mark Ingle, P.E., NAVSEA
Women in Coatings Impact Award recognizing women who have contributed to creating a positive impact on the culture of the coatings industry.
Recipient: Joyce Wright, Huntington Ingalls Industries – Newport News Shipbuilding
The Richard W. Drisko Coatings Education Award is given for significant development and dissemination of education material and technical information relating to protective coatings and their application.
Recipient 1: Bill Corbett, PCS, KTA-Tator, Inc.
Recipient 2: Terry New, PCS, TL New Consulting LLC
The SSPC Technical Achievement Award recognizing outstanding service, leadership and contribution to the SSPC technical committees.
Recipient: Kurt Wood, Arkema LLC
President’s Lecture Series Award was selected in a blind judging by the SSPC President, and is presented to the most favorable paper being given during the technical sessions.
“Efficiency of Zinc Content in Sacrificial Protection of Coatings”
Nicole Rakers, PPG
Mary Lyn Lim, PhD, Arconic Technology Center
Michael McCarthy, PPG
James Begley, PPG
SSPC Outstanding Chapter Awards are presented to the Outstanding North America Chapter and the Outstanding International Chapter.
Recipients:
North American Chapter – Southern California Chapter
International Chapter – China Chapter
2021 Structure Awards
The Charles Munger Award for outstanding achievement in industrial or commercial coatings work that demonstrates innovation, durability or utility.
Structure Name: Enbridge Tank 79 Mural Restoration
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Owner: Enbridge Pipelines Inc.
Contractor: Commercial Sand Blasting and Painting
Coating Material Supplier: Benjamin Moore
Project Sponsor: Enbridge
Coating Inspector: Mike Jones, Jones Coatings and Chad Foulston
Lead Artist: Grant McLaughlin
Awarded For: The floating roof and shell painting.
The E. Crone Knoy Award recognizes outstanding achievement in industrial or commercial coatings work that demonstrates innovation, durability or utility.
Structure Name: SoFi Stadium
Location: Inglewood, CA
Owner: Hollywood Park Land Company, LLC
Contractor: Commerce Industrial Coatings
Contractor: Devco Sandblasting
Coating Material Supplier: Carboline Company
Architect: HKS, Inc.
Awarded For: Coating repairs of the posts for the stadium’s roof.
The Eric S. Kline Award for an outstanding achievement in industrial coatings work performed in a fixed shop facility. The project can be repair work or new construction.
Structure Name: Globe Life Field
Location: Arlington, TX
Structure Owner: Texas Rangers
Contractor: W&W Afco Steel
Coating Material Supplier: Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine Coatings
Awarded For: Coating the structural steel for the retractable roof covering the stadium.
The George Campbell Award recognizes a single outstanding achievement in the completion of a difficult or complex industrial coatings project.
Structure Name: Liberty Bridge
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Structure Owners: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Contractor: Avalotis Corp
Coating Material Supplier: Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine Coatings
Architect/Engineer/Consultant: HDR Assoc.
Awarded For: Rehabilitation of deck replacement and ramp construction.
The SSPC Coatings Industry Spirit Award for recognition of a coatings project that demonstrates extraordinary service benefiting a community or the industry.
Structure Name: SPCA – Lake Jackson TX Animal Shelter
Location: Lake Jackson, TX
Structure Owner: SPCA – Lake Jackson
Contractor: Lonestar Resin Systems
Coating Material Supplier: Carboline Company
Awarded For: Provided product for coating a sanitary flooring in the SPCA Pet Center.
The Military Coatings Award of Excellence for exceptional coatings work performed on U.S. military ships, structures or facilities.
Structure Name: USS Spruance
Location: BAE Systems Ship Repair San Diego, CA
Structure Owner: United States Navy (SWRMC)
Contractor: BAE Systems
Contractor: International Marine & Industrial Applicators LLC (IMIA)
Coating Material Supplier: PPG Protective & Marine Coatings
Architect/Engineer/Consultant: Gordon Kuljian, PPG Field Service Technical Representative
Awarded For: Coating the underwater hull, freeboard and superstructure.
The William Johnson Award for an outstanding achievement demonstrating aesthetic merit in industrial coatings work.
Structure Name: Lachlan’s Line Pedestrian & Cycle Bridge
Location: (Ryde Area) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Structure Owner: Transport for New South Wales
Contractor: S & L Steel Fabrications P/L
Coating Material Supplier: DuluxGroup, Protective Coatings Division
Engineer: Arup/ KI Studio
Project Manager: Arenco
Surveillance Officer: Transport for NSW
Awarded For: Coating the first double helix carbon steel bridge with a dilating diameter in the world.