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AGA announces 2011 Excellence in Hot-Dip Galvanizing Award winners
- May 9, 2011
- News Release
- Metals/Materials
The American Galvanizers Association (AGA), Centennial, Colo., has announced the winners of the 2011 Excellence in Hot-Dip Galvanizing Awards competition.
Eighty applicants submitted projects completed in 2010 to be independently judged by a panel of architects and engineers. Seventeen submissions were chosen to represent the best of each of 13 categories.
Most Distinguished designation, the highest honor across all categories, was awarded to a portable parking system called the Hambro modular parking system, galvanized by Corbec Corp. Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a facility which has relied upon hot-dip galvanized steel for nearly 20 years for its durability and maintenance-free corrosion protection, received a LifetimeAchievement Award. The steel was galvanized by AZZ Galvanizing Services – Plymouth/Muncie.
Other awards were:
- Artistic (tie) – "Light Chamber" – Denver Judicial Center, Denver (Valmont Coatings-Calwest Galvanizing) and Snow Bugs, Park City, Utah (Jordan River Galvanizing).
- Bridge & Highway – Knox County Bridge Rehab, Knox County, Ohio (V&S Columbus Galvanizing LLC)
- Building & Architecture – Hess Tower, Houston (AZZ Galvanizing Services–Houston)
- Civic Contribution (tie) – Oeuvre Coburn, Val Saint-Francois, Canada (Corbec Corp.) and Ironworkers Walk of Fame, Mackinaw City, Mich. (V&S Detroit Galvanizing LLC)
- Duplex System (tie) – Center for Great Apes, Wauchula, Fla., and Salvador Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, Fla. (both Valmont Coatings-IGA-Tampa)
- Electrical, Utility & Communication – Wind Turbine Klug Hill Farm – Optiwind Inc., Torrington, Conn. (American Galvanizing Co., Hubbell Galvanizing)
- Food & Agriculture – Agriculture Bulk Material Handling Equipment, Springfield, Ohio (V&S Columbus Galvanizing LLC)
- Industrial – Marathon Oil Bridge, Detroit (AZZ Galvanizing Services-Hamilton)
- OEM – Mobile Training Tower for First Responders, Hawkinsville, Ga. (Valmont Coatings–Salina Galvanizing)
- Recreation & Entertainment – Orange Bubble Express, Park City, Utah (Valmont Coatings–Intermountain Galvanizing)
- Transportation – Memphis Air Traffic Control Terminal – Freedom Tower, Memphis (AZZ Galvanizing Services-Jackson)
- Water & Marine – Dredge Edward S. “Ned” Reed, New Orleans (AZZ Galvanizing Services-Hobson)
Full project descriptions can be viewed at www.galvanizeit.org in the Featured Projects section.
AGA educates and trains specifiers, architects, engineers, contractors, and fabricators in the specification and use of hot-dip galvanized steel.
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