WINNER: CITY OF HOLLYWOOD, FLA.
BUILT: 1955
CAPACITY: 1 million gallons
GRAPHIC DESIGN: Hunter, Hamersmith & Associates Advertising Inc.
PAINTING/LETTERING, ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR: Jim Kelly of Industrial Commercial Signs
CONSULTANT: Florida Protective Coatings Consultants Inc., Lake Mary, Fla.
Every year hundreds of loggerhead sea turtles return to Hollywood Beach to lay their eggs. Emphasizing the migration of this endangered species earned Hollywood, Fla., first place from among 140 candidates. It's also the first legged tank (it has 10) to receive the honor in the competition's five-year history.
The city's Community Redevelopment Agency paid for the design, which anyone driving Interstate 95 between Fort Lauderdale and Miami can now see at night because the Department of Public Services decided to add lighting around the balcony and base.
The design uses 19 colors in Tnemec Co. Inc. Series 700 HydroFlon, an advanced fluoropolymer.
RUNNER-UP: VILLAGE OF OAK LAWN, ILL.
Fifteen colors of Tnemec's Series V700 Low-VOC HydroFlon were specified so this mural complies with Illinois volatile organic compound (VOC) regulations. The project was an overcoat of a 12-year-old coating system.
PREPARATION: SSPC-SP12/NACE No. 5 Surface Preparation and Cleaning of Metals by Waterjetting Prior to Recoating
SPOT PRIME: Series 135 Chembuild
INTERMEDIATE COAT: Series 1075 Endura-Shield II
FINISH COAT: Series V700 HydroFlon
CONSULTANT: Taylor Coating Sales Inc., Brookfield, Ill.
RUNNER-UP: CITY OF ST. ROBERT, MO.
Public Works Director Steve Long is a modern Renaissance Man. He submitted three designs for this 250,000-gallon tank in honor of Waynesville High School's mascot; and designed artwork for another tank in the city.
PREPARATION: SSPC-SP6/NACE No. 3 Commercial Blast Cleaning
PRIMER: Tnemec Series 94-H2O Hydro-Zinc
INTERMEDIATE COAT: Series 73 Endura-Shield
TOPCOAT: Series 700 HydroFlon
CONSULTANT: Midwest Coating Consultants Inc., North Kansas City, Mo.
CONTRACTOR: Ozark Applicators LLC, Van Buren, Mo.
RUNNER-UP: VILLAGE OF WAUNAKEE, WIS.
This 350,000-gallon steel tank used to have an aluminum exterior finish with ‘Waunakee' in block lettering. No more!
PREPARATION: SSPC-SP6/NACE No. 3 Commercial Blast Cleaning
BASE COAT: Tnemec Series N140 Pota-Pox Plus
INTERMEDIATE COAT: Series 73 Endura-Shield
TOPCOAT: Series 700 HydroFlon
CONSULTANT: Coating Specialists Inc., Green Bay, Wis.
RUNNER-UP: YORK COUNTY, S.C.
The Charlotte Knights picked up part of the cost of bringing the motif on this 250,000-gallon tower back to life.
PREPARATION: SSPC SP-3 Power Tool Cleaning
PRIMER: Tnemec Series 135 Chembuild
INTERMEDIATE COAT: Series 73 Endura-Shield
TOPCOAT: Series 700 HydroFlon
CONSULTANT: TSE Inc., Columbia, S.C.
