American Galvanizing Company Wins Multiple Excellence Awards At An Annual Industry Conference
March 20, 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
AMERICAN GALVANIZING COMPANY WINS MULTIPLE EXCELLENCE AWARDS AT AN ANNUAL INDUSTRY CONFERENCE
(FOLSOM, NJ) – American Galvanizing Company (AGC) was recently honored with three “Excellence in Hot-Dip Galvanizing” awards for projects completed in 2005. Awards were accepted by AGC at the American Galvanizers Association (AGA) Annual Conference, held in Tucson, Arizona on March, 15, 2006. Awards are presented annually for projects that utilize hot-dip galvanizing in an ideal, creative, innovative or monumental fashion. American Galvanizing Company was commended for exemplary projects in the Bridge and Highway, Industrial, and Duplex Systems categories.
AGC accepted their first award in the “Bridge & Highway” category for a pedestrian bridge located over a major thorofare in Northern Virginia. This cable-stay pedestrian bridge is visible to thousands of daily commuters. It was built so employees could access both sides of the Freddie Mac Corporate Complex without crossing a busy highway. Fabrication of this project was completed by The Chesapeake Machine Company located in Baltimore, MD.
Earning AGC’s second award in the “Duplex Systems” category are the gasoline canopies and exterior trusses for new Wawa convenience stores. When the fabricator brought the failure of the original three-coat paint system to Wawa’s attention, it was quickly agreed that a specification change was needed. Working closely with the steel fabricator and painter, a new specification was written requiring hot-dip galvanizing prior to painting, providing a virtually maintenance-free system. The structural steel fabricator and erector is Eagle Erectors located in Bear, Delaware. Painting is done by Color Works in New Castle, DE.
Lastly, AGC teamed up with fellow galvanizer New Jersey Galvanizing Company, located in Newark, New Jersey, to secure a joint award in the “Industrial” category for the reconstruction of the A&M Composting Facility in Manheim, Pennsylvania. The 45,000 square foot facility is a state-of-the-art sewage containment & remediation facility which breaks down bio-solids from water treatment plants to produce nutrients that will safely fertilize plants and farms. Since moisture is necessary to stimulate these nutrients, the hot-dip galvanized coating helps to maintain the steel structure in this corrosion-rich atmosphere.
American Galvanizing Company offers customers a proven solution to the problem of corrosion – hot-dip galvanizing. Under factory controlled conditions, zinc and steel are metallurgically bonded to provide corrosion resistance through cathodic and barrier protection for a wide variety of environments. The result is one of the most economical methods of effectively protecting steel and extending the life of the product. Located within the pine barrens of Folsom, NJ, AGC features a virtually “lead-free” environmentally friendly zinc bath. Established in 1982, American Galvanizing Company boasts one of the largest hot-dip galvanizing operations on the East Coast. Additional information about AGC can be found on the internet at www.amergalv.com.
