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PA Tank Project Awarded

Wednesday, April 1, 2020


The Beaver Falls Municipal Authority has awarded a contract in the amount of $1,027,477 for the rehabilitation and coating of the Freedom and 45th Street Water Tanks to Worldwide Industries Corporation of Butler, Pennsylvania.

Worldwide Industries Corporation was the lowest of eight apparent bidders.

Additional bidders included:

  • L&T Painting of Clinton Township, Michigan, in the amount of $1,152,900;
  • D&M Painting of Washington, Pennsylvania, in the amount of $1,187,985;
  • Amstar of Western New York, Inc. in the amount of $1,195,300;
  • LC United Painting Company of Sterling Heights, Michigan, in the amount of $1,288,900;
  • Nostos SS Contractors, LLC of Reston, Virginia, in the amount of $1,509,205;
  • Manolis Painting Company of Baltimore, in the amount of $1,641,500; and
  • Titan Industrial Services, Inc. of Baltimore, in the amount of $2,210,197.

The contract bid on Feb. 24.

Scope of Work

This project involves cleaning and recoating the interior and exterior surfaces of 1.25 million- and 1 million-gallon standpipe tanks.

Beaver Falls Municipal Authority

The Beaver Falls Municipal Authority hs awarded a contract in the amount of $1,027,477.00 for the rehabilitation and coating of the Freedom and 45th Street Water Tanks to Worldwide Industries Corporation of Butler, Pennsylvania.

Contractors will abrasive blast clean the interior surfaces to Near White standards (SSPC-SP 10/NACE No. 2). The interior surfaces will then be coated with a zinc-rich primer and epoxy system.

The exterior surfaces will be abrasive blast cleaned to Commercial standards (SSPC-SP 6/NACE No. 3). The exterior surfaces will then be coated with a zinc-rich primer, epoxy intermediate, and polyurethane finish.

The proposed work also includes coating the valve vault surfaces with a zinc-rich primer and epoxy system. The concrete foundation will be coated with an epoxy-polyurethane system.

The existing coating system contains lead-based paint. Containment is required.

The owner-approved coating manufacturers include Tnemec, Sherwin-Williams and Induron.

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