SSPC E. Crone Knoy Award

SSPC E. Crone Knoy Award

This award was named in honor of the late Crone Knoy, founder, and president of Commerce Coating Services, Inc. & Devco Sandblasting. It recognizes an outstanding achievement in industrial or commercial coatings work that demonstrates innovation, excellence in craftsmanship, or the use of state-of-the-art techniques or products to creatively solve problems or provide long-term service.

The qualities that may represent outstanding achievement in this area include excellence in craftsmanship or execution of work, use of state-of-the-art techniques or products to creatively solve problems, or provide long-term service.

Past Recipients

  • 2020

    SoFi Stadium
    Owner: Hollywood Park Land Company, LLC
    Contractor: Commerce Industrial Coatings
    Contractor: Devco Sandblasting
    Coating Material Supplier: Carboline Company
    Architect: HKS, Inc.

  • 2019

    South Tower of the Mackinac Bridge
    Structure Owner: Mackinac Bridge Authority
    Contractor: Seaway Painting, LLC.
    Coating Material Supplier: Carboline Company
    Project Manager: Ruby and Associates

  • 2018

    USS ESSEX (LHD 2), Home Port, San Diego, CA
    Structure Owner: US Navy / NAVSEA Painting Center of Excellence (PCoE)
    Contractor: USS ESSEX Ship's Force
    Coating Material Supplier: NCP Coatings, Inc.
    Consultant: Navy Research Lab
    Consultant: GK Consulting LLC

  • 2017

    Sperry Communication Tower
    Structure Owner: City of Eagan, Minnesota
    Contractor/Applicator: STEALTH Concealment Solutions, Inc.
    Coating Material Supplier: The Sherwin-Williams Company
    Engineer / Consulting: Short Elliott Hendrickson, Inc.

  • 2016

    TVA Spillway
    Structure Owner: Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
    Contractor / Applicator: GUBMK
    Coating Material Supplier: PPG Protective and Marine Coatings

  • 2015

    Facilities Upgrade and Refurbishment Southwest Soldado Oil Fields
    Structure Owner: Petrotrin, LLC
    Contractor/Applicator: Theo Richards General Contractors, LTD
    Coating Material Supplier: Carboline Company

  • 2014

    Mamquam Generating Station
    Structure Owner – Atlantic Power
    Contractor/Applicator – Certified Coating Specialists, Inc.
    Coating Material Supplier – Carboline Co.

    Mokelumne Aqueducts
    Structure Owner – East Bay Municipal Utility District (East Bay MUD)
    Contractor/Applicator – Abhe & Svoboda, Inc.
    Coating Material Supplier – Carboline Co.

  • 2013

    Thornton Bank
    Structure Owner – C-Power
    Contractor/Applicator – THV Seawind (Dredging International) and Smulders Group
    Coating Material Supplier – Hempel Belgium

  • 2012

    Nestle Plant Expansion
    Structure Owner – Nestle Nutrition
    Contractor/Applicator – YYK, Inc.
    Coating Material Supplier – PPG Industries, Inc.

    Wind Tower Segments
    Structure Owner – Welcon A/S
    Contractor/Applicator – Muehlhan A/S
    Coating Material Supplier – Hempel A/S

  • 2010

    Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge
    Structure Owner – Federal Highway Department
    Contractor/Applicator – United/Anco Services – A Member of The Brock Group
    Coating Material Supplier – PPG Marine and Protective Coatings, and Superior Products International (SPI)

  • 2009

    Opelika Sportsplex and Aquatic Center
    Structure Owner – City of Opelika, Alabama
    Contractor/Applicator – Vulcan Painters, Inc.
    Coating Material Supplier – The Sherwin-Williams Company

  • 2008

    Cardinal Unit 3 Cooling Tower
    Structure Owner – Buckeye Power Company/American Electric Power
    Contractor/Applicator – Cannon Sline
    Coating Material Supplier – The Sherwin-Williams Company

  • 2007

    Arecibo Observatory
    Structure Owner – National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC) Cornell University and the National Science Foundation
    Contractor/Applicator – John Thornberg and Company
    Coating Material Supplier – PPG Amercoat

  • 2006

    North fork Water Treatment Plant
    Owner – City of Asheville, NC
    Contractor – Carolina Management
    Material Supplier – The Sherwin-Williams Company