GPI is an industry-leading consultant for protective coatings and corrosion protection, offering expert services in coating system evaluation, design, field inspection, testing, and training. We are focused on quality, providing our clients with consistent and accurate coatings inspections and testing services. Our inspection team holds SSPC QP5 certification, and our laboratory holds multiple accreditations to the ISO 17025 standard Cert No. 5033.01. Our expertise includes specialty technologies such as thermal spray metalizing, FRP wrapping for pipes, and cathodic protection for concrete structures. We are committed to industry improvements and participate at the highest levels in the Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP, formerly NACE and SSPC).
Matthew Welsh Bridge Coatings Services
Brooklyn Bridge Rehabilitation and Coatings
BNY Mellon Building One
Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Expert Service - Failure Analysis
High Bridge over the Harlem River
Hoan Bridge over Kinnickinnic River
Internal Coating Failure Analysis
Manhan Rail Trail Over Mill River
Riverside Drive Bridge over W 125th Street
Salem LNG Facility
Statewide Gas Pipeline Inspections
Suffolk County Water Tank Inspections
Sunshine Bridge Coating Inspection
Turners Falls - Gill Bridge
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Matthew Welsh Bridge Coatings Services
Client/Owner: Indiana Department of Transportation
Location: Between Mauckport, Indiana and Brandenburg, Kentucky
GPI Contact: Chris Farschon, PE, PCS
Description: GPI provided coatings inspection services and technical support for the cleaning and painting of the Mathew Welsh Bridge, a cantilever structure which opened in 1966. The length of the structure is 3,098 feet long and spans the Ohio River connecting Indiana’s State Route 135 to Kentucky’s State Route 79.
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Brooklyn Bridge Rehabilitation and Coatings
Client/Owner: NYCDOT
Location: New York, NY
GPI Contact: Gregory Zenk, PE
Description: GPI was selected for the inspection of the Brooklyn Bridge coatings rehabilitation. All three travel lanes were maintained during the course of this work, and painting took approximately four years.
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BNY Mellon Building One
Client/Owner: BNY Mellon
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
GPI Contact: Chris Farschon, PE, PCS
Description: GPI provided protective coatings services to the BNY Mellon building. This was a major rehabilitation project which involved the removal of all exterior coatings and replacing them with a three-coat zinc, epoxy urethane coating system. The surface preparation consisted of using ultrahigh-pressure waterjetting. All three coats were applied with brushes and rollers and included a fifteen-year warranty from the coating manufacture with labor.
Service: Protective Coatings
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Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Client/Owner: Maryland Transportation Authority
Location: Annapolis, MD
GPI Contact: Chris Farschon, PE, PCS
Description: GPI provided full time project management and coatings inspection services during the cleaning and painting of the 4.3 mile structure spanning the Chesapeake Bay. Total containment was required due to the presence of lead based paint.
Service: Protective Coatings
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Expert Service - Failure Analysis
Client/Owner: Microalloying International, Inc.
Location: Texas and Mexico
GPI Contact: Ramon Pelaez, PCS
Description: GPI was selected to conduct a field investigation to determine the root cause of localized coatings disbondment at cold bending locations for Class I and Class II pipes. GPI conducted both the non-destructive and destructive field tests as well as performed the in-house laboratory analysis on the pipe.
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High Bridge over the Harlem River
Client/Owner: New York City Department of Design & Construction
Location: New York, NY
GPI Contact: Gregory Zenk, PE
Description: GPI provided construction inspection for the rehabilitation of more than 1,400 ft of this historic structure. The work scope included, deleading and painting of the bridge, rehabilitation of the stone arches and the steel arch and installation of a visitor information system.
Service: Construction Inspection
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Hoan Bridge over Kinnickinnic River
Client/Owner: Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Location: Milwaukee, WI
GPI Contact: Chris Farschon, PE, PCS
Description: GPI provided inspection for the total removal and application of a new multi-coat system to the arch span and multiple approach spans of the bridge structure in downtown Milwaukee. The project required total containment due to lead based paint.
Service: Protective Coatings
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Internal Coating Failure Analysis
Client/Owner: Flanagen Inspection/Texas Brine
Location: Iberville Parrish, LA
GPI Contact: Ramon Pelaez, PCS
Description: GPI was contracted to perform an internal coatings failure analysis and develop recommendations to mitigate future risk. The work consisted of a field assessment and laboratory testing. The results provided evidence of contractor non-conformances specific to surface preparation, coatings application, and coatings materials as the three factors that prompted the coating failure and accelerated corrosion.
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Manhan Rail Trail Over Mill River
Client/Owner: MassDOT
Location: Northampton, MA
GPI Contact: Christer Ericsson, PE
Description: GPI provided full time inspection for the coatings rehabilitation of the Manhan Rail Trail Bridge, a former railroad bridge being converted to an accessible bike trail.
Service: Protective Coatings -
Riverside Drive Bridge over W 125th Street
Client/Owner: NYCDOT
Location: New York, NY
GPI Contact: Gregory Zenk, PE
Description: GPI provided protective coatings services to the Riverside Drive Bridge. The work involved the complete coatings removal surface preparation and new coatings application at this intricate steel viaduct stucture.
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Salem LNG Facility
Client/Owner: National Grid
Location: Salem, MA
GPI Contact: Ramon Pelaez, PCS
Description: GPI provided a condition survey to determine if the exsisting coating would be suitable for recoating which would extend the useful service life with minimal life cycle cost for 10 years. GPI drew from their experience aquired from DOD AST specifications development and the knowledge of over 1000 AST projects world wide to conduct the survey and develop recommendations.
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Statewide Gas Pipeline Inspections
Client/Owner: Dominion East Ohio Gas Company
Location: Statewide, OH
GPI Contact: Chris Farschon, PE, PCS
Description: GPI performs inspections and coating repairs on above ground gas pipelines to ensure coatings are protecting the lines from corrosion and environmental degradation. GPI inspects all above ground sections of the Dominion East Ohio Gas Pipelines and manages a system of reporting. The GPI team uses a database driven photo management system to organize and report on over 150 inspections each year.
Service: Protective Coatings
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Suffolk County Water Tank Inspections
Client/Owner: Suffolk County Water Authority
Location: East Hampton, Southampton, and St. James, NY
GPI Contact: Gregory Zenk, PE
Description: GPI provided full-time inspection to monitor the coating and rehabilitation of 1 million gallon pedesphere, including both the interior and exterior. The work involved abrasive blasting to remove existing paint from the entire exterior tank surfaces and repainting new single and plural component coating systems.
Service: Protective Coatings
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Sunshine Bridge Coating Inspection
Client/Owner: Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development and G.E.C., Inc
Location: St. James Parish, LA
GPI Contact: Paul Vinik, PE
Description: This bridge rehabilitation project was completed in two phases. Phase I consisted of cleaning and painting of all steel surfaces. Phase II consisted of miscellaneous repairs, and cleaning and painting of the main deck truss and through cantilever truss spans of the LA70 Sunshine Bridge crossing the Mississippi River.
Service: Protective Coatings -
Turners Falls - Gill Bridge
Client/Owner: MassDOT
Location: Erving, MA
GPI Contact: Ramon Pelaez, PCS
Description:As part of the statewide inspection contract MassDOT awarded GPI the assignment of full-time inspection of the bridge cleaning and coating operations at steel repair areas on the historic Turners Falls - Gill Bridge in Montague.
Service: Protective Coatings
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