Final Coat
Paint engineer for “Art All Around” project
in Maine receives prestigious award
Jon Cavallo, who serves as paint engineer for the Maine Center for Creativity’s (MCC) “Art All Around” project in Portland Harbor, Maine has been honored with a prestigious international award for engineering expertise. Cavallo
recently received the Award of Merit and accompanying
title of fellow from the ASTM International Committee
D33 on Protective Coating and Lining Work for Power
Generation Facilities. The Award of Merit is the highest
organizational recognition for individual contributions to
ASTM standards activities. Cavallo is providing pro bono
paint engineering services to MCC’s Art All Around project, which involves the painting of 16 Sprague oil storage
tanks in South Portland, Maine. When completed in 2012,
it will be the world’s largest public art painting, viewed by
land, sea and air.
Cavallo recently inspected the second finished oil tank.
London-based artist Jaime Gili’s bold, colorful design was
completed last fall on the first 36-foot tall tank. Professional
paint subcontractor AMEX has been enlisted to transfer
Gili’s artwork onto the Sprague tanks.
Jon Cavallo recently received the Award of Merit and accompanying
title of fellow from the ASTM International Committee D33 on
Protective Coating and Lining Work for Power Generation Facilities.
A resident of South Berwick, Maine, the pro bono paint engineer
for the world’s largest public art painting, recently inspected the
second completed oil storage tank.
