Field Notes — Gemstone Industrial Services

Project spotlights written by the people doing the work — the scope, the specs, the constraints and how the crew got it done.

Gemstone painter stripe-coating a steel splice plate

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Multi-Structure Rehabilitation & Protective Coatings

May 19, 2026 · Infrastructure

Three structures, one contract: SP-10 blasting and a zinc-acrylic system on two steel spans, plus 48 bridge bearings rehabilitated with a wet-on-wet calcium sulfonate system.

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Truss swing bridge lit at night with traffic passing behind containment

Infrastructure

April 28, 2026

Complex Bridge Rehabilitation Under Active Traffic

A pony truss swing bridge and a lift bridge, blasted and coated overnight in single-lane closures with all the original machinery still in place.

HC-130J hangar under construction at Patrick Space Force Base

Defense

February 12, 2026

HC-130J Hangar at Patrick Space Force Base

More than two years on an active military installation, every piece of structural steel coated, and a zero-incident safety record to show for it.

Power plant exterior after facility painting

Industrial

February 6, 2026

Power Plant Facility Painting

Pressure washing, crack repair and a Sherwin-Williams Loxon and Duration system on a power plant exterior, run under Supervisor Sai Pecina.

Freshly coated green storage tank with exterior stair against a blue sky

Tank Restoration

December 11, 2025

Titusville Tank Repair

A tank repair for Fisher Tank Company, delivered from mobilization to closeout under Project Manager Jason Hargo and Foreman Luis Vargas.

Coated steel wastewater infrastructure at a bakery facility

Facility Services

October 28, 2025

Bakery Wastewater Infrastructure Coating & Lining

SSPC-SP 10 sponge blasting, ten mils of PPG AquataPoxy primer and eighty mils of Aquataflex hybrid lining on steel wastewater infrastructure at a bakery.