24th Annual Excellence In Construction Awards
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A Mark ofDistinctionWith the 24th AnnualExcellence in Construction Awards,A B C p r o u d l y h o n o r s t h e y e a r ’smost outstanding construction projectsand contractors for their remarkablea c h i e v e m e n t s i n l e a d e r s h i p , s a f e t y,i n n o v a t i o n a n d d i v e r s i t y.CII
PAGE 2National ExcellenceIn Construction AwardsPANEL OF JUDGES / 3PAGE 4Eagle WinnersSPECIALTY CONTRACTOR CATEGORIES / 4ELECTRICAL / 4EXTERIORS / 5INTERIORS / 5MECHANICAL / 6OTHER SPECIALTY CONSTRUCTION / 7GENERAL CONTRACTOR/CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT CATEGORIES / 9COMMERCIAL / 9COMMUNITY/PUBLIC SERVICE / 10FEDERAL GOVERNMENT/MILITARY / 10HEALTHCARE / 11HISTORICAL RESTORATION/RENOVATION / 11INDUSTRIAL / 12INFRASTRUCTURE/HEAVY / 13INSTITUTIONAL / 13OTHER CONSTRUCTION / 14PRE-ENGINEERED BUILDING / 15RENOVATION / 15RESIDENTIAL / 16MEGA-PROJECTS / 17PAGE 18Pyramid WinnersSPECIALTY CONTRACTOR CATEGORIES / 18GENERAL CONTRACTOR/CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT CATEGORIES / 20PAGE 22National Safety Excellence AwardsPANEL OF JUDGES / 23PAGE 24Pinnacle WinnersPAGE 24Excellence WinnersPAGE 25Merit WinnersPAGE 26National Diversity Excellence AwardsPANEL OF JUDGES / 27AWARDS / 27PAGE 28Contractor of the Year AwardPAGE 292013 STEP DIAMOND RECIPIENTSPAGE 30INDEX OF ALL WINNERSPAGE 32PROGRAM SPONSORS
Built onExcellence2013 EXCELLENCE IN CONSTRUCTIONAWARD RECIPIENTST h e E xc e l l e n c e i n C o n s t r u c t i o n A w a r d shonor the skill and creativit y of thee n t i r e te a m—c o n t r a c to r, o w n e r, a r c h i te c ta n d e n g i n e e r—r e s p o n s i b l e fo r a n o u t s t a n d i n gm e r i t s h o p c o n s t r u c t i o n p r o j e c t. T h e 2013a w a r d r e c i p i e n t s exc e e d e d ex p e c t a t i o n si n i n n o v a t i o n a n d q u a l i t y.2
Panel of JudgesRICHARD BELLEPresidentBelle Communications, LLCBethesda, Md.JOAQUIN DIZManaging Director and Head of DesignMorgan Gick McBeath & AssociatesFalls Church, Va.PATRICK L. GLONRetired, Professor EmeritusPurdue UniversitySouth Bend, Ind.RICHARD HAYESDirector, Knowledge ResourcesThe American Institute of ArchitectsWashington, D.C.DEDE HUGHESExecutive Vice PresidentNational Association of Women in ConstructionFort Worth, TexasANTHONY LOMBARDICorporate Safety DirectorCentennial Contractors Enterprises, Inc.Reston, Va.DAVID MIELKEPresidentM.W. Mielke, Inc.Tampa, Fla.MARC RAMSEYDirector of CommunicationsAmerican Subcontractors Association, Inc.Alexandria, Va.JASON ROBERTSONDirector, Business DevelopmentCRB EngineersKansas City, Mo.RICHARD THOMASDirector, State/Local Legislative AffairsDesign-Build Institute of AmericaWashington, D.C.STEVE WILTSHIREDirector of Corporate Safety ServicesECS Corporate Services, LLCFredericksburg, Va.ANDREW WRIGHTManaging Senior EditorENR.comNew York, N.Y.
Eagle WinnersSpecialty ContractorCategoriesELECTRICAL-COMMERCIAL 2-10 MILLIONHELIX ELECTRICSands Expo and Convention Center RenovationLas Vegas, Nev.Sands Expo Venetian PalazzoGensler of NevadaJBA Consulting EngineersHelix Electric started just 10 days after winning a 6.4 million contract todeliver new switchgear, lighting and communications systems for a fullyfunctional convention center, working behind temporary walls with zerorecordable accidents.ELECTRICAL-INDUSTRIALLESS THAN 2 MILLIONISC CONSTRUCTORS, L.L.C.Hazard and Effects Management Process TankOverfill and Reliability ProjectDeer Park, TexasShell Deer Park Refinery & PetrochemicalWorleyParsonsDespite having to break ground a month late, ISC Constructors finished 100percent of the electrical and instrumentation work on more than 80 holdingtanks two months ahead of the scheduled completion date.ELECTRICAL-INDUSTRIAL 2-10 MILLIONISC CONSTRUCTORS, L.L.C.Hydrogen SMR and Compression ProjectSt. Charles, La.PraxairS & B Engineers & Constructors, Ltd.S & B Engineers & Constructors, Ltd.GCUsing BIM, ISC Constructors installed more than 15 miles of electrical racewaywith only three placement issues—finishing the project two weeks ahead ofthe quoted completion date with no OSHA recordable incidents.4ContractorProject NameProject LocationClient/OwnerArchitect
Eagle WinnersSPECIALTY CONTRACTOR CATEGORIESSpecialty ContractorCategoriesELECTRICAL PROJECTSMORE THAN 10 MILLIONTRIAD ELECTRIC & CONTROLS, INC.GCDiamond Green Diesel ProjectNorco, La.Diamond Green Diesel, LLCRichard Design Services, Inc.Turner Industries Group, L.L.C.Thorough planning and the ability to solve unexpected problems helped TriadElectric & Controls successfully connect an existing oil refinery to a newchemical plant with upgraded technology and standards.EXTERIORSKPOST COMPANYGCPerot Museum of Nature and ScienceDallas, TexasPerot Museum of Nature and ScienceMorphosis Architects / Good Fulton & FarrellDatum Engineers / John A. Martin & Associates, Inc.Balfour Beatty ConstructionGCAfter providing three years of design input and pricing, KPost proved tobe invaluable onsite for its roofing expertise and ability to solve uniquewaterproofing challenges on this high-profile science museum.INTERIORS: ACOUSTICAL,DRYWALL, MILLWORK OR PLASTERBAKERTRIANGLEGCPerot Museum of Nature and ScienceDallas, TexasPerot Museum of Nature and ScienceMorphosis Architects / Good Fulton & FarrellBalfour Beatty ConstructionBakerTriangle relied on ingenuity, BIM and robotic total stations to safely createand install an undulating wire mesh ceiling, metal ribbon wall feature andcurved escalator “tube” for a LEED Gold science museum.EngineerArchitect/EngineerGCGeneral Contractor5
Eagle WinnersSpecialty ContractorCategoriesINTERIORS:ALL OTHER INTERIOR FINISHESCAMARATA MASONRY SYSTEMS, LTD.Harris County 1910 Courthouse RestorationHouston, TexasHarris CountyPGALWalter P MooreVaughn ConstructionGCCamarata stepped in to restore historical elements of a 103-year-oldcourthouse, including refinishing 21,000 square feet of original stone,installing 4,642 square feet of new stone and incorporating 17,545 squarefeet of matching marble.MECHANICAL-COMMERCIALLESS THAN 2 MILLIONEARLY SERVICES, INC.Athens-Limestone Hospital Sewer RepairAthens, Ala.Athens-Limestone HospitalChapman Sisson ArchitectsCHB Mechanical, LLCRobins & MortonGCGCEarly Services leveraged its design-build expertise to replace 155 feet ofdeteriorating sewer pipe in just two days using an innovative pipe burstingtechnique to save the owner more than 100,000.MECHANICAL-COMMERCIAL 2-10 MILLIONMILLER’S PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL INC.Capital Regional Medical Center Vertical ExpansionTallahassee, Fla.HCAGould Turner GroupI. C. ThomassonSkanska USAGCTo meet a strict one-year deadline, all corridor utility mains, patient bathroomsand medical gas headwalls were prefabricated offsite and then incorporated intoa 45,016-square-foot vertical expansion of an active six-story medical center.6ContractorProject NameProject LocationClient/OwnerArchitect
Eagle WinnersSPECIALTY CONTRACTOR CATEGORIESSpecialty ContractorCategoriesMECHANICAL-INDUSTRIALLESS THAN 10 MILLIONSTARCON INTERNATIONAL, INC.Furnace Re-TubeMorris, Ill.LyondellBasellStarcon International completed the highly specialized welding necessary tore-tube furnaces for a chemical company, achieving 3,000 welds annually at a98 percent acceptance rate.MECHANICAL PROJECTSMORE THAN 10 MILLIONTURNER INDUSTRIES GROUP, L.L.C.Alen Central Processing PlatformAmelia, La.McDermott Inc.Wood Group MustangTurner Industries Group completed this processing platform with zero OSHArecordable incidents by drastically increasing its workforce to meet theowner’s deadline.OTHER SPECIALTY CONSTRUCTIONLESS THAN 5 MILLIONKWEST GROUP, LLCGCHoles Creek Restoration ProjectWest Carrollton, OhioMiami Conservancy DistrictU.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville DistrictKwest Group, LLCOn its first prime contract with the USACE, Kwest Group safely dealt withoverhead utilities and underground conflicts while constructing 2,600traversing feet of customized reinforced concrete floodwalls partially locatedwithin 25 feet of surrounding businesses.EngineerArchitect/EngineerGCGeneral Contractor7
Eagle WinnersSpecialty ContractorCategoriesOTHER SPECIALTY CONSTRUCTION 5-25 MILLIONDURR HEAVY CONSTRUCTIONGuste Housing Re-DevelopmentNew Orleans, La.Housing Authority of New OrleansPerez, APCMorphy Makofsky, Inc.Durr completed the demolition and reconstruction of utilities, streets andsidewalks for a new public housing development on time and on budget—allwhile keeping existing residents safe and preserving 200-year-old artifactsdiscovered during excavation.EAGLE WINNERS8ContractorProject NameProject LocationClient/OwnerArchitect
Eagle WinnersSPECIALTY CONTRACTOR CATEGORIESGeneral IAL - 5-10 MILLIONWARFEL CONSTRUCTION COMPANYSecond and State Office Building Core and ShellHarrisburg, Pa.WCI Partners, LPBernardon Haber Holloway ArchitectsAlderson Engineering, Inc.Navigating a site less than 3 feet from neighboring properties, the Warfel-leddesign-build team devised a pulley system for masonry work and developed aninnovative geothermal system for this five-story LEED Gold office building.COMMERCIAL - 10-25 MILLIONADOLFSON & PETERSON CONSTRUCTIONSuncor Energy USA HeadquartersCommerce City, Colo.Suncor Energy (USA) Inc.Intergroup ArchitectsMonroe & Newell Engineers /MEP Engineering, Inc. / Jacobs EngineeringGCAdolfson & Peterson delivered this LEED Silver, 76,000-square-foot officebuilding four months ahead of schedule and without a lost-time injury—overcoming challenges with groundwater, gas and poor soil quality.GRWORRO RM NETO INWER DN RE E WAACOMMERCIAL - 25-100 MILLIONFOULGER-PRATT CONTRACTING, LLCRockville Metro Plaza IIRockville, Md.Foulger-Pratt Development, LLCWDG Architecture, PLLCWFT Engineering, Inc.After falling six weeks behind due to heavy rainfall while excavating a belowgrade garage, Foulger-Pratt used innovative scheduling techniques to begininterior finishes on time and get this LEED office project back on schedule.EngineerArchitect/EngineerGCGeneral Contractor9
Eagle WinnersGeneral TY/PUBLIC SERVICEGARLING CONSTRUCTION, INC.Iowa Construction Education CenterGrimes, IowaABC of Iowa Apprenticeship and Training Trust, Inc.Shive-Hattery, Inc.Leading a team of ABC members that donated more than 1,000 manhours and 100,000 in materials, Garling remodeled a two-story office and constructedan 84,000-square-foot pre-engineered steel building for apprenticeshipclassrooms and training labs.FEDERAL GOVERNMENT/MILITARYLESS THAN 15 MILLIONI.E.-PACIFIC, INC.P173 Armory and Missile EquipmentMaintenance ShopTwentynine Palms, Calif.U.S. Department of the NavyTECTONICS Architects/Planners/EngineersGCWith constant attention to site security, I.E.-Pacific design-built a Marinesweapons storage and maintenance facility featuring an 8-inch concrete ceilingsupporting a standing seam metal roof and solar panels.FEDERAL GOVERNMENT/MILITARY 15-100 MILLIONBL HARBERT INTERNATIONAL, LLCNew U.S. Embassy CompoundLibreville, Gabonese RepublicU.S. Department of State –Overseas Buildings OperationsSorg ArchitectsBL Harbert overcame language, safety and skills barriers with the localworkforce to complete this 75,950-square-foot U.S. embassy in Gabon safelyand on schedule.10ContractorProject NameProject LocationClient/OwnerArchitect
Eagle WinnersGeneral ARE - LESS THAN 20 MILLIONSDV CONSTRUCTION, INC.New Outpatient Mental Health Building at theRaymond G. Murphy VA Medical CenterAlbuquerque, N.M.U.S. Department of Veterans AffairsSBBL Architecture PlanningBohannan Huston, Inc. / Kelly, Wright &Associates, PC / The Response Group, Inc. /Broderick Engineering, LLCValue engineering saved the Department of Veterans Affairs 80,000 on thismental health facility, which SDV completed safely and on time despite the needto re-sequence steel erection and coordinate traffic on a busy hospital campus.HEALTHCARE - 20-100 MILLIONBRASFIELD & GORRIE, LLCMission Health, SECU Cancer CenterAsheville, N.C.Mission Health System, Inc.TRO Jung Brannen, Inc.Smith Seckmen Reid, Inc.GCThis five-story, LEED Gold cancer center was completed in 21 months despitechallenges with excavating 200,000 cubic yards of earth and a fire at aneighboring building that required altering the project schedule.HISTORICAL RESTORATION/RENOVATION - LESS THAN 25 MILLIONMORGAN-KELLER, INC.Schmucker Hall RestorationGettysburg, Pa.Lutheran Theological Seminary at GettysburgMurphy & Dittenhafer, Inc.Baker, Ingram & Associates / James PoseyAssociates, Inc. / ELA Group, Inc.Morgan-Keller blended old with new on this LEED Silver museum by installing40 geothermal wells and 900-pound timber support beams using mortise andtendon connections—meeting the strict 10-month schedule with zero accidents.EngineerArchitect/EngineerGCGeneral Contractor11
Eagle WinnersGeneral IAL - LESS THAN 5 MILLIONTURNER INDUSTRIES GROUP, L.L.C.Merisol C-21 Column ReplacementHouston, TexasMerisolTurner Industries Group, L.L.C.In just eight months, Turner Industries Group completed the design, fabrication,delivery and installation of a 100-ton, 206-foot-long distillation column,including a long, incident-free haul from Decatur, Ala., to Houston.INDUSTRIAL - 5-15 MILLIONEXCEL CONTRACTORS, INC.TDC Bitumen Unloading ProjectNatchez, Miss.Genesis Energy, L.P.EXCEL Engineering, Inc.GCDespite an aggressive six-month schedule, prolonged rain and mid-projectdesign changes, EXCEL safely engineered and built a rail car system forunloading heavy crude oil that required fabricating 336 tons of steel.INDUSTRIAL - 20-100 MILLIONBRASFIELD & GORRIE, LLCRaytheon Redstone Missile Integration FacilityHuntsville, Ala.Raytheon Missile SystemsBarge, Waggoner, Sumner and Cannon, Inc. /Advantech Facility Design, Inc.Brasfield & Gorrie constructed this 32 million, 70,000-square-foot missileintegration facility using “zero lift” technology, which relies on laser-guidedvehicles to eliminate the risk of explosions.12ContractorProject NameProject LocationClient/OwnerArchitect
Eagle WinnersSPECIALTY CONTRACTOR CATEGORIESGeneral RUCTURE: HEAVYALL CONTRACT AMOUNTSCIANBRO BRASFIELD & GORRIE,A JOINT VENTUREGalveston Causeway Vertical Lift Railroad BridgeGalveston, TexasCounty of GalvestonModjeski and MastersCianbro and Brasfield & Gorrie worked around the clock to fabricate anderect this 382-foot-long, single-track vertical lift railroad bridge in 32 monthswithout disrupting bridge and waterway operations.INSTITUTIONAL - LESS THAN 5 MILLIONBLACK CONSTRUCTION CORPORATIONKosrae State Correctional FacilityKosrae, Federated States of MicronesiaFSM National GovernmentE. M. Chen & Associates, Inc.GCTo complete renovations and an addition to a jail on the remote island ofKosrae, Black Construction Corporation imported materials and hired workersfrom nearby countries such as the Philippines.INSTITUTIONAL - 5-10 MILLIONLANDIS CONSTRUCTION CO., LLCSt. Katharine Drexel ChapelNew Orleans, La.Xavier University of LouisianaPelli Clarke Pelli Architects /Waggonner & Ball ArchitectsLandis brought to fruition the nearly century-old plan of St. Katharine Drexeland the acoustically precise design of Cesar Pelli for a 400-seat sanctuarywith octagonal ceilings and a faceted copper roof.EngineerArchitect/EngineerGCGeneral Contractor13
Eagle WinnersGeneral TIONAL - 10-25 MILLIONBRASFIELD & GORRIE, LLCSamford University West Village Residence HallBirmingham, Ala.Samford UniversityDavis Architects, Inc.LBYD, Inc.While building three student housing facilities in just 16 months, crewsexcavated 25 feet into solid rock—navigating a concrete water main and busywalkways—to lay hydronic pipes for a new HVAC system.INSTITUTIONAL - 25-100 MILLIONSPAWGLASSThe University of Texas at AustinLiberal Arts Building Phase IIAustin, TexasThe University of Texas SystemOverland PartnersDAVCAR Engineering / HMG & Associates, Inc. /Hughes Associates, Inc.GCUsing BIM and prefabricated systems to meet a schedule condensed by fivemonths, SpawGlass finished this technology-driven, LEED Gold liberal artsbuilding one week early and 10 million under budget.OTHER CONSTRUCTIONLESS THAN 4 MILLIONARRIGHI CONSTRUCTION, LLCThe Crest at Galvez PlazaBaton Rouge, La.City of Baton RougeTrahan ArchitectsLBYD, Inc.This 65,000-pound, 35-foot-tall steel cantilevered sculpture, which extends 85feet and consists almost entirely of welded plates, serves as a final componentof a city-wide revitalization effort in Baton Rouge.14ContractorProject NameProject LocationClient/OwnerArchitect
Eagle WinnersSPECIALTY CONTRACTOR CATEGORIESGeneral Contractor/ConstructionManagementCategoriesOTHER CONSTRUCTION 4-100 MILLIONFORRESTER CONSTRUCTION COMPANYSmithsonian National Zoological ParkSeal and Sea Lion ExhibitWashington, D.C.Smithsonian National Zoological ParkQuinn Evans ArchitectsForrester constructed a new seal and sea lion exhibit that includes six pools,ADA-compliant pathways, above- and below-ground water viewing areas, anamphitheater and a maintenance building that houses a life support system.PRE-ENGINEERED BUILDINGALL CONTRACT AMOUNTSREGAL CONSTRUCTION, LLCNucor Steel Support BuildingsConvent, La.Nucor Steel Louisiana, LLCScairono Martinez ArchitectsGCRegal Construction design-built this iron plant’s 14,000-square-footadministrative building, 10,000-square-foot multi-purpose building, and7,500-square-foot laboratory and control room building using only steelproduced by the owner.RENOVATION - LESS THAN 4 MILLIONSPAWGLASSHouston Methodist West Hospital Birthing Centerand NICU BuildoutHouston, TexasHouston Methodist West HospitalPageSmith Seckman Reid, Inc.Working in an active hospital/medical center required SpawGlass to carefullymonitor security, noise, and infection control while building 8,000 square feetof labor and delivery rooms and neonatal intensive care units.EngineerArchitect/EngineerGCGeneral Contractor15
Eagle WinnersGeneral ION - 4-10 MILLIONCSM GROUPCorporation HallKalamazoo, Mich.Catalyst Development Co., LLCTower Pinkster Architects EngineersReclaimed materials and 144-year-old architectural details mesh with 18energy-efficient geothermal wells in this 33,000-square-foot retail andapartment complex, which was completed safely in 23 months amid heavypedestrian traffic.RENOVATION - 10-100 MILLIONLECHASE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, LLC.Duke University Baldwin AuditoriumRenovation & RestorationDurham, N.C.Duke UniversityPfeiffer Partners Architects, Inc.RMF EngineeringGCLeChase oversaw the two-year, 12.5 million preservation and acousticaltransformation of this 86-year-old Georgian-style auditorium, including a balconyextension, MEP relocation, elevator addition, and wall, floor and ceiling refinishing.GRWORRO RM NETO INWER DN RE E WAARESIDENTIAL - MULTI-FAMILY ANDCONDOMINIUM PROJECTSMILENDER WHITE CONSTRUCTION CO.Tapiz at MariposaDenver, Colo.Denver Housing AuthorityRNL DesignKL&A, Inc.The design-build team, which included 34 YouthBuild participants, went aboveand beyond to incorporate a community center, a youth culinary academy anda local artist’s eight-story mural on this LEED Platinum transit-oriented publichousing development.16ContractorProject NameProject LocationClient/OwnerArchitect
Eagle WinnersSPECIALTY CONTRACTOR CATEGORIESGeneral OJECTS 100-200 MILLIONS & B ENGINEERS ANDCONSTRUCTORS, LTD.Enterprise Products FRAC VIMont Belvieu, TexasEnterprise Products Operating L.P.S & B Engineers and C
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