Contact: Gail Raiman, (703) 812-2073                                   For Immediate Release                  
               Gerry Fritz, (703) 812-2062                                     June 25, 2009  

Washington, D.C. – Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) June 24 recognized the nation’s top 2008 construction projects during its Excellence in Construction and National Safety Excellence awards celebration at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C.  

“ABC is proud to honor these innovative merit shop construction projects and industry-leading firms with our Excellence in Construction award,” said Kirk Pickerel, ABC president and CEO. “These award winners are outstanding examples of the exceptional craftsmanship and professionalism that embody merit shop construction.”  

The Excellence in Construction awards program is the industry’s leading competition, developed to honor innovative and high-quality merit shop construction projects and safety programs. The award honors all construction team members, including the contractor, owner, architect and engineer. The winning projects, selected from entries submitted from across the nation, were judged on complexity, attractiveness, unique challenges overcome, completion time, workmanship, innovation, safety and cost.  

A panel of industry experts served as the competition’s judges. This year's panel included representatives from the Design-Build Institute of America, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Surety & Fidelity Association of America, Engineering News-Record and representatives from higher education, among others.  

2008 Award of Excellence Winners:  

Electrical - Commercial - $2-$10 Million
Contractor: Gaylor, Inc.
Project: St. Francis Hospital Expansion, Mooresville, Ind.
Client/Owner: St. Francis Hospital
Architect/Engineer: St. Francis Hospital & Health Centers          

Electrical - Industrial - Less than $2 million
Contractor: Triad Electric & Controls, Inc.
Project: ExxonMobil ULSD Project, Chalmette, La.
Client/Owner: ExxonMobil
Architect/Engineer: Jacobs Engineering  

Electrical - Industrial - $2-$10 million
Contractor: Industrial Specialty Contractors, LLC
Project: Marathon Garyville Major Expansion (GME) Project - Temporary Power, Garyville, La.
Client/Owner: Marathon Petroleum Company
Architect/Engineer: Fluor Enterprises, Inc.  

Electrical - More than $10 million
Contractor: Industrial Specialty Contractors, LLC
Project: Motiva Norco Refining East Reinstrumentation Project, Norco, La.
Client/Owner: Motiva Enterprises
Architect/Engineer: Emerson Process Management  

Exteriors - Masonry, Precast or Stone
Contractor: Chamberlin Dallas, Ltd.
Project: Dallas County Community College District Headquarters, Dallas, Texas
Client/Owner: Dallas County Community College District
Architect/Engineer: Corgan Associates  

Exteriors - All Other Finishes
Contractor: KPost Company
Project: Children’s Medical Center Tower IIIB, Dallas, Texas
Client/Owner: Children’s Medical Center of Dallas
Architect/Engineer: FKP Architects  

Interiors - Acoustical, Drywall, Millwork or Plaster
Contractor: BakerTriangle
Project: Great Wolf Lodge, Grapevine, Texas
Client/Owner: Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.
Architect/Engineer: GSBS Architects  

Interiors - All Other Finishes
Contractor: Spacecon Specialty Contractors
Project: Saint Francis Medical Center, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Client/Owner: Penrose-Saint Francis Health Services
Architect/Engineer: RTA Architects  

Mechanical - Commercial - Less than $2 million
Contractor: A/C Technical Services, Ltd.
Project: Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church, San Antonio, Texas
Client/Owner: Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church
Architect/Engineer: Ford, Powell & Carson Architects  

Mechanical - Commercial - $2-$10 million
Contractor: TDIndustries, Inc.
Project: Daimler Financial Services at Heritage Commons Phase IV, Fort Worth, Texas
Client/Owner: Hillwood Properties
Architect/Engineer: Boka Powell / TDIndustries, Inc.  

Mechanical - Industrial - $2-$10 million
Contractor: Polk Mechanical Company, LLC
Project: Corrugated Services Inc. - Biomass Electric Generating Facility, Forney, Texas
Client/Owner: Corrugated Services, Inc.
Architect/Engineer: RSH Engineering  

Mechanical - More than $10 million
Contractor: TDIndustries, Inc.
Project: Memorial Hermann Heart and Vascular Institute, Houston, Texas
Client/Owner: Tellepsen
Architect/Engineer: Smith Seckman Reid  

Other Specialty Construction - Less than $1 million
Contractor: Chamberlin Roofing & Waterproofing
Project: Discovery Green, Houston, Texas
Client/Owner: Discovery Green Conservancy
Architect/Engineer: Wrich Engineers  

Other Specialty Construction - More than $1 million
Contractor: Cajun Industries
Project: Chevron GOM SMI 217 Debottlenecking / Flatrock Development, South Marsh Island 217 Gulf of Mexico (Offshore)
Client/Owner: Chevron North America / Chevron Gulf of Mexico
Architect/Engineer: EDG, Inc.  

Sitework/Landscape/Hardscape
Contractor: Durr Heavy Construction, LLC
Project: WWL New Guy Wire Foundations, Barataria, La.
Client/Owner: Entercom New Orleans, LLC
Architect/Engineer: Morphy Makofsky, Inc.  

Commercial - Less than $2 million
Contractor: Stotko Speedling Construction, Inc.
Project: Michael Frome Academy, Woodbury, Minn.
Client/Owner: Robert Engstrom Companies
Architect/Engineer: Design Forum, Inc.          

Commercial - $2-$5 million
Contractor: Pirtle Construction Company
Project: Pirtle Construction Company Corporate Headquarters - LEED Silver, Davie, Fla.
Client/Owner: Pirtle Construction Company
Architect/Engineer: Zyscovich Architects, Inc.  

Commercial - $5-$10 Million
Contractor: B.L. Harbert International, LLC
Project: Auburn Research Park, Building One, Auburn, Ala.
Client/Owner: The Industrial Development Board of the City of Auburn
Architect/Engineer: Gresham, Smith and Partners  

Commercial - $10-$25 million
Contractor: FCI Constructors, Inc.
Project: Colorado Bureau of Investigation, Grand Junction, Colo.
Client/Owner: Grand Junction Colorado State Leasing Authority / Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Architect/Engineer: Blythe Group + Co.  

Commercial - $25-$100 million
Contractor: Gilbane Building Company
Project: Fox Network Center – Houston, The Woodlands, Texas
Client/Owner: Fox Networks
Architect/Engineer: Archcentric, P.C.  

Industrial - Less than $5 million
Contractor: Performance Contractors, Inc.
Project: MDI Cascade Project, Geismar, La.
Client/Owner: BASF Chemical Corporation
Architect/Engineer: BASF-Geismar  

Industrial - $5-$15 million
Contractor: EXCEL Group, Inc.
Project: Kinder Morgan - Geismar Logistics Center, Geismar, La.
Client/Owner: Kinder Morgan Liquids Terminal, LLC
Architect/Engineer: Kinder Morgan Liquids Terminal, LLC  

Industrial - $15-$25 million
Contractor: STARCON International, Inc.
Project: Crude Unit Turnaround, Garyville, La.
Client/Owner: Marathon Petroleum Corp.
Architect/Engineer: ENGlobal  

Industrial - $25-$100 million
Contractor: Turner Industries Group, LLC
Project: Motiva CR2 / NHT Turnaround, Norco, La.
Client/Owner: Motiva Enterprises, LLC
Architect/Engineer: N/A  

Institutional - Less than $5 million
Contractor: Brechbill & Helman Construction Co., Inc.
Project: Katherine K. Hanley Family Shelter, Fairfax, Va.
Client/Owner: Fairfax County, Va.
Architect/Engineer: Wisnewski Blair & Associates  

Institutional - $5-$10 million
Contractor: Straub Construction, Inc.
Project: Weaver Auditorium, Kansas City, Mo.
Client/Owner: Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences
Architect/Engineer: Rodriguez & Associates, LC  

Institutional - $10-$25 million
Contractor: Gibbs Construction, LLC
Project: Joseph J. Davies Elementary School, Meraux, La.
Client/Owner: St. Bernard Parish School Board
Architect/Engineer: PBK Architects, Inc.  

Institutional - $25-$100 million
Contractor: Caddell Construction Co., Inc.
Project: Design/Build U.S. Embassy in Panamá, Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá
Client/Owner: U.S. State Department / Overseas Buildings Operations
Architect/Engineer: Einhorn Yaffee Prescott (EYP) Architecture & Engineering, P.C.  

Healthcare - Less than $10 million
Contractor: Leonard Contracting, Inc.
Project: Freedom House Phase III, San Antonio, Texas
Client/Owner: Air Force Villages, Inc.
Architect/Engineer: Rehler Vaughn & Koones, Inc.  

Healthcare - $10-$25 million
Contractor: Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC
Project: WakeMed Apex Healthplex, Apex, N.C.
Client/Owner: WakeMed Health & Hospitals
Architect/Engineer: BBH Design - Architect  

Historical Restoration – Less than $2 million
Contractor: Midwest Maintenance, Inc.
Project: Historic Polk County Courthouse, Columbus, N.C.
Client/Owner: Polk County Government
Architect/Engineer: Harris Architects PLLC  

Historical Restoration - $2-$10 million
Contractor: Voelkel McWilliams Construction, LLC
Project: St. Alphonsus Complex, New Orleans, La.
Client/Owner: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans
Architect/Engineer: Koch & Wilson Architects  

Historical Restoration - $10-$100 million
Contractor: Hensel Phelps Construction Co.
Project: Mercantile Place on Main, Dallas, Texas
Client/Owner: Forest City Residential Group
Architect/Engineer: Beeler Guest Owens Architects  

Infrastructure/Heavy
Contractor: Stanek Constructors, Inc.
Project: Big Tooth Dam Modification and Upper Blue Dam Improvements, Summit County, Colo.
Client/Owner: Colorado Springs Utility
Architect/Engineer: URS  

Public Works/Environmental
Contractor: Western Summit Constructors, Inc.
Project: Miramar Water Treatment Plant – Contract A, San Diego, Calif.
Client/Owner: City of San Diego
Architect/Engineer: Camp Dresser & McKee, Inc.  

Renovation – Less than $4 million
Contractor: Benchmark Construction Company, Inc.
Project: Executive Suites, Lancaster, Pa.
Client/Owner: Lancaster General Hospital
Architect/Engineer: Cornerstone Design Architects  

Renovation - $4-$10 million
Contractor: Benchmark Construction Company, Inc.
Project: Lancaster Country Club, Lancaster, Pa.
Client/Owner: Lancaster Country Club
Architect/Engineer: Richard Levengood Architects  

Renovation - $10-$100 million
Contractor: Forrester Construction Company
Project: Kimpton Hotel Monaco, Alexandria, Va.
Client/Owner: Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants
Architect/Engineer: Gensler  

Pre-Engineered Building
Contractor: DonahueFavret Contractors, Inc.
Project: Louisiana Army National Guard - Bogalusa Readiness Center, Bogalusa, La.
Client/Owner: State of Louisiana
Architect/Engineer: John T. Campo & Associates, Inc.          

Residential – Multi-Family Projects and Condominiums
Contractor: Hardin Construction Company, LLC
Project: 10 Terminus Place, Atlanta, Ga.
Client/Owner: Cousins Properties Incorporated
Architect/Engineer: Cooper Carry and Associates, Inc.  

Residential - Single Family Projects
Contractor: Nor-Son, Inc.
Project: Anderson French Chateau, Nisswa, Minn.
Client/Owner: Lee & Penny Anderson
Architect/Engineer: Randall Blomquist, Design Alternatives  

Other Construction - Less than $2 million
Contractor: Paul Risk Associates, Inc.
Project: Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Freedom Hills Barn Project, Port Deposit, Md.
Client/Owner: Freedom Hills Therapeutic Riding Program, Inc.
Architect/Engineer: Risk Design Solutions, LLC  

Other Construction - $2-$100 million
Contractor: Choate Construction Company
Project: zMAX Dragway, Concord, USA, Concord, N.C.
Client/Owner: Speedway Motorsports, Inc.
Architect/Engineer: Ai Design Group, Inc.  

Mega-Projects - More than $100 million
Contractor: Hensel Phelps Construction Co.
Project: Social Security Administration Operations Building – Repair and Alteration, Woodlawn, Md.
Client/Owner: General Services Administration
Architect/Engineer: Burt Hill Kosar Rittlemann Associates                                                                  

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