Gilbane Receives National Excellence in Construction Award from ABC

ORLANDO, Fla. – Gilbane Building Company’s Walt Disney World Resort Textile Services Laundry Facility project was recently honored with a National Excellence in Construction Pyramid Award by the Associated Builders and Contractors in the Industrial Category. Representatives from Gilbane were on hand to receive the award during the ABC’s 26th annual Excellence in Construction Awards celebration.

The 130,000-square-foot state-of-the-art, fully automated laundry facility is located on a more than 50-acre greenfield site within the Walt Disney World Resort and features one-of-a-kind, cutting-edge equipment.

The Excellence in Construction Awards program is the industry’s leading competition, developed to honor innovative and high-quality merit shop construction projects. 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. Eagle awards were presented to the highest scoring projects in each category with pyramid awards presented to the next highest scoring projects. Gilbane was also presented with the 2015 National Safety Excellence Award for a second consecutive year.

A panel of industry experts served as the competition’s judges. This year’s panel included representatives from the Design-Build Institute of America, Construction Users Roundtable and the National Association of Women in Construction, as well as representatives from higher education, among others.