SEAA Names Person of the Year, Lifetime Achievement Recipients

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David Deem, president of Deem Structural Services, Longview, Texas and Bob Beckner, retired senior VP of Peterson Beckner Industries, Inc., Dallas, Texas, were recently honored by the Steel Erectors Association of America. Deem was named SEAA’s 2019 Person of the Year, and Beckner, who recently stepped down from the SEAA board of directors in anticipation of retirement, was honored with a Lifetime Achievement award. “David Deem is a strong advocate for the advanced of industry quality and safety standards. In addition to work with our organization, he also actively works to educate personnel through AISC and NISD programs,” said Tom […]

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Joint-Venture Team Wins Project of the Year, Partnering Awards

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Joint-venture partners Sundt Construction, Inc. and Kiewit continue to earn awards for their work on the Ina Road Traffic Interchange. The two-and-a-half-year project was recently awarded the 2020 “Public Works Projects of the Year” by the Arizona Chapter of the American Public Works Association in the category of Transportation: over $75 million and the 2019 Arizona Department of Transportation Partnering Award. The construction manager at-risk project involved reconstruction of the interchange at Ina Road as a precast concrete bridge overpass to I-10. It also included several street improvements, channel construction, drainage, retaining walls, signals, lighting and utility relocation. The joint-venture […]

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Erectors Showcase Ingenuity, Planning + Quality Workmanship on 6 Award-Winning Steel Construction Projects

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Six steel erection companies have been named as recipients in the annual Project of the Year awards by the Steel Erectors Association of America. Chosen by an independent panel of judges, the companies received notice of their awards in March 2020 for projects that were topped out in either 2018 or 2019. “Expanding the scope of the submission criteria to a 24-month window greatly increased the number of completed project submissions we received,” said Alan Sears, Awards Committee chairman. “This provides SEAA members with an opportunity to showcase their most interesting, and often most challenging, structural steel erection work.” “Erectors […]

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The Boldt Company Wins National, State Awards for Sustainable Practices & Innovation in Construction

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The Boldt Company was recently awarded two 2019 BUILD Wisconsin awards from the Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin. The following entries were judged on sustainable practices, craftsmanship, innovation in construction and meeting difficult challenges. Aurora Medical Center – Bay Area | Marinette, Wisconsin Environmental Excellence Award The 335,000-square-foot hospital, medical office building and cancer center, located on a 92-acre greenfield, site was honored for its Integrated Lean Project Delivery approach in partnership with the owner and the architect, CannonDesign. The project was delivered on time and under budget. More than $16 million was spent locally, and more than 3.2 million […]

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Women Builders Council Celebrates 15th Annual Champion Awards

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Women Builders Council recently celebrated its 15th Annual Champion Awards Dinner in New York. As a leading association for women in the building trades, Women Builder Council’s annual event featured over 600 guests and recognized 165 outstanding and next-generation women builders for the important role they play in building New York’s evolving skyline. Among those honored at the awards dinner, Corryn Darling of Hudson Meridian was recognized in WBC’s Next Generation of Women Builders category. An honor reserved for those 35 and under, Darling has demonstrated the highest caliber of leadership, interest in the industry and career promise. Jackie Vinceslao, […]

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