Associated Builders and Contractors Honors America’s Top Construction Projects

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Associated Builders and Contractors honored 92 projects collectively worth nearly $3.7 billion at the 29th annual Excellence in Construction Awards gala during ABC Convention 2019 in Long Beach, California. The EIC awards program honors both general and specialty contractors for innovative and high-quality merit shop construction projects. “ABC members and their employees continue to amaze me with their breadth of skills and craftsmanship,” said 2019 ABC National Chair Tony Rader, telecom vice president of National Roofing Partners. “From schools to manufacturing facilities, medical centers and hotels, this year’s variety of Excellence in Construction award-winning projects show not only the exceptional … Read more

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McCarthy Building Companies Adds 26-Year Industry Veteran to Northern Pacific Region

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McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. has added Ann Poppen as project director for its Northern Pacific Region. Drawing on more than 26 years of experience in design, planning, preconstruction design phase services and project execution, Poppen will oversee projects from development through occupancy. She serves as part of the Sacramento Business Unit in the company’s Roseville, California office. As project director, Poppen will lead McCarthy’s project teams and is already working on the planning phases of McCarthy’s newest high-rise project, Stanislaus County’s New Modesto Courthouse, with construction set to begin in early 2020. She is responsible for overseeing a collaborative integrated … Read more

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Nation’s Best Design-Build Projects Recognized for Collaboration

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The Design-Build Institute of America has announced the winners of its 2018 National Design-Build Project/Team Awards competition. The program promotes exceptional diversity in project size, sector and geography while celebrating the innovative and collaborative teams who produce projects that inspire. This year’s winners, consisting of 29 projects across sectors including aviation, civic buildings, transportation and water/wastewater, were recognized at this year’s DBIA’s Design-Build Conference and Expo. Within the water/wastewater category, two Brown and Caldwell-involved projects received accolades: •  National Excellence Award – RM Clayton Water Reclamation Center Headworks (City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management) •  National Merit Award – … Read more

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Adolfson & Peterson Earn National Excellence in Construction Awards

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Adolfson & Peterson Construction’s work on Preston Garage in Dallas, Texas; Silverthorne Performing Arts Center in Silverthorne, Colorado and USPI Midland ASC/MOB in Midland, Texas have earned the company first place national Excellence in Construction Eagle Awards from Associated Builders and Contractors in the following categories: Single-Family Projects up to $100 Million (Preston Garage) Institutional – $5 to $10 Million (Silverthorne Performing Arts Center) Healthcare – $10 to $25 Million (USPI Midland ASC/MOB) Representatives from the company received the award during ABC’s 28th annual Excellence in Construction awards celebration in March. Preston Garage is a 33,000-square-foot underground parking garage for … Read more

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University Honored for Community Impact, Design and Construction Excellence

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CHICAGO, Ill. – The University of Chicago’s Campus North Residential Commons, located in Illinois, has won three awards from the Design-Build Institute of America, including the first Chairman’s Award for Community Impact and Social Responsibility. Following a competitive judging process, the university’s first major Design-Build project was one of two recipients of this new honor and also won awards for merit and excellence in design. The Chairman’s Award for Community Impact and Social Responsibility was created this year to “reward Design-Build teams which have shown extraordinary commitment to triple bottom-line success—economic, environmental and social—and which have clearly improved the communities … Read more

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