Congratulations
to the 2011 Award of Excellence Eagle Winners between architecture billings and construction spending. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) reported the February ABI score was 51.0, following a mark of 50.9 in January. ABC’s chief economist, Anirban Basu, reported that the construction industry’s unemployment rate dipped to 17.1 percent in February, down 17.7 percent from January. The nation’s construction industry has added 65,000 jobs or 1.2 percent since February, 2011 when the unemployment rate was at 21.8 percent. “The recovery in construction spending has been halting to date, and therefore occasional setbacks are to be expected,” Basu said. “ABC’s Construction Backlog Indicator, which declined during the fourth quarter of last year, foreshadowed both this jobs report and indicates that the construction industry employment is likely to be sluggish in the months ahead.”
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ECENTLY ABC NATIONAL HELD ITS ANNUAL Excellence in Construction Awards celebration. This event is held to recognize those companies that stand out above the rest. The top construction projects and firms that displayed commitment to safety and diversity were recognized at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix. This award credits all construction team members, including the contractor, owner, architect and engineer. Selections are made from entries submitted from across the nation. Complexity, attractiveness, unique challenges overcome, completion time, workmanship, innovation safety and cost were categories being considered during judging. With submissions throughout the nation, competition and quality work were not in low supply.
U.S. Department of State Architect: PageSoutherlandPage Engineer: Hankins & Anderson
ABC of Alabama proudly acknowledges the following participants for their achievements in the specified categories in 2011:
Renovation- Less than $4 Million Contractor: Moon Construction Services, Inc. Project: Madison Police Station Addition, Madison, Ala. Client/Owner: City of Madison, Alabama Architect: Osborn & Associates Architects Engineer: Hodnett Hurst Engineers, Inc.
Mech. Commercial $2-10 Million Contractor: M&D Mechanical Contractors, Inc. Project: NASA Construct Replacement Building 4602, Marshall Space Flight Center, AL Client/Owner: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Architect/Engineer: Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum, Inc. General Contractor: Carothers Construction, Inc. Healthcare-$10-25 Million Contractor: Robins & Morton Project: Tallahassee Memorial Cancer Center, Tallahassee, FL Client/Owner: Health Care REIT, Inc. Architect: SSOE Group Engineer: TLC Engineering for Architecture Healthcare- $25-100 Million Contractor: Robins & Morton Project: Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center,
San Antonio, Texas Client/Owner: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Architect: SmithGroup/Marmon Mok Architecture Engineer: SmithGroup Infrastructure/Heavy Contractor: Caddell Construction Co., Inc. Project: Training Roads & Bridges/ Phase A, Fort Benning, Ga. Client/Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District Architect/Engineer: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Institutional- $10-25 Million Contractor: Caddell/ Clark Joint Venture Project: Warriors in Transition Barracks, Fort Campbell, Ky. Client/Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District. Architect Engineer: LS3P Associates LTD Institutional- $50-100 Million Contractor: B.L. Harbert International, LLC Project: U.S. Consulate Compound, Karachi, Pakistan Client/Owner: Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations
Other Construction- $5-100 Million Contractor: Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC Project: Birmingham CrossPlex, Birmingham, Ala. Client/Owner: City of Birmingham Architect: Davis Architects, Inc.
Mega - $100-150 Million Contractor: B.L. Harbert International, LLC Project: U.S. Consulate Compound, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Client/Owner: Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations- U.S. Department of State Architect: PageSoutherlandPage Engineer: Hankins & Anderson Mega - More than $200 million Contractor: KBR Building Group | Turner Construction Joint Venture Project: The Boeing Company- South Carolina 787 Expansion- Final Assembly Building, North Charleston, S.C. Client/ Owner: The Boeing Company Architect/Engineer: BRPH Architects-Engineers, Inc.
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