2021 Excellence in Construction Awards

BY: MACIE MORGAN, COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR | DECEMBER 2021

Every year ABC Pelican recognizes more than 25 outstanding projects built by our members. This year was no exception, 29 projects from 20 different member companies won either an excellence or merit award. The Excellence in Construction (EIC) competition is an elite competition based on project’s quality, innovation, safety and diversity training and more. Congratulations to all of the 2021 EIC winners, we are honored to have you as our member! 2021 ABC Pelican EIC Categories & Winners: GENERAL CONTRACTOR > FEDERAL GOVERNMENT/ MILITARY > LESS THAN $10 MILLION Excellence Award: APC Construction: Washington Headquarters Services OSD 5E 2E Renovations Pentagon Reservation APC Construction completed this design-build lumpsum renovation project for the Federal Government in one of the most secure and active facilities operated by the Federal Government, the Pentagon Reservation. The coordination of staff, subcontractors, vendors and building materials coming and going from this facility in addition to security requirements made for a challenging and rewarding project.

GENERAL CONTRACTOR > HEALTH CARE > LESS THAN $10 MILLION Merit Award: Arkel Constructors: Bridge Center for Hope This project consisted of the renovation of an existing building complete with four separate guest units, staff office spaces, a full-service kitchen, MEP systems, generator, metal panel skin, and a new roof membrane. This project was completed within the client’s budget and under the five-month contract duration.

GENERAL CONTRACTOR > INDUSTRIAL > $15 TO $25 MILLION Merit Award: RES Contractors: ACLON Unit Train 5, Honeywell Project RES Contractors was in charge of installing much of the ACLON Train and associated equipment, piping and E&I within the seven-level, pre-engineered metal building. RES worked closely with the engineers and Honeywell to work through issues such as delayed steel and equipment, hurricanes, and COVID-19.

GENERAL CONTRACTOR > INDUSTRIAL > $25 TO $100 MILLION Excellence Award: Performance Contractors: Valero- Burns & MCDonnell C5 Alky Project Performance Contractors was rewarded the mechanical scope of the C5 Alky Project which consisted of the installation of 15 pipe rack modules, 132 pieces of equipment, 783 tons of steel and 50,000 linear feet of pipe. Performance oversaw the setting and installation of the 311-foot-tall Depentanzier Column, which was shipped to the site in two pieces and required an around the clock 16’ diameter weld 166’ feet in the air.

GENERAL CONTRACTOR > INDUSTRIAL > $25 TO $100 MILLION Merit Award: Baker Gulf Coast Industrial: Valero 503 Coker Structure The Baker Gulf Coast Industrial team constructed the coker structure for the DCU-844 project from the ground up, on time and on budget. The team placed 14,725 cubic yards of concrete, erected 652 tons of structural steel and 2,773.52 tons of no. 11 reinforcing steel for a coker pad, sump and platform.

GENERAL CONTRACTOR > INDUSTRIAL > $25 TO $100 MILLION Merit Award: Cajun Industries: Savage Gulf Coast Growth Venture Rail Terminal Project This project scope consisted of deep foundations, site work, underground services, 3,200 cubic yards of concrete, 550 tons of structural steel, 22,000 linear feet of piping, 287 pieces of equipment, 35,000 square feet of buildings, a conveying system, electrical and instrumentation. Cajun worked 240,000 safe man hours, self-performing over 70% of the total man hours for the project.

GENERAL CONTRACTOR > COMMERCIAL > $25 TO $100 MILLION Merit Award: EXCEL Contractors: Linde/Praxair H2 SRM Project The Linde-Praxair H2 SRM Project in Sweeny, Texas was the first joint project for the two recently merged industrial gas giants. The new hydrogen facility/steam methane reformer was built to supply the Sweeny Phillips 66 Refinery with 256,000 barrels per day of high-purity oxygen. EXCEL worked closely with Linde-Praxair to sequence the delivery and heavy lifts for 48 process modules shipped from overseas. Along with the setting of the modules, EXCEL was responsible for the erection of 450 tons of steel, 60 pieces of equipment, 35,000 pieces of pipe and 420,000 feet of cable. This project was ranked as the highest performing project in the Linde portfolio with zero recordables and 480,000 manhours.

GENERAL CONTRACTOR > INDUSTRIAL > $5 TO $15 MILLION Excellence Award: Beard Construction Group: Project Frigate - DOW Beard’s scope of work was scheduled for approximately six months and included site preparation, concrete demolition, excavation, mass concrete foundations, concrete paving, concrete trenching, sheet pile design and installation, sump construction and limestone paving. Beard totaled 42,650 man hours with zero safety incidents through the duration of the project.

GENERAL CONTRACTOR > INDUSTRIAL > LESS THAN $5 MILLION Excellence Award: Group Industries: Elevated Compressor Deck, Enbridge Pipeline Metering Station Project The metering station’s proximity to the Gulf Coast required that it be elevated by 12 feet to accomodate potential storm surge from a hurricane. GROUP’s task was to construct the entire elevated precast deck system and a connecting ramp for the station. Through every obstacle, GROUP managed each step of the process in order to complete the project on budget and on schedule.

GENERAL CONTRACTOR > INDUSTRIAL > LESS THAN $5 MILLION Merit Award: Performance Contractors: Innophos - Evaporator Project During this project, Performance overcame equipment delays and industry labor shortages right in the middle of a global pandemic. Scorching temperatures and high alloy material presented challenges that could not compete with Performance’s project strategy: an “all-hands-on-deck” strategy.

GENERAL CONTRACTOR > INFRASTRUCTURE: HEAVY > UP TO $100 MILLION Excellence Award: Moore Industries: LE2 Upgrades to Wilber Road This project consisted of seven and a half miles of asphalt paving, asphalt milling, drainage improvements, reinforced concrete pipe installation, demolition of existing steel cattleguard structures, installation of pre-cast concrete components, roadway striping, signage and seeding. Despite the many weather-related obstacles this project was completed ahead of schedule and with zero safety incidents.

GENERAL CONTRACTOR > INFRASTRUCTURE: HEAVY > UP TO $100 MILLION Merit Award: Sealevel Construction: Grand Bayou Flood Control Structure Project Sealevel Construction’s scope of work for this project included: wick drains, earthen levees, steel pipe piles, mechanical dredging, fabrication and installation of jacket receiving structures, sheel piles, a cutoff wall, rip rap placement, and an automated barge. This project was completed ahead of schedule, under budget and with zero safety incidents.

GENERAL CONTRACTOR > INFRASTRUCTURE: HEAVY > UP TO $100 MILLION Merit Award: Boh Bros. Construction Co.: Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission Safety Bay Improvements CMAR Project The Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission sought to improve the safety of the 28.38 mile Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Bridges by adding shoulders and emergency pullover areas on both spans. Boh Bros. facilitated concurrent design and construction of 12, 1,008-foot-long pullover lanes comprised of precast components, which were fabricated offsite and subsequently transported and installed from the water. Due to the collaborative efforts to reduce traffic impacts the project was commuter incident free, under budget and ahead of schedule.

GENERAL CONTRACTOR > INSTITUTIONAL > $5 TO $10 MILLION Excellence Award: Mapp: Delgado Community College Advanced Technology Center The Delgado Community College Advanced Technology Center will play a critical role in workforce training and development for the industrial market in the Westbank region of New Orleans. The facility was constructed on a corn field site using sustainable design concepts, energy efficient mechanical and electrical equipment with a focus on reducing the project’s carbon footprint. The overall design of the building fosters innovation and technology using modern materials.

GENERAL CONTRACTOR > PRE-ENGINEERED BUILDING > UP TO $100 MILLION Excellence Award: Moore Industries: Entergy Montgomery County Power Station Combined Cycle Project Moore Industries’ scope of work included engineering/design, installation of concrete foundation and HVAC pad, erection of primary and secondary steel, installation of pre-insulated metal wall and roof panels, installation of interior finishes including metal studs, sheetrock, finishing of sheetrock, interior painting, acoustical ceiling, doors, door hardware, VCT flooring, ceramic flooring, millwork, plumbing system, electrical system, redundant HVAC system, access flooring, toilet partitions, toilet accessories, and installation of fire alarms. The job was completed without a single recordable.

GENERAL CONTRACTOR > PRE-ENGINEERED BUILDING > UP TO $100 MILLION Merit Award: Moore Industries: DU-308: Chemical Warehouse This project consisted of designing, procuring, and constructing 8,000 square feet of area paving, a 12,000 square foot building foundation, and a 12,000 square foot preengineered metal building. Moore’s scope of work consisted of site work, concrete paving, concrete foundation, site drainage, building erection, electrical systems, interior finishes, and an acid proof trench drain system. The project was completed before the scheduled completion date with zero recordables.

SPECIALTY CONTRACTOR > ELECTRICAL > MORE THAN $10 MILLION Excellence Award: Triad Electric & Controls: Shintech Plaquemine CA Plant-3 Project In August 2020, Triad Electric & Controls contracted with Shintech, Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of polyvinyl chloride resins (PVC), for the electrical and instrumentation construction as part of an expansion in their Plaquemine, Louisiana facility.

SPECIALTY CONTRACTOR > ELECTRICAL: INDUSTRIAL > $2 TO $10 MILLION Excellence Award: Ardent Services, LLC: Corazon Solar Project The Corazon Ranch Solar Farm project required the installation of 660,000 PV solar panel modules across 1,935 acres. Ardent installed the poles and overhead powerlines needed to deliver power from the solar field to the export substation, consisting of seven separate 34.5kV circuits. The pole line portion of the project required 476 poles to deliver lines across 14.6 miles. Ardent self-performed every step of the process using five of its own differ trucks, then running the lines.

SPECIALTY CONTRACTOR > ELECTRICAL: INDUSTRIAL > $2 TO $10 MILLION Merit Award: Triad Electric & Controls: MPLX Pit 7 Expansion Project Triad Electric & Controls mobilized in October 2019 for a $2.2 million contract for the electrical and instrumentation construction as part of the MPLX Pit 7 Expansion project in Mt. Airy, Louisiana. Triad successfully completed the project in the spring of 2020 with no OSHA recordables.

SPECIALTY CONTRACTOR > ELECTRICAL: INDUSTRIAL > LESS THAN $2 MILLION Excellence Award: Westgate: IMTT Dock 4 E&I Project Westgate’s job during the IMTT Dock 4 E&I Project was to provide power for the dock 4 motor control centers which consisted of lighting, motors, distributed control system cabinets, fiber optics and emergency shutdown systems. Westgate worked more than 13,000 man-hours with incident.

SPECIALTY CONTRACTOR > SPECIALTY CONSTRUCTION - COMMERCIAL > LESS THAN $10 MILLION Excellence Award: Griffin Dewatering: Big Bend Griffin provided installation and maintenance of a wellpoint system around the 2,200 linear-foot perimeter of the construction site for the Big Bend Modernization project. The wellpoint system included three wellpoint pump stations, header pipe, wellpoints and all other appurtenances required to connect the system. The entire system and all needed accessories were manufactured by Griffin Dewatering and all work was self-performed.

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- 5 tickets per Merit Mixer - 1 team at Spring Golf - 1 table per ICC/Membership Breakfast - 5 tickets per Crawfish Boil - 1 team at Southwest Fishing - 2 teams at Fall Golf Classic - 1 team at JAM-BO Cook-off - 1 team at Clay Shoot - 1 team at Southwest Golf - 1 table at EIC Awards Banquet - 4 tickets per Merit Mixer - 1 team at Spring Golf - 4 tickets per ICC/Membership Breakfast - 4 tickets per Crawfish Boil - 1 team at Southwest Fishing - 1 team at Fall Golf Classic - 1 team at JAM-BO Cook-off - 1 team at Clay Shoot - 1 team at Southwest Golf - 4 tickets to EIC Awards Banquet

- 3 tickets per Merit Mixer - 1 team at Spring Golf - 3 tickets per ICC/Membership Breakfast - 3 tickets per Crawfish Boil - 1 team at Southwest Fishing - 1 team at JAM-BO Cook-off - 1 team at Southwest Golf - 3 tickets to EIC Awards Banquet - 2 tickets per Merit Mixer - 2 tickets per ICC/Membership Breakfast - 2 tickets per Crawfish Boil - 1 Team at Southwest Fishing - 1 team at JAM-BO Cook-off - 2 tickets to EIC Awards Banquet

*All events and admission to events are subject to change *All Annual Sponsors have to register for events in order to claim their tickets/teams Contact: Lindsey Russ at 225.753.2497 or lruss@abcpelican.com

SPECIALTY CONTRACTOR > SPECIALTY CONSTRUCTION - COMMERCIAL > LESS THAN $10 MILLION Merit Award: Cajun Industries: Project Pine - Amazon Cajun mobilized four drilled shaft rigs, one crane and over 20 different pieces of tooling. The contracted scope consisted of nearly 700 drilled belled shafts ranging from 24 inches to 72 inches in diameter and 26 feet to 62 feet in depth. The pile design was unique in that it required 6 feet embedment into the famous Blue Yazoo clay formation. Cajun was able to complete this month ahead of schedule with zero injuries and a flawless OSHA audit.

SPECIALTY CONTRACTOR > SPECIALTY CONSTRUCTION - INDUSTRIAL > LESS THAN $10 MILLION Excellence Award: Cajun Industries: Dow Chemical LAO Intake Lines Replacement Cajun was contracted to develop a design build, deep foundations solution to support the replacement of the cooling water intake lines, located in the Mississippi River, at the Dow Chemical facility in Plaquemine, LA. Cajun designed a customized system that would allow the piles to be installed beneath existing overhead lines. Over 975 pieces of helical pile sections were safely installed, by land and by sea, resulting in a total of 41 piles.

SPECIALTY CONTRACTOR > SPECIALTY CONSTRUCTION - INDUSTRIAL > LESS THAN $10 MILLION Merit Award: Sealevel Construction: The Acadiana Region Waste Water Improvements Project This project’s scope of work included: mass excavation of waste soil, a ring wall foundation for containment tank, pipe rack and pipe support foundations, wet well installations, underground drainage and force mains, and the installation of a mining hose. Sealevel completed this project on time, under budget and with zero safety incidents.

SPECIALTY CONTRACTOR > SPECIALTY CONSTRUCTION - INDUSTRIAL > LESS THAN $10 MILLION Merit Award: Barriere Construction Co.: IMTT St. Rose - Olive Rail Expansion Project Barriere Construction had the largest scope of three specialty contractors hired to support the expansion of the St. Rose terminal storage, transfer facility, and rail capacity to accommodate bulk liquids produced by diamond green diesel at its renewal diesel plant. The scope of work included installing 2,000 linear feet of new rail and associated base and drainage work and installation of a large pipe rack along the rail area. Barriere self-performed 80% of the work ahead of schedule and a cost-critical point for the client.

SPECIALTY CONTRACTOR > SPECIALTY CONSTRUCTION - INDUSTRIAL > MORE THAN $10 MILLION Merit Award: Moore Industries: ExxonMobil Quality Assurance Laboratory HVAC Modifications The overall success of this project was driven by the project team’s ability to perform overhead HVAC retrofits while in an occupied space an allowed the QAL laboratory to continue their daily workflow, uninterrupted. This project was completed three months ahead of schedule with zero recordable incidents.

SPECIALTY CONTRACTOR > SPECIALTY CONSTRUCTION - INDUSTRIAL > MORE THAN $10 MILLION Merit Award: PALA: ExxonMobil Oil Corp Blade Project In 2019, PALA was awarded the design, erection, and coatings of three storage tanks as part of the ExxonMobil Blade Expansion Project in Beaumont, Texas. The tanks ranged in size from 115 to 230 feet in diameter and 48 to 56 feet tall. Each tank was designed with an external floating roof. PALA was able to complete the work, despite many delays, with 107,262 manhours, 21 months of field duration and zero recordables.

The Excellence in Construction Awards Banquet is always one of our most attended events. We enjoy celebrating and honoring the hard work our member companies have put into the year by recognizing some of their most challenging and award-worthy projects. This year was no different, our members came out to be recognized and recognize their colleague’s jobs well done on December 9, 2021 at L’Auberge Casino and Hotel in Baton Rouge. We want to send a special thank you to our Excellence in Construction Award Banquet sponsors. Riskwise Safety and Consulting, Centerpiece Sponsor; Horne LLP, Program Sponsor; RES Contractors, Dessert Sponsor; and PALA and Riskwise Safety Consulting for being our event sponsors. The night started off with recognizing the 2021 STEP recipients followed by the Excellence in Construction Award presentation. All merit and excellence winners were recognized in front of their peers while videos of their projects were viewed by the audience. Congratulations to all winning companies! Along with the Excellence and Merit Awards, two other awards were given at EIC. The Pelican Award is presented to the member that used the most ABC Pelican members as vendors and sub-contractors. The 2021 Pelican Award was presented to Cajun Industries, for the Savage Gulf Coast Growth Venture Rail Terminal Project. Performance Contractors won 2021 Excellence in Construction Project of the Year Award for their Valero – Burns & McDonnell C5 Alky Project. This award is presented to the company that has the highest scoring project. Congratulations, Performance Contractors!

PERFORMANCE CONTRACTORS, PROJECT OF THE YEAR WINNER

CAJUN INDUSTRIES, PELICAN AWARD WINNER