COVER STORY
By Tina Cauller
The Almighty Dollar and ALMIGHTY GOD Retail distribution center and cathedral honored as Projects of the Year
Project Red, Distribution Center for Construction Retail Company, Louisville, Ky. Class I (up to $500,000) Decking Contractor: GardnerWatson Decking Inc. Erector: Premier Steel Inc. Contract Value: $399,501 Square Footage of Deck Installed: 1.5 million
Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral, Raleigh, N.C. Class III ($1 million to $2.5 million) Erector: Buckner Companies Structural Engineer: Morrison Engineers Fabricator: SteelFab of VA Detailer: Hutchins & Associates GC: Clancy & Theys Architect: O'Brien & Keane Contract Value: $1.6 million Tons of Steel: 967 Cathedral photo credit: Alan Karchmer for O'Brien & Keane
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Photo Credit: Diocese of Raleigh/Charlie Sarratt, SkySite Images
n independent panel of judges on behalf of The Steel Erectors Association of America selected three steel construction projects for the association’s annual Projects of the Year. Teams from Gardner-Watson Decking (Class I for erection contracts up to $500,000), Buckner Companies (Class III above $1 million to $2.5 million), and J.P. Cullen & Sons (Class IV over $2.5 million) were recognized at SEAA’s 2018 Annual Convention, held in April in Greensboro, N.C. The winning projects demonstrate the range and complexity of steel construction in the United States. Gardner-Watson Decking’s project was a steel decking job on a massive distribution Tina Cauller is a graphic designer and freelance center in Louisville, Ky., for a retail company. writer with 30 years of experience reporting for trade Buckner’s was the sixth largest cathedral in the and technical publications in building construction United States, while J.P. Cullen’s was a new arena and real estate markets. She can be reached at for the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks. (Watch the Fall tinacauller@gmail.com Issue for more on J.P. Cullen’s winning project.)
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