The Associated Builders & Contractors of the Carolinas recognized “the best of the best” general contractors and specialty contractors at the 2012 Excellence in Construction Award Banquet held November 15 at Founders Hall in Uptown Charlotte.
Thirty-one EIC Eagle Award recipients were recognized along with Merit, Green and Project of the Year Awards. Two outstanding Projects of the Year were selected from eight Excellence in Construction Eagle Award winners. The 2012 GC Project of the Year award went to Rodgers for Carolinas HealthCare System’s Levine Cancer Institute. The Specialty Project of the Year was awarded to Starr Electric Company for the Wake Forest Biotechnology Place.project.The Carolina Green Award was presented to Balfour Beatty Construction for outstanding sustainable construction and design practices on the Duke Energy Headquarters interior. General contractor Turner Construction Company won the Free Enterprise Award for the largest number of ABC member subcontractors, suppliers and associate members working on the Harrah’s Cherokee Casino & Hotel renovation and expansion.
This year’s Eagle Awards were presented to: Edifice, Inc., Lancaster County Water and Sewer District; A M King Construction, ALDI, Inc. Corporate Office; Turner Construction Company, Harrah’s Cherokee Casino & Hotel – Casino Renovation/Expansion; Choate Construction Company, SIMT Manufacturing Incubator Center; Yeargin Potter Shakelford Construction, Inc., ABB High Voltage Cable Manufacturing Plant; KBR Building Group, Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation – Business-Jet Manufacturing Facility; Choate Construction Company, North Carolina State University J.W. Isenhour Tennis Complex, Schools – $2 to $5 Million; Edifice, Inc., Wake Tech Community College – Building E; Balfour Beatty Construction, East Carolina University – School of Dentistry; Turner Construction Company, UNC at Charlotte – Energy Production & Infrastructure Center; MV Commercial Construction LLC; Dermatology and Laser Center of Charleston; Monteith Construction Corporation, Lower Cape Fear Hospice and Life Care Center; Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC, REX Healthcare of Holly Springs; Vannoy Construction, Presbyterian Hospital Huntersville Vertical Expansion & ICU Addition; Rodgers, Levine Cancer Institute, Carolinas HealthCare System; KBR Building Group, Duke Cancer Center; Turner Construction Company, SCOR Global Life; Balfour Beatty Construction, Duke Energy Headquarters Interiors; Crowder Construction Company, TZ Osbourne Fluidized Bed Incinerator; Choate Construction Company, The Residences at Hotel John Marshall; Cely Construction Company Inc., Berea Middle School Emergency Procurement; KBR Building Group,Medicago USA – Vaccine Research | Production Facility & Greenhouse; Clancy & Theys Construction Company, Nature Research Center; SPS Corporation, Duke Cancer Hospital; General Contractor: KBR Building Group; Precision Walls, Inc., Duke Cancer Center, General Contractor: KBR Building Group; Waldrop Mechanical Services, Bosch Rexroth, General Contractor – O’Neal, Inc.; Waldrop Mechanical Services, Clemson Lee Hall Complex – Expansion/Renovation, General Contractor: Holder Construction; Waldrop Mechanical Services, Greer High School HVAC Replacement; Starr Electric Company, Inc., Cisco Systems Modernization, General Contractor: RN Rouse; Starr Electric Company, Inc., Wake Forest Biotechnology Place, General Contractor – Whiting-Turner Construction Company; Adams Electric Company, Carolinas Medical Center – Central Energy Plant, General Contractor – Rodgers. Read More.