ABC selects Excellence in Construction Awards recipients

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) has selected the winners of its annual Excellence in Construction Awards celebration, a competition which recognizes the top construction projects and the firms that displayed exemplary commitment to safety and diversity in 2012.

ABC congratulated the winners on February 20 at the Harbor Beach Marriott Resort in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

The competition consists of three awards: Excellence in Construction, National Safety Excellence and National Diversity Excellence.

The Excellence in Construction award honors all construction team members, including the contractor, owner, architect and engineer. The winning projects, selected from entries submitted from across the nation, were judged on complexity, attractiveness, unique challenges overcome, completion time, workmanship, innovation, safety and cost.

The Excellence in Construction awards include Eagle Winners and Pyramid Winners, each consisting of specialty contractor categories and general contractor/construction management categories.

The Eagle Winners for the specialty contractor categories are Helix Electric in Kapolei, Hawaii; Starr Electric Company in Winston­Salem, North Carolina; ISC Constructors in Carville, Louisiana; ISC Constructors in Geismar, Louisiana; Interstates Companies in Hallock Minnesota; KPOST Company in Dallas, Texas; Lasco Acoustics and Drywall in Irving, Texas; TDIndustries in Fort Worth, Texas; Brockway Mechanical & Roofing in Larchwood, Iowa; Excel­Sun in St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands; ACI Mechanical in Houston, Texas; KWest Group in Port Clinton, Ohio; Excel Fabrication & Construction in Norco, Louisiana; and Durr Heavy Construction in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The Eagle Winners for the general contractor/construction management categories are Synergy Construction in Seattle, Washington; The Haskell Company in Alachua, Florida; Spawglass in Brownsville, Texas; Harvey­Cleary Builders in Austin, Texas; Roche Constructors in Greeley, Colorado; Brasfield & Gorrie in Fort Stewart, Georgia; Clark­Caddell, a joint venture in Fort Stewart, Georgia; Brasfield & Gorrie in Holly Springs, North Carolina; Hitt Contracting in Gaithersburg, Maryland; Spawglass in San Antonio, Texas; Turner Industries Group in Carville, Louisiana; Performance Contractors in Beaumont, Texas; Group Contractors in New Orleans, Louisiana; Brindley Construction in Mount Pleasant, Tennessee; Spawglass in Brownsville, Texas; Balfour Beatty Construction in Fort Pierce, Florida; Cummings­Balfour Beatty, a joint venture in Boca Raton, Florida; Gorski Engineering in Horsham, Pennsylvania; Flintco in Tulsa, Oklahoma; Keystruct Construction in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania; Municipal Builders in Edina, Minnesota; Gorski Engineering in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania; Flintco in Austin, Texas; Fite Building Company in Decatur, Alabama; Brindley Construction in Columbia, Missouri; Straub Martin Harris joint venture in Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California; and Clark ­Balfour Beatty, a joint venture in Fort Belvoir, Virginia.