ABC Rocky Mountain Chapter Announces 2007 EIC Award Winners

Hensel Phelps Construction Co. earned a General Contractor Award of Excellence from ABC RMC for its work on the DIA Regional Jet Facility, a design-build contract to provide a new state-of-the-art facility to accommodate the smaller jets used by United Express regional carriers.

Photo by Jackie Shumaker

The Rocky Mountain Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors recognized a number of Colorado contractors for exceptional construction projects on Nov. 16 during its 2007 Excellence In Construction Awards banquet at the Omni Interlocken Hotel in Broomfield.

The greatest number of entries in the history of ABC RMC were received by the organization for 2007. A panel of seven judges reviewed the award submissions. The 2007 ABC EIC Awards judges were: Dean Barber, vice president of construction, McWhinney; Sondra Donnel, former executive director of the American Council of Engineering Cos. of Colorado; Kin DuBois, principal, klipp, and president of the board of directors of AIA Colorado; Lenee Koch, president of LEI Cos. Inc. and past president of the Hispanic Contractors of Colorado; and Michael Langley, marketing principal, Durrant, retired executive director, Rocky Mountain Masonry Institute.

Criteria included factors such as complexity, unusual challenges or problems overcome, innovative techniques or programs, value-engineering, safety records and owner satisfaction.

General Contractor Awards of Excellence

Greiner Electric LLC earned a Specialty Contractor Award of Excellence from ABC RMC for its work on the Wyoming Technological Business Center, where the company incorporated three separate data centers into a project only three months from completion.

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• Yuma District Hospital, Aldofson & Peterson Construction; Client/Owner: Yuma County; Architect: Davis Partnership Architects; Engineer: RLH Engineering

• DIA Regional Jet Facility, Hensel Phelps Construction Co.; Client/Owner: United Airlines, DIA, City & County of Denver; Architect: Reddy & Reddy Architects

• Ameristar Black Hawk, Hensel Phelps Construction Co.; Owner/Client: Ameristar Casinos Inc.

• Colorado State University, Regional Biocontainment Laboratory, Hensel Phelps Construction Co.; Owner/Client: Colorado State University; Architect: The FWA Group; Engineers: Cator, Ruma & Associates, JVA Inc.

Specialty Contractor Awards of Excellence

• Wyoming Technological Business Center, Greiner Electric LLC; Owner/Client: University of Wyoming; Architect: ESG Architecture; General Contractor: Delta Construction

• The Glass House, Greiner Electric LLC; Architect: The Preston Partnership; Contractor: JE Dunn Construction

• New Belgium Brewery Packaging Hall, Interstates Construction Services Inc.; Owner/Client: New Belgium Brewing Co.; Architect: Ware Malcomb; Design-Build Contractor: Swinerton Builders

• Meeker I—Gas Plant Project, Industrial Specialty Contractors; Owner/Client: Enterprise Products LP; Contractor: S&B Engineers & Constructors

• Leprino Office Building and Parking Garage, Spacecon Specialty Contractors; Owner/Client: University of Colorado Hospital & Health Sciences Center; Architect: Davis Partnership Architects; General Contractor: Haselden Construction Co.

General Contractor Merit Winners

• Laramie County Library, FCI Constructors Inc.; Owner/Client: Laramie County Library System; Architect: Anderson Mason Dale Architects, Tobin Associates

• Leeds School of Business, Pinkard Construction; Owner/Client: State of Colorado, University of Colorado at Boulder; Architect: Davis Partnership, ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge Inc.

• Rancho Liborio Store No. 7, Roche Constructors Inc.; Owner/Client: Liborio Markets #7 Inc.; Architect: Steel Studios

• Johnson Dairy New Milk Parlor, Thissen Construction Corp.; Owner/Client: Johnson Dairy

• Timberline Cove, CFC Construction Inc.; Owner/Client: OCOEE Properties; Architect: Eric Smith & Associates; Engineer: Glenn Frank Engineering

• Botanica on the Green, CFC Construction Inc.; Owner/Client: Forest City Development; Architect: Thomas Cox and Associates; Engineer: SCA Consulting Engineer Inc

Specialty Contractor Merit Winners

• First Congregational Church of the United Church of Christ, Duro Electric; Owner/Client: First Congregational Church of Boulder; Architect: Slaterpaull Architects Inc.; Contractor: Fransen Pittman General Contractors; Engineer: JVA Structural Engineers

• Colorado State University Academic Village, McBride Electric; Owner/Client: CSU; Architect: Aller-Lingle Architects; Contractor: Whiting-Turner Contracting Co.

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