Associated Builders and Contractors has announced the winners of its Excellence in Construction Awards — 82 construction projects worth a total of $2.14 billion — during the ABC Convention 2023 held recently in Orlando, Florida. The awards honor general and specialty contractors for world-class, safe and innovative construction projects from across the country.
The EIC awards honor every member of the construction team, including the contractor, owner, architect and engineer. The winning projects are judged on complexity, attractiveness, unique challenges overcome, completion time, innovation and safety.
This year’s healthcare winners, and respective categories, include:
Eagle Winner: Specialty Contractor
Mechanical: Commercial > $2 to $10 million
Regional Mechanical Services, Children’s Hospital expansion and renovations, New Orleans, Louisiana
Eagle Winners: General Contractors
Health Care > Up to $10 million
Pyramid Construction/Quandel Enterprises, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center PACU expansion, Hershey, Pennsylvania
Health Care > $10 to $25 million
Benchmark Construction, Cancer Institute radiation/oncology renovation, Hershey, Pennsylvania
Health Care > $25 to $100 million
DonahueFavret Contractors, Thibodaux Regional Health System Cancer Institute, Thibodaux, Louisiana
Mega-Project > $100 to $160 million
Robins & Morton, Taneja Center for Surgery at AdventHealth Tampa, Tampa, Florida
Pyramid Winners: General Contractors
Health Care > Up to $10 million
DonahueFavret Contractors, Baton Rouge General infusion therapy build-out, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Health Care > $10 to $25 million
Robins & Morton, Duke Health ECORE project, Durham, North Carolina
Health Care > $25 to $100 million
Harkins Builders, Brightview Columbia, Columbia, Maryland
Taneja Center for Surgery at AdventHealth Tampa. 
