The Associated Builders and Contractors has recognized 14 healthcare projects during its National Excellence in Construction Awards program. The annual awards celebrate the best in merit shop construction, honoring the most outstanding construction projects and contractors of the year for achievements in leadership, safety, innovation and inclusion, diversity and merit.
The awards honor every member of the construction team, including the contractor, owner, architect and engineer. The winning projects are judged on complexity, unique challenges overcome, completion time, innovation and safety. This year’s healthcare winners and respective categories, include:
Eagle Winners (Specialty Contractors)
- Starr Electric Co., Electrical: Commercial > $5 to $20 million, CaroMont Critical Care Tower, Gastonia, N.C.
- TDIndustries, Mechanical: Commercial > $5 to $20 million, Children’s Medical Center emergency department renovation, Dallas, Texas
- Aggregate Technologies, Specialty Construction: Commercial > Up to $3 million, Houston Methodist Hospital Centennial Tower, Houston, Texas
Eagle Winners (General Contractors)
- Quandel Enterprises LLC, Health Care > Up to $25 million, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center third floor hospital renovations (phase 2), Hershey, Pa.
- White Construction, Health Care > $25 to $100 million, Westminster expansion phase 3, Austin, Texas
- Skanska USA, Health Care > $100 to $250 million, Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute, Orlando, Fla.
Pyramid Winners (Specialty Contractors)
- MAREK, Interiors > Acoustical, drywall, millwork or plaster, San Antonio State Hospital, San Antonio, Texas
- SPC Mechanical, Mechanical > More than $20 million, Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center chiller generator plant, Winston-Salem, N.C.
Pyramid Winners (General Contractors)
- Kitchell, Health Care > Up to $25 million, Ascension Seton Health Center Georgetown, Georgetown, Texas
- Brasfield & Gorrie, Health Care > $25 to $100 million, FirstHealth Cancer Center, Pinehurst, N.C.
- SR Construction, Health Care > $100 to $250 million, West Henderson Hospital, Henderson, Nev.
- Kitchell, Mega-Project > Over $250 million, Valleywise Health Medical Center, Phoenix, Ariz.
- Kitchell, Renovation > $5 to $20 million, Phoenix Children’s Hospital NICU buildout, Phoenix, Ariz.
- Rogers-O’Brien Construction Special Projects > Up to $20 million AMN Healthcare, tenant improvement, Dallas, Texas
