ABC Names Nation’s Top Healthcare Construction Projects

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