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ABC HONORS THE COUNTRY'S TOP CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS (07/03/2009)

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) recognized the nation’s top 2008 construction projects during its Excellence in Construction and National Safety Excellence awards celebration at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C. on June 24, 2009.

“ABC is proud to honor these innovative merit shop construction projects and industry-leading firms with our Excellence in Construction award,” said Kirk Pickerel, ABC president and CEO. “These award winners are outstanding examples of the exceptional craftsmanship and professionalism that embody merit shop construction.”

The Excellence in Construction awards program is the industry’s leading competition, developed to honor innovative and high-quality merit shop construction projects and safety programs. The 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.

A panel of industry experts served as the competition’s judges. This year's panel included representatives from the Design-Build Institute of America, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Surety & Fidelity Association of America, Engineering News-Record and representatives from higher education, among others.

2008 Louisiana Award of Excellence Winners:

Electrical - Industrial - Less than $2 million
Contractor: Triad Electric & Controls, Inc.
Project: ExxonMobil ULSD Project, Chalmette, La.
Client/Owner: ExxonMobil
Architect/Engineer: Jacobs Engineering

Electrical - Industrial - $2-$10 million
Contractor: Industrial Specialty Contractors, LLC
Project: Marathon Garyville Major Expansion (GME) Project - Temporary Power, Garyville, La.
Client/Owner: Marathon Petroleum Company
Architect/Engineer: Fluor Enterprises, Inc.

Electrical - More than $10 million
Contractor: Industrial Specialty Contractors, LLC
Project: Motiva Norco Refining East Reinstrumentation Project, Norco, La.
Client/Owner: Motiva Enterprises
Architect/Engineer: Emerson Process Management

Other Specialty Construction - More than $1 million
Contractor: Cajun Industries
Project: Chevron GOM SMI 217 Debottlenecking / Flatrock Development, South Marsh Island 217 Gulf of Mexico (Offshore)
Client/Owner: Chevron North America / Chevron Gulf of Mexico
Architect/Engineer: EDG, Inc.

Sitework/Landscape/Hardscape
Contractor: Durr Heavy Construction, LLC
Project: WWL New Guy Wire Foundations, Barataria, La.
Client/Owner: Entercom New Orleans, LLC
Architect/Engineer: Morphy Makofsky, Inc.

Industrial - Less than $5 million
Contractor: Performance Contractors, Inc.
Project: MDI Cascade Project, Geismar, La.
Client/Owner: BASF Chemical Corporation
Architect/Engineer: BASF-Geismar

Industrial - $5-$15 million
Contractor: EXCEL Group, Inc.
Project: Kinder Morgan - Geismar Logistics Center, Geismar, La.
Client/Owner: Kinder Morgan Liquids Terminal, LLC
Architect/Engineer: Kinder Morgan Liquids Terminal, LLC

Industrial - $15-$25 million
Contractor: STARCON International, Inc.
Project: Crude Unit Turnaround, Garyville, La.
Client/Owner: Marathon Petroleum Corp.
Architect/Engineer: ENGlobal

Industrial - $25-$100 million
Contractor: Turner Industries Group, LLC
Project: Motiva CR2 / NHT Turnaround, Norco, La.

Turner Industries Group, LLC: Troy Bergeron, Stephen Toups, Phil Gauthreaux, Buddy Chiasson and Rodney Landry

Client/Owner: Motiva Enterprises, LLC
Architect/Engineer: N/A

Institutional - $10-$25 million
Contractor: Gibbs Construction, LLC
Project: Joseph J. Davies Elementary School, Meraux, La.
Client/Owner: St. Bernard Parish School Board
Architect/Engineer: PBK Architects, Inc.

Historical Restoration - $2-$10 million
Contractor: Voelkel McWilliams Construction, LLC
Project: St. Alphonsus Complex, New Orleans, La.
Client/Owner: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans
Architect/Engineer: Koch & Wilson Architects

Pre-Engineered Building
Contractor: DonahueFavret Contractors, Inc.
Project: Louisiana Army National Guard - Bogalusa Readiness Center, Bogalusa, La.
Client/Owner: State of Louisiana
Architect/Engineer: John T. Campo & Associates, Inc.

2008 Louisiana Pyramid Winners:

Electrical - Industrial - $2-10 million
Contractor: Triad Electric & Controls, Inc.
Project: Placid Gasoline Hydrotreater Project, Port Allen, La.
Client/Owner: Placid Refining Company
Architect/Engineer: Mustang Engineering, Inc.

Other Specialty Construction - More than $1 million
Contractor: Cajun Deep Foundations, LLC
Project: Sawmill 69 kV Substation, Plaquemine, La.
Client/Owner: Petrologistics, LLC
Architect/Engineer: Craig Hebert Engineering, LLC

Commercial - $25-$100 million
Contractor: MAPP Construction, LLC
Project: Chevron Northpark, Covington, La.
Client/Owner: KDC/Chevron
Architect/Engineer: forum Studios/Larson Brinkley

Industrial - $25-$100 million
Contractor: Cajun Construtors, Inc.
Project: Verenium Corp. - Cellulosic Ethanol Demonstration Plant, Jennings, La.
Client/Owner: Verenium Corp.
Architect/Engineer: AMEC Corp.

Historical Restoration - $10-$100 million
Contractor: DonahueFavret Contractors, Inc.
Project: 200 Carondelet, New Orleans, La.
Client/Owner: Reliance-Carondelet Associates One, LP
Architect/Engineer: John T. Campo & Associates, Inc.

Renovation - $4-$10 million
Contractor: DonahueFavret Contractors, Inc.
Project: Centennial Improvements - New Orleans Public Belt Railroad, New Orleans, La.
Client/Owner: New Orleans Public Belt Railroad
Architect/Engineer: Wink Companies, LLC