Associated Builders and Contractors Announces 2004 Excellence In Construction Winners

The Heart of America Chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors announced its 2004 Excellence in Construction winners for the best construction projects and companies competing in 11 different construction categories

(PRWEB) December 22, 2004 -- The Heart of America Chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors presented its 2004 Excellence in Construction Awards at ceremonies held Thursday, December 02, 2004, in Overland Park, Kansas. Over 250 contractors, architects and developers attended the awards ceremony.

The 2004 Presidents Eagle Award, the associations top award for a general contractor, was awarded to the Killian Construction Company of Springfield, Missouri, for the Hammons Field Baseball Stadium in downtown Springfield

The Pinnacle Award, the award that recognizes excellence in subcontracting, was given to Wachter Electric Company of Lenexa, Kansas, for the Cerner Corporation Data Center, Phase II, in Lees Summit, Missouri.

The annual Excellence in Construction" competition judges entries submitted by merit contractors in 11categories for general contractors and nine categories for specialty subcontractors. Entrants are members of the Heart of America Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors, a national trade association for merit contractors with 23,000 construction and construction-related member firms. The Heart of America Chapter serves Missouri and Kansas.

The following ABC member companies received first place in their category in the 2004 ABC Excellence in Construction awards program.

General Contractors:

1. Commercial-Under $1 Million    

Cannon General Contractors, Inc.    

Best Express Car Wash    

2. Commercial-$1-$5 Million    

Meyer Brothers Building Co.    

The Business Exchange

3. Commercial-Over $5 Million

Killian Construction Co.    

Hammons Field    

4. Heavy/Site Work/Demolition    

Mega Industries Corp.    

Atchison Riverfront Park - Phase II    

5. Institutional-Under $1 Million

Grayling, Inc.    

Physicians Group Medical Space    

6. Institutional-$1-$5 Million    

Excel Constructors, Inc.    

St. Mark's Catholic Church    

7. Institutional-Over $5 Million    

Straub Construction Co., Inc.    

7th & 8th Grade Center, Raymore-Peculiar R-II

8. Industrial-Under $1 Million    

Grayling, Inc.    

Sprint Integrated Energy Solutions Test Pad    

9. Metal Building    

Fogel-Anderson Construction Co.    

KCP&L Johnson County Service Center

10. Renovation/Restoration-GC    

Lee Mechanical Contractors, Inc.    

Repair Boiler 10 Economizer Fan & Ductwork    

11. Specialty/Public Works/Environmental    

Mega Industries Corp.    

Riverfront Heritage Trail Segment 4F    

Subcontractors:

1. Electrical Commercial/Institutional-Under $250,000    

Affinity Electrical Contracting Co., Inc.    

St. Peters Auto Spa    

2. Electrical Commercial/Institutional-$250-$750,000    

Heritage Electric    

Chateau Avalon    

3. Electrical Commercial/Institutional Over $750,000    

SKC Electric - a division of Faith Technologies, Inc.    

Visitation Catholic Chrch    

4. Electrical Industrial-Over $750,000    

Wachter Electric Company    

Serologicals Corporation - Lawrence Facility

5. Mechanical Commercial/Institutional-Under $250,000    

hth companies, inc.    

UMC Power Plant Boiler 10    

6. Mechanical Commercial/Institutional-$250-$750,000

Keeven Heating & Cooling, Inc.

New Auto Dealership for Modern Auto Co.

7. Mechanical Industrial-$250-$750,000    

Lee Mechanical Contractors, Inc.    

Copper Flotation Expansion    

8. Specialty Subcontracting    

Lithko Contracting, Inc.    

T-Mobile - Lenexa, KS    

Merit shop" construction principles call for the awarding of construction contracts based upon value, regardless of labor affiliation. In Missouri, about 70 percent of construction employees are not members of a labor union according to US Dept. of Labor data.

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