Nashville, Tennessee -
Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Greater Tennessee Chapter yesterday announced the winners of 37 Excellence in Construction Awards during the annual Excellence in Construction Awards celebration held on November 4 in Nashville, TN. Governor Bill Lee, former 1999 ABC Chairman of the Board, was the keynote speaker for the event, and congratulated the hard work of merit shop contractors in Tennessee while emphasizing his dedication towards workforce development in the state.
Hensel Phelps received the grand prize of General Contractor Award, Pavement Restorations recieved Subcontractor of the Year, with ECS Limited recieving the Associate Member of the Year Award. John Stallworth, former Chairman, recieved the coveted Rodgers-Bell award for this lifetime of service to the chapter. Hensel Phelps' Brandt Frye took home the 2021 Volunteer of the Year award for his commitment to the chapter in 2021 of growing the Emerging Leaders group, devotion to our Political Action Committee and growing ABC Greater Tennessee's membership.
“The Excellence in Construction Award winners demonstrate a commitment to innovation, quality, and safety, and we are proud of our honorees’ dedication to producing exceptional projects,” said ABC Greater Tennessee Chapter President Clay Crownover. “As Nashville continues to grow, we couldn't be more proud of our members integrity and work ethic toward ensuring a bigger and better Nashville.”
Excellence in Construction Award winners
Category: Commercial Under $5M
EAGLE AWARD
iHeart Media Nashville Digital Headquarters | Nashville, Tennessee
Turner Construction Company
Category: Commercial $25M-$50M
EAGLE AWARD
TownePlace Suites Nashville Midtown | Nashville, Tennessee
Crain Construction, Inc.
Category: Commercial $50M-$100M
EAGLE AWARD
Ramsey Solutions Headquarters | Franklin, Tennessee
Solomon Builders
Category: Community/Public Service: Under $100M
EAGLE AWARD
Lake Sevier Loop Pedestrian Bridge | Nashville, Tennessee
BELL Construction
Category: Electrical - Commercial: Under $2M
MERIT AWARD
Parallon Brentwood Commons | Nashville, Tennessee
Empower Electric, LLC
EAGLE AWARD
Crockett Center of Athletic Excellence | Nashville, Tennessee
Enterprise Solutions
Category: Electrical - Commercial $2M-$10M
MERIT AWARD
Tennessee State Library and Archives | Nashville, Tennessee
Empower Electric, LLC.
EAGLE AWARD
FedEx | Lebanon, Tennessee
Lee Company
Category: Electrical Projects Over $10M
EAGLE AWARD
Project Sam | Mount Juliet, Tennessee
Gaylor Electric
Category: Electrical: Industrial Under $5M
EAGLE AWARD
FedEx | Lebanon, Tennessee
Empower Electric, LLC
Category: Exteriors All Amounts
EAGLE AWARD
MNAA Terminal Garage & Airport Administration Building | Nashville, Tennessee
Alexander Metals, Inc.
Category: Health Care Under $10M
EAGLE AWARD
Ogden Rehabilitation Center I Ogden, Utah
Batten & Shaw, Inc.
Category: Healthcare $25M - $50M
EAGLE AWARD
Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center | Alamogordo, New Mexico
Robins & Morton
Category: Industrial $25M-$100M
EAGLE AWARD
Topre Stamping Plant Phases 6,7 and 8 | Smyrna, Tennessee
Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC
Category: Infrastructure: Heavy Under $100M
EAGLE AWARD
NES 11th Avenue Substation & Parking Garage | Nashville, Tennessee
T.W. Frierson Contractor, Inc.
Category: Institutional $5M-$10M
MERIT AWARD
Clayton-Bradley Academy Student Union | Alcoa, Tennessee
JOSEPH Construction Company, Inc.
EAGLE AWARD
John C. Tune Air Traffic Control Tower | Nashville, Tennessee
JE Dunn Construction
Category: Institutional $10M - $25M
MERIT AWARD
Nashville First Baptist Church Broadway Expansion | Nashville, Tennessee
R.C. Mathews Contractor
EAGLE AWARD
Dickson County Justice Center | Charlotte, Tennessee
T.W. Frierson Contractor, Inc.
Category: Institutional $25M-$100M
EAGLE AWARD
Montgomery Bell Academy H. Frank Burkholder Wellness Center | Nashville, Tennessee
Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC
Category: Interiors All Amounts
MERIT AWARD
Vanderbilt Residential – Nicholas S. Zeppos College | Nashville, Tennessee
Murray Drywall
EAGLE AWARD
5th and Broadway (Residential Tower/Office Tower/Retail Complex) | Nashville, Tennessee
Murray Drywall
Category: Mechanical: Commercial $2M-$10M
MERIT AWARD
Kentucky Downs Mint Gaming Hall Expansion | Franklin, Kentucky
Lee Company
EAGLE AWARD
Ramsey Solutions | Franklin, Tennessee
Lee Company
Category: Mechanical Projects Over $10M
MERIT AWARD
Broadwest | Nashville, Tennessee
The Comfort Group
EAGLE AWARD
The Joseph | Nashville, Tennessee
Lee Company
Category: Mega-Projects Over $100M
MERIT AWARD
The Joseph Nashville | Nashville, Tennessee
Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC.
EAGLE AWARD
Fifth and Broadway | Nashville, Tennessee
Skanksa
Category: Pre-Engineered Building Under $100M
EAGLE AWARD
Wolf Gap Education Center | Pulaski, Tennessee
Brindley Construction, LLC
Category: Renovation under $5M
MERIT AWARD
Elliston Place Soda Shop | Nashville, Tennessee
R.G. Anderson Company, Inc.
EAGLE AWARD
Legends Restaurant | Columbia, Tennessee
Brindley Construction, LLC
Category: Residential: Multifamily & Condominium Under $100M
EAGLE AWARD
Edison at Riverwood | Nashville, Tennessee
BACAR Constructors, Inc.
Category: Specialty Construction: Commercial Under $10M
MERIT AWARD
FORSTONE CAPITAL 3040 SIDCO Adaptive Reuse | Nashville, Tennessee
The Comfort Group
EAGLE AWARD
CenturyLink Data Center | Nashville, Tennessee
The Comfort Group
Category: Specialty Construction: Commercial Over $10M
MERIT AWARD
BNA Concourse D Expansion & Central Utility Plant | Nashville, Tennessee
Wolfe & Travis Electric
EAGLE AWARD
Project Sam | Mount Juliet, Tennessee
Cooper Steel Fabricators, Inc.
Category: Specialty Construction: Industrial Under $10M
EAGLE AWARD
Vuteq USA | Madison, Alabama
Lee Company
The Excellence in Construction awards program is the industry’s leading competition, developed to honor innovative and high-quality merit shop construction projects. The award honors all construction team members, including the contractor, owner, architect and engineer. The winning projects, selected from entries submitted from across Missouri and Kansas, 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. Excellence in Construction Awards are given to the top projects in each category.
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Associated Builders & Contractors, Inc. (ABC) is a national trade association representing more than 21,000 merit shop contractors, subcontractors, material suppliers and related firms across the United States. ABC membership represents all specialties within the U.S. construction industry and is comprised primarily of firms that perform work in the industrial and commercial sectors of the industry. The ABC Greater Tennessee chapter serves Middle and East Tennessee.