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
TownePlace Suites Nashville Midtown | Nashville, Tennessee Crain Construction, Inc.
Category: Commercial $50M-$100M
Ramsey Solutions Headquarters | Franklin, Tennessee Solomon Builders
Category: Community/Public Service: Under $100M
Lake Sevier Loop Pedestrian Bridge | Nashville, Tennessee BELL Construction
Category: Electrical - Commercial: Under $2M
MERIT AWARD
Parallon Brentwood Commons | Nashville, Tennessee Empower Electric, LLC
Crockett Center of Athletic Excellence | Nashville, Tennessee Enterprise Solutions
Category: Electrical - Commercial $2M-$10M
Tennessee State Library and Archives | Nashville, Tennessee Empower Electric, LLC.
FedEx | Lebanon, Tennessee Lee Company
Category: Electrical Projects Over $10M
Project Sam | Mount Juliet, Tennessee Gaylor Electric
Category: Electrical: Industrial Under $5M
FedEx | Lebanon, Tennessee Empower Electric, LLC
Category: Exteriors All Amounts
MNAA Terminal Garage & Airport Administration Building | Nashville, Tennessee Alexander Metals, Inc.
Category: Health Care Under $10M
Ogden Rehabilitation Center I Ogden, Utah Batten & Shaw, Inc.
Category: Healthcare $25M - $50M
Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center | Alamogordo, New Mexico Robins & Morton
Category: Industrial $25M-$100M
Topre Stamping Plant Phases 6,7 and 8 | Smyrna, Tennessee Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC
Category: Infrastructure: Heavy Under $100M
NES 11th Avenue Substation & Parking Garage | Nashville, Tennessee T.W. Frierson Contractor, Inc.
Category: Institutional $5M-$10M
Clayton-Bradley Academy Student Union | Alcoa, Tennessee JOSEPH Construction Company, Inc.
John C. Tune Air Traffic Control Tower | Nashville, Tennessee JE Dunn Construction
Category: Institutional $10M - $25M
Nashville First Baptist Church Broadway Expansion | Nashville, Tennessee R.C. Mathews Contractor
Dickson County Justice Center | Charlotte, Tennessee T.W. Frierson Contractor, Inc.
Category: Institutional $25M-$100M
Montgomery Bell Academy H. Frank Burkholder Wellness Center | Nashville, Tennessee Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC
Category: Interiors All Amounts
Vanderbilt Residential – Nicholas S. Zeppos College | Nashville, Tennessee Murray Drywall
5th and Broadway (Residential Tower/Office Tower/Retail Complex) | Nashville, Tennessee Murray Drywall
Category: Mechanical: Commercial $2M-$10M
Kentucky Downs Mint Gaming Hall Expansion | Franklin, Kentucky Lee Company
Ramsey Solutions | Franklin, Tennessee Lee Company
Category: Mechanical Projects Over $10M
Broadwest | Nashville, Tennessee The Comfort Group
The Joseph | Nashville, Tennessee Lee Company
Category: Mega-Projects Over $100M
The Joseph Nashville | Nashville, Tennessee Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC.
Fifth and Broadway | Nashville, Tennessee Skanksa
Category: Pre-Engineered Building Under $100M
Wolf Gap Education Center | Pulaski, Tennessee Brindley Construction, LLC
Category: Renovation under $5M
Elliston Place Soda Shop | Nashville, Tennessee R.G. Anderson Company, Inc.
Legends Restaurant | Columbia, Tennessee Brindley Construction, LLC
Category: Residential: Multifamily & Condominium Under $100M
Edison at Riverwood | Nashville, Tennessee BACAR Constructors, Inc.
Category: Specialty Construction: Commercial Under $10M
FORSTONE CAPITAL 3040 SIDCO Adaptive Reuse | Nashville, Tennessee The Comfort Group
CenturyLink Data Center | Nashville, Tennessee The Comfort Group
Category: Specialty Construction: Commercial Over $10M
BNA Concourse D Expansion & Central Utility Plant | Nashville, Tennessee Wolfe & Travis Electric
Project Sam | Mount Juliet, Tennessee Cooper Steel Fabricators, Inc.
Category: Specialty Construction: Industrial Under $10M
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.
Associated Builders and Contractors of Greater Tennessee