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AGC Presents Build Georgia Awards
The Georgia Branch of Associated General Contractors presented its Build Georgia awards at its recent annual convention in Orlando. This year, 26 projects received Build Georgia awards, with several others garnering honorable mention recognition. This year’s Build Georgia award winners are listed here.
- Alcon Associates – Healthworks Employee Wellness and Fitness Center, Albany
- Batson-Cook Co. – Cloister Main Hotel, Sea Island
- The Beck Group – His Hands Church, Woodstock
- Bowen & Watson – Union County Middle School, Blairsville
- Brasfield & Gorrie – Plaza Midtown, Atlanta
- Collins & Company – The Village at Pinnacle Point, Buford
- Cork-Howard Construction Co. – DeKalb Medical Center Chiller Replacement, Decatur; and Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan – Elbert Parr Tuttle, Atlanta
- Garbutt Construction Co. – Restoration and Renovation of the Macon Volunteers Armory, Macon
- Garbutt Construction Co. and The Christman Co., a joint venture – Bell Hall, Milledgeville
- Integrity Development Group – Integrity Heights at Highlands, Smyrna
- LUSK & Associates – Holy Family Catholic Church, Marietta
- Manhattan Construction Co. – Ola High and Middle Complex, McDonough
- New South Construction Co. – Emory University Sorority Housing Complex, Atlanta; The Doris and Alex Weber Jewish Community High School, Sandy
Springs; Wesleyan School Athletics Building, Norcross; and Canton City Hall,
Canton
- The Potts Co. – Forsyth County Public Safety Complex, Cumming
- Rogers Construction Co. – Corporate Office Building for Jackson EMC, Jackson
- Chris R. Sheridan & Co. – Renovations and Additions to the Security Bank Walnut Street, Macon; and Georgia Military College Barracks, Milledgeville
- Stroud and Co. – Horne & Horne, Macon
- Turner Construction Co. – King & Spalding, Atlanta
- Van Winkle & Co. – Eagle Ranch, Central Campus Building, Chestnut Mountain
- Warren Associates – Department of Pathology Renovations, First Floor Laboratory Renovations, Macon
- J.M. Wilkerson Construction Co. – Georgia National Cemetery, Canton.
In addition, the association presented its Skill, Integrity and Responsibility (SIR) Award to Raymond Moody, the president and chief operating officer of Batson-Cook Co.
Despite Residential Decline, Contracts Up in June
Despite a significant decline in residential contracts, strong gains in the nonresidential and nonbuilding sectors were enough to keep the value of new Georgia contracts positive for the month of June, moving up roughly 26%, McGraw-Hill Construction reported. The value of contracts signed during June for future construction totaled nearly $3.2 billion.
Residential construction declined by 34% to a monthly total of about $1 billion. Nonresidential construction soared, however, more than doubling compared to last June to total about $1.5 billion. Nonbuilding construction did the same, with June’s total of $603.7 million well ahead of last June’s $258.9 million tally.
For the year-to-date, Georgia contract activity is now 4% behind the first half of 2006, with the current value of new contracts at about $13.7 billion. Nonresidential is now 36% ahead of last year’s pace with a total of $4.5 billion so far. The nonbuilding sector is also positive, with its total of roughly $2 billion about 12% above last year’s pace. Residential construction, estimated at $7.2 billion, is 21% behind.
Skanska USA to Build Student Center at Clayton State
The Atlanta office of Skanska USA Building announced it is providing pre-construction and construction management services for a new student activity center at Clayton State University in Morrow. Cooper Carry & Associates is the architect of record for this $13.3 million facility.
The 61,000-sq-ft building will serve as a recreational area and an activity hub for students. It will include a ballroom that can be subdivided for small functions, a pre-function area, a warming kitchen, game rooms, a café, a fitness assessment office, student government offices with support spaces, a gymnasium, locker rooms, several multipurpose rooms and associated storage and ancillary spaces.
Groundbreaking is planned for later this summer; the facility is expected to open in the fall of 2008.
Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center Certified Gold
The U.S. Green Building Council has awarded the Gwinnett Environmental & Heritgage Center with a Gold-level LEED rating in the category of new commercial construction. The project, owned by Gwinnett County, was the owner’s first green building. It was designed by Lord Aeck & Sargent of Atlanta, and built by Juneau Construction Co.
The GEHC facility teaches about the importance of water through a series of programs and interactive exhibits. The two-story, 59,000-sq-ft building uses 75% less potable water and 35% less energy than a conventional building of the same size. Also, it feature a 40,000-sq-ft green roof that is reported to be the largest sloped green roofing system in the United States.
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