The Alabama Associated General Contractors named its BuildSouth Award winners, highlighting innovative projects, skilled contractors and individuals. Submissions range from safety and project management to community relations and environmental sensitivity.
Among the individuals honored were Marc Dempsey, of B. H. Craig Construction in Florence, and John White-Spunner, of White-Spunner Construction in Mobile, who were inducted into the Alabama Construction Hall of Fame.
Company winners included: Rogers & Willard, which was recognized with the Gary Savage Workforce Development Award. Construction Channel/Stone Building was presented the Innovations in Commercial Construction award. The Community Involvement award was presented to Martin & Cobey Construction for the Alabama Veteran’s Park in Athens. Specialty Contractor was awarded to Marathon Electrical Contractors Inc. for its work at Cooper Green Medical Center in Birmingham.
Five awards recognized renovation work. Taking home the Renovation Under 5 Million Building Construction award was Doster Construction Co. for its work at UAB Lee Branch Clinic in Birmingham. Wiregrass Construction Co. was presented the Renovations Under 5 Million Highway Construction for Motley Street improvements in Albertville. The Renovation Building Construction award went to Rives Construction Co. for Total Dermatology in Birmingham. Dunn Construction Co. won the Renovation Under 5 Million Construction Management award for its work on U.S. Highway 31 in Chilton County. APAC-Alabama won the Renovation Construction Management award for its work at Dothan Airport RW 14-32 in Dothan.
BL Harbert International took home the International Construction award for the new U.S. Embassy in Windhoek, Namibia, Africa. Brasfield & Gorrie won the New Heavy Industrial Construction award for the Hydraulic Instrumentation Facility in Tuscaloosa. The New Municipal Utility Construction award went to Russo Corp. for Carson Loop Phase 6D in Leeds. Stone Building Co. won the New Highway/Transportation Construction award for its work at the Birmingham Air Cargo Facility.
Goodwyn Mills Cawood was awarded the New Construction Management award for Dauphin Island East End Beach and Dune Restoration work. The New Under 5 Million Design-Build award was presented to Timberline Construction Group for FEMA Transportable Temporary Housing Unit in Maui, Hawaii. Middleton Construction was presented the New Under 5 Million Building Construction award for Rivers Farm Project in Fairhope. White-Spunner Construction won the New Building Construction award for Dave & Buster’s New Prototype in Mobile.
Individuals taking home honors were: Cali Koprowski – NAWIC Block Kids Champion; Ray Reese of Rives Construction – T.W. Pugh Excellence in Safety Award; Zack Hyoung of GTEC – Associate of the Year; and Daniel Haas of Rogers & Willard – Young Professional of the Year.
The Howard & Juanita Savage Scholarship winners were Carter Hayes, TJ Parnell, Milan Brown, Ben Alberstadt and Devin Manigault.
AGC Women in Construction Awards went to Patti Davis of ROPAC Inc. and Leah Cooke of Rogers & Willard.
The Unsung Heroes awards went to Lisa St. John of Doster Construction Co. and Jacob Drescher of Rabren General Contractors.
And, for the first time in its 105-year-history, AGC presented the S.I.R. Award (Skill, Integrity and Responsibility) to Charlotte Kopf for her 50 years of service to the association.
“We are so grateful for the dedication and loyalty that Charlotte has shown to the Mobile Section of Alabama AGC and the entire organization,” said Mike Tew, S. J. and L. Contractors in Mobile. “I can’t think of a more deserving recipient of the association’s first-ever S.I.R. honoree.”
