8 ABC Pelican Chapter Members Earn National Awards

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8 ABC Pelican Chapter Members  Earn National Awards

Baton Rouge, La., March 6 – The Pelican Chapter, Associated Builders & Contractors announced today that 8 member companies won national honors during Associated Builders and Contractors’ 27th annual Excellence in Construction® Awards celebration at Workforce Week ‘17 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
 
“I am proud to honor the commitment to world-class safety, superior craftsmanship and cutting-edge innovation that these Associated Builders and Contractors members and their employees bring to the jobsite every day,” said 2017 ABC National Chair Chuck Goodrich, president of Gaylor Electric Inc., Indianapolis. “The scope of this year’s Excellence in Construction award-winning projects, from sports arenas and hospitals to hotels and universities, proves that if it can be built, the merit shop can build it, on time and on budget.”
 
National Excellence in Construction Eagle Award Winners

• ISC Constructors, LLC
  • Kemper County IGCC Project; Electrical – Over $10 million Category; DeKalb, Miss.
• MMR Constructors, Inc.
  • UOP Honeywell Line 4 Catalyst Electrical & Instrumentation Project; Electrical: Industrial - $2 to $10 million Category; Shreveport, La.
• Cajun Industries, LLC
  • Chevron Phillips Chemical; USGC Expansion Project; Other specialty construction – Industrial – More than $10 million Category; Baytown, Texas
  • Cajun Industries Office Expansion; Commercial - $5 to $10 million Category; Baton Rouge, La.
  • Motiva-Amite Convent Tank Farm Stream; Industrial – Less than $5 million Category; Convent, La.
    
  • Shintech HAPF-3; Industrial - $5 to $15 million Category; Plaquemine, La.
• GROUP Contractors, LLC
  • Poly B Packaging Warehouse, The Dow Co.; Industrial - $5 to $15 million Category; Plaquemine, La.
• Turner Industries Group, LLC
  • Delayed Coker Replacement Project; Mega-projects – Over $100 million Category; McPherson, Kan.
     
    
    

National Excellence in Construction Pyramid Award Winners

• MMR Constructors, Inc.
  • EDC Expansion Project; Electrical – Over $10 million Category; El Dorado, Ark.
• Triad Electric & Controls, Inc.
  • Methanex Geismar II Project; Electrical – Over $10 million Category; Geismar, La.
• Cajun Industries, LLC
  • Marathon Pipe Rack & Infrastructure Upgrades; Other specialty construction – Industrial – Less than $10 million Category; Garyville, La.
  • Shintech Ethane Cracker Plant; Other specialty construction – Industrial – More than $10 million Category; Plaquemine, La.
  • Motiva – Project Amite; Industrial - $1f5 to $25 million Category; Convent, La.
• EXCEL Contractors, Inc.
  • Apache Industrial New Facility; Commercial – Less than $5 million Category; Geismar, La.
• Primoris Services Corp.
  • Newpark Drilling Fluids Facility Expansion Project; Industrial - $5 to $10 million; Port Fourchon, La.
• Turner Industries Group, LLC
  • Methanex G-2 Mechanical Project; Industrial - $25 to $100 million; Geismar, La.

 
The Excellence in Construction awards program is the industry’s leading competition that honors both general and specialty contractors for 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 the nation, were judged on complexity, attractiveness, unique challenges, completion time, workmanship, innovation, safety and cost.
 
A panel of industry experts served as the competition’s judges. This year's panel included representatives from the Design-Build Institute of America, Engineering News-Record, the Construction Users Roundtable and the National Association of Women in Construction and higher education.
 
A full list of Excellence in Construction Award winners is available here.
 
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Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) is a national construction industry trade association representing nearly 21,000 chapter members. Founded on the merit shop philosophy, ABC and its 70 chapters help members develop people, win work and deliver that work safely, ethically, profitably and for the betterment of the communities in which ABC and its members work. Visit us at abc.org.