Southwest Contractor presents the Best of 2006 Awards

Southwest Contractor is pleased to present the Best of 2006 Awards.

by Scott Blair

An incredible variety of projects were entered in this year's competition, showcasing the impressive talents of contractors, architects, engineers and subcontractors in our region.

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Southwest Contractor's panel of judges, selected from the local construction community, brings you the most outstanding projects from another record number of submittals this year. In Arizona, over 240 entries in a variety of categories were received. New Mexico also received a record number of submittals, with well over 145 entries considered.

Nevada more than doubled the number of entries last year with 110 this year.

This year's entries showcase a vast array of projects which represent the diversity of our region's design and construction community.

Thank you to all of the companies who took time to prepare and submit entries for this year's competition. Whether it won or not, every entry demonstrated the pride and quality of work being accomplished by talented construction teams across the Southwest.

Project eligibility was limited to those that were completed between August 2005 and December 2006. Winning projects were chosen on the following criteria: quality of design and construction, innovation, contribution to the industry, ability to overcome challenges and overall excellence.

Projects could be submitted in multiple categories. Judges could award a winner in a different category if applicable, or could select no winner if the judges agreed that no project warranted recognition. Any juror who was affiliated with a project abstained from voting on that entry.

The panel of judges included at least one representative from an architecture firm, general contractor, engineer and subcontractor in each state.

Southwest Contractor wishes to thank the following professionals who worked extremely hard to bring you this year's winners.

Arizona

Wink Ames,
Minard-Ames Insurance Group

Roger Gacke,
Kinetic Systems

Alexander (Sandy) Gourlay PE,
URS Corp.

Stephen Hulston,
Howard S. Wright Construction

Jeremy Jones AIA,
DWL Architects

Dino Ortis,
Allen & Philp Architects

Chester A. Teaford PE,
HDR

Nevada

Chad D. Anson PE,
Carter Burgess

Dayton Blaine,
Blaine Equipment Co.

Randy Highland,
McCarthy Building Cos.

Tony Illia,
construction writer

G. P. Loeffler,
Adobe Electric

Joseph D. Rothman AIA,
Bergman Walls & Associates

Pamela Vilkin,
Tradewinds Construction/Greenview Consulting

Bob Wallace,
RM Wallace Associates

New Mexico

Bruce Higgins,
Tom Growney Equipment

Chris E. Baca,
Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas

Doug Majewski AIA,
The Hartman & Majewski Design Group

Ken Otteni,
Miller Bonded

Adam Harrington,
HB Construction

Bill Lemon,
Brycon Corporation

Eva Paul,
Molzen-Corbin & Associates

Sandra Ragan,
Jack B. Henderson Construction Co.

The staff of Southwest Contractor would also like to thank the Arizona Contractors Association, the AGC, Las Vegas Chapter and the New Mexico Building Branch, AGC for graciously hosting our juries.

For the second year, we will be presenting the awards ceremony for New Mexico in conjunction with ACEC and SMPS. The awards luncheon will be held on December 5th.

The Nevada ceremony will be held on Thursday, December 12th at the Renaissance Las Vegas Hotel.

The Arizona awards will be held at the Arizona Biltmore Resort in Phoenix on December 14th.

Each winning project is profiled on the following links. The project team company names were provided by the submitting firm, and we have made every attempt to confirm the information. Due to space limitations, not all project participants could be listed.

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