AGC Names Thirteen Most Significant Projects of 2008

AGC named the nation's most significant construction projects Friday at the presentation of the Aon Build America Awards.The Minneapolis I-35W Bridge was recognized as the grand award winner due to Flatiron Construction and Manson Construction's demonstrated hard work and diligence in completing the project three months early, while overcoming difficult challenges and constraints under the watchful eye of the public and the media.Twelve other projects were recognized for their complexity, innovation, success and ultimately, for their significance to the construction community and the nation at large. 2009 Aon Build America Award Winning Construction Projects: Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart Houston, Texas Linbeck Group Building New Award Westin Book Cadillac Hotel and Condominiums Detroit, Michigan Marous Brothers Construction-Jenkins Construction, Joint Venture, LLC Building Renovation Award Fernald Preserve Visitors Center Harrison, Ohio Megen Construction Company, Inc. Building New-Under $5 Million Award Boston Symphony Hall - Clerestory Window Restoration Boston, Massachusetts Walsh Brothers, Inc Building Renovation-Under $5 Million Award Lower Monumental Dam Removable Spillway Weir Kahlotus, Washington Advanced American Construction, Inc. Federal & Heavy New Award I-35W Bridge (St. Anthony Falls) Minneapolis, Minnesota Flatiron-Manson, a Joint Venture Highway New Award Oregon Highway 99 - North Umpqua River (Old Winchester) Bridge Rehabilitation Douglas County, Oregon Hamilton Construction Co. Highway Renovation Award Nationals Park Washington, D.C. Clark/Hunt/Smoot, a Joint Venture Design-Build New Award I-15 NOW Design-Build Reconstruction Project Greater Ogden area of Weber County, Utah Granite Construction, Inc., and Ralph L. Wadsworth Co., Partners of Weber County Constructors Design-Build Renovation Award Bayfront Convention Center &Hotel Complex Erie, Pennsylvania Barton Malow Company Construction Management New Award Kalamazoo College Hicks Center Kalamazoo, Michigan Miller-Davis Company Construction Management Renovation Award Upper Baker Dam Floating Surface Collector Concrete, Washington Natt McDougall Company Municipal & Utilities New U.S. Embassy Cuidad de Panama Cuidad de Panama, Panama Caddell Construction Company, Inc. International New Award The 2009 Aon Build America Merit Award Winners include: Bridge Building Expansion Providence, Rhode Island Shawmut Design & Construction Construction Management New Award METRO Light Rail Line Section 5 Tempe and Mesa, Arizona Sundt/Stacy and Witbeck, Inc., a Joint Venture Highway New Award University of California, Irvine Medical Center (UCIMC) Orange, California Hensel Phelps Construction Co. Design-Build New Award The Mutual Building Historic Renovation/The Christman Building Lansing, Michigan The Christman Company Building Renovation Award