Vulcraft Honors 2016 NuHeights Design Awards Winners
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Crystal Steel Memphis won the Building Of The Year Award and honors in the Recreation category for its work on the Nashville West Riverfront Park & Ascend Amphitheater. | |
Norfolk, NE - Vulcraft announces the winners of its 2016 NuHeights Design Awards. The competition is designed to acknowledge outstanding design, architecture and the diverse applications of building with steel joist and decking. The award winners were chosen for their unique and innovative use of Vulcraft/Verco Group products to produce state-of-the-art buildings.
The third annual NuHeights Design Awards competition was open to fabricators, erectors, engineers, architects and general contractors of nonresidential buildings in the U.S. and Canada who completed projects using Vulcraft Joists or Steel Decking, Verco Decking or Ecospan Composite Floor System products. The projects must have been completed between Jan. 1, 2015, and Oct. 31, 2015, to be eligible for the 2016 awards. Winners were selected by an independent panel of judges.
“We are excited to recognize the achievements of the many professionals in our industry who strive for creative solutions using the most advanced technology,” said Al Behr, president of Vulcraft/Verco Group. “This year’s competition winners exemplify excellence in design and construction in building with steel.”
The winners are:
Recreation & Building-of-the-Year
Nashville West Riverfront Park & Ascend Amphitheater
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Entrant: Crystal Steel Memphis
Architect/Designer: Hawkins Partners, Inc.; Smith Gee Studio
Engineer: EMC Structural Engineers
General Contractor: Skanska USA Building, Inc.
Steel Fabricator: Crystal Steel Fabricators
Erector: River City Steel Fabricators
Commercial
INK
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Entrant: Triple Steel, LLC
Architect/Designer: Manuel Zeitlin Architects
General Contractor: Wellspring Builders, Inc.
Education
AISD Performing Arts Center
Location: Austin, Texas
Entrant: Fishbeck Welding, Inc.
Architect/Designer: Pfluger and Associates
General Contractor: American Constructors
Government/Institutional
Rescue Mission
Location: Syracuse, NY
Entrant: Raulli & Sons, Inc.
Architect/Designer: SWBR Architects
General Contractor: Lecesse Construction
Manufacturing/Industrial
Continental Pipelines Shop
Location: Fort Saint John, BC
Entrant: M3 Steel Structures, Ltd
Architect/Designer: Kumlin Sullivan Architecture Studio, Ltd
General Contractor: W.L. Construction, Ltd
Multifamily Apartments
The Majestic II
Location: Jersey City, New Jersey
Entrant: American Panel Tec
Architect/Designer: Marchetto Higgins Stieve Architects
General Contractor: Fields Construction
Office
Lockhill Crossing
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Entrant: Hill Country Steel
Architect/Designer: Chesney Morales Architects
General Contractor: Catamount Constructors, Inc.
Religious
St. Raphael
Location: Bay Village, Ohio
Entrant: Forest City Erectors, Inc.
Architect/Designer: Zarzycki-Malik Architects
General Contractor: John G. Johnson
Retail
Liberty Center – The Foundrys
Location: Liberty Township, Ohio
Entrant: George Steel Fabricating, Inc.
Architect/Designer: KA Architecture
General Contractor: Hoar Construction
Transportation
Gerald R. Ford International Airport Parking Deck Roof
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Entrant: Builders Iron, Inc.
Architect/Designer: Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber, Inc.
General Contractor: Christman Construction
Erector: Pioneer Construction
Warehouse/Distribution
Duke Perris Logistics Center II
Location: Perris, California
Entrant: Duke Pacific, Inc.
Architect/Designer: Herdman-Rierson Architecture+Design, Inc.
Engineer: Kramer Engineering, Inc.
General Contractor: Fullmer Construction
About Vulcraft/Verco Decking
As an engineered products group of Nucor Corporation, Vulcraft produces joists, joist girders and steel deck. Verco Decking Inc. supplies corrugated steel roof and floor deck. For more information, visit www.vulcraft.com or www.vercodeck.com.