(l-r) The Bedford Family Center project team: Fred Saehrig, Brian Wetzel, Doug Graham, Luke Glendenning, Daniel Kasica , Ty Tragellas, Chad McCullough, Steve Halstead, Shin Miyoshi, Kevin Herrick, and Eric Melingonis.
Hartford, CT – The Connecticut Building Congress (CBC) held its 19th annual Project Team Awards banquet on June 9 at The Bond Ballroom in Hartford. The program honored eight project teams that showed extraordinary collaboration in the execution of their construction projects. More than 150 industry professionals were in attendance.
Moderated by CBC President Tom Beebe of Arcadis U.S., Inc., the program attendees walked away with knowledge about each project team’s highly collaborative and successful approach to design and construction.
The Turner Construction / Robert A.M. Stern Architects Team was recognized as the CBC’s third annual Project Team of the Year for its exemplary teamwork on the new Bedford Family Center in Westport, Connecticut.
The 2015 Project Team Award winners were as follows:
K-12 Schools (New or Renovation)
. First Place: Harvard Ellis Technical High School, Danielson; designed by the S/L/A/M Collaborative;built by KBE Building Corporation.
Major Renovation/Expansion (over $10 million)
. First Place: Yale-New Haven Hospital Saint Rafael Campus, Operating Room & Infrastructure, New Haven; designed by Shepley Bulfinch; built by Turner Construction.
. Merit Award: Danbury Hospital, Peter & Carmen Lucia Buck Pavilion, Danbury; built by Gilbane Building Company.
New Construction
. First Place: Bedford Family Center, Westport; designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects; built by Turner Construction.
. Merit Award: Middlesex Hospital – Shoreline Medical, Westbrook; designed by The S/L/A/M Collaborative; built by The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co.
Small Projects — New or Renovation (under $10 million)
. First Place – Kent School, Music & Mattison Auditorium, Kent; designed by the S/L/A/M Collaborative; built by S/L/A/M Construction Services.
. Merit Award: Connecticut College Steam Plant Replacement, New London; designed by Charney Architects; built by KBE Building Corporation.
Transportation/Utilities/Civil
. Merit Award: Oyster Shell Park Site Improvement Phase, Norwalk; designed by BSC Group, Connecticut.; built by LaRosa Building Group.
3rd Annual Project Team of the Year Award.
. Bedford Family Center, Westport; designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects; built by Turner Construction Corporation.
