Southington, CT – The Connecticut Building Congress (CBC) held its 30th Annual Project Team Awards on June 9 at The Aqua Turf Club in Southington. This year’s scholarship recipients were also recognized at the event.
The CBC Project Team Awards recognize outstanding building projects that exemplify project team excellence and represent the best practices in teamwork by project owners, architects, engineers, constructors and trades. Each year, CBC recognizes projects whose team members have met or surpassed goals and achieved higher project quality through this close collaboration.
This year’s judges were Namhun Lee, PhD, CM-BIM, professor, Central Connecticut State University; Tae Kuk Kim, vice president, Hill International, Inc.; Chris-Philip Onofrio, president of CPO Properties, LLC; and Kenneth Champion, retired, Orange County Convention Center.
2026 Project Team Awards
Civic – Large
First place:
New London Community Recreation Center – New London, CT
Submitting firm: Downes Construction
Award of Merit:
Connecticut Humane Society Pet Resource Center – Wilton, CT
Submitting Firm: Viking Construction, Inc.
Civic – Small
First place:
Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen – New Haven, CT
Submitting firm: FCA Architects
Commercial/Industrial – Large
First place:
Wampanoag Country Club – West Hartford, CT
Submitting firm: KBE Building Corporation
Second place:
Great Wolf Lodge Mashantucket – Mashantucket, CT
Submitting firm: Turner Construction Company
Wampanoag Country Club
Healthcare – Large
First place:
Cornell Scott Hill-Health Recovery and Wellness Center – New Haven, CT
Submitting firm: FCA Architects
Award of Merit:
Connecticut Children’s New Clinical Tower – Hartford, CT
Submitting firm: DPR Construction
Healthcare – Small
First place:
Beacon Hill Medical Center – Southington, CT
Submitting firm: LaRosa Building Group, LLC
Second place:
Hartford HealthCare Southington – Southington, CT
Submitting firm: NDC Commercial Construction
Higher Education – Large
First place:
Yale University Chemical Safety Building – New Haven, CT
Submitting firm: Turner Construction Company
Award of Merit:
Yale University Farnam Memorial Building Laboratory Renovation & Infrastructure Upgrades – New Haven, CT
Submitting firm: Petra Construction Corporation
Yale University Farnam Memorial Building Laboratory / Photo by The Creative Future
Higher Education – Small
Award of Merit:
Goodwin University Nursing Simulation Center – East Hartford, CT
Submitting firm: Downes Construction
Multi-Family/Mixed Use – Large
First place:
80 South – Farmington, CT
Submitting firm: Crosskey Architects
Power & Energy – Small
First place:
Yale University/Yale New Haven Health Steam Utility Upgrades – New Haven, CT
Submitting firm: Centek Engineering, Inc.
Pre-K – 12 Schools – Large
First place:
Neck River Elementary School – Madison, CT
Submitting firm: Gilbane Building Company
Award of Merit:
North Branford High School – North Branford, CT
Submitting firm: QA+M Architecture
Pre-K – 12 Schools – Small
Award of Merit:
Hillhouse High School Manufacturing Lab – New Haven, CT
Submitting firm: Milestone Construction Services, LLC
Hillhouse High School Manufacturing Lab / Photo by Ian Christmann Photography
Transportation – Large
Award of Merit:
Auxiliary Lanes, Resurfacing, Safety Improvements on I-95 – Stamford, CT
Submitting firm: M&J Engineering
2026 CBC Scholarship Recipients
Benjamin Schildgen – University of Massachusetts Lowell
$8,000 John Plantinga Memorial Scholarship
Mikayla Hanel – Roger Williams University
$8,000 Clifton Cotter Memorial Scholarship
Benjamin Brejwo – University of Connecticut
$6,000 CBC Scholarship
Lina Buscemi – Syracuse University
$5,000 CBC Scholarship
Nolan Diamond – Penn State University
$5,000 CBC Scholarship
Olivia Grattage – University of Connecticut
$3,750 CBC Innovation & Sustainability Scholarship
Lucas Mihalek – Roger Williams University
$3,750 CBC Innovation & Sustainability Scholarship
