This year marked BD+C's 20th annual Building Team Awards. The submissions were judged based on two criteria:
- Design/engineering/construction quality and excellence (50%)
- How the Building Team (architects, engineers, contractors, CMs, subcontractors, building owners, developers, government entities, etc.) collaborated to overcome obstacles and make the project succeed (50%)
Of the 17 projects, one received a Platinum Award, six received Gold Awards, six received Silver Awards, two received Bronze Awards, and two received Honorable Mentions. Each project is listed below. Click on the project's name for more information.
Platinum
Photo: Nick Ulivieri Photography, Courtesy Clark Construction.
1. 150 North Riverside
Gold
Courtesy Brad Feinknopf.
1. Sandy Hook Elementary School
2. University of Chicago North Residential Commons
3. United States courthouse
4. Museum of African American History and Culture
5. Denver International Airport and Transit Center
6. LA Metro Light Rail Operations & Maintenance Facility
Silver
James Steinkamp Photography.
1. Clemson University Allen N. Reeves Football Operations Complex
2. Zurich North American Headquarters
3. Partners HealtchCare
4. TechnipFMC John T. Gremp Campus
5. University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences
6. Faena Arts Center
Bronze
Trent Bell Photography.
1. Alnoba leadership training center
2. Intelligence Community Campus
Honorable Mention
Photo courtesy Dubai Media Office
1. Office of the Future
2. Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Judges
Jill Deichmann, AIA, NCARB
Architecture Lead
Primera Engineers
Chicago
Edoarda Corradi Dell’Acqua
Professor, Armour College of Engineering
Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago
Francis Homer, PE, CCM, LEED AP
Project Manager
Whiting-Turner Contracting Co.
Chantilly, Va.
Peter Isaac
Vice President - Public Private Partnerships & Development Advisory
Brailsford & Dunlavey
Austin, Texas
Bill Kline, AIA, EDAC, LEED AP
Vice President, Healthcare Studio Leader
SmithGroupJJR
Washington, D.C.
Related Stories
Building Team Awards | Jun 24, 2019
14 projects earn BD+C's 2019 Building Team Awards
The McDonald's Headquarters, the Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, and Pacific Visions at the Aquarium of the Pacific are three of the projects awarded with BD+C's 2019 Building Team Awards.
Building Team Awards | Jun 21, 2019
Up, up and away: Dutch hospitality chain completes the world's tallest modular hotel
Honorable mention: At 21 stories (15 of them modular), it is the world’s tallest modular hotel.
Building Team Awards | Jun 20, 2019
PPP gets the job done: Three-party deal saves time and money for client
Bronze Award: Weitz, acting as developer and design-builder, leased the land and borrowed the money for the project.
Building Team Awards | Jun 20, 2019
Making waves: The façade of Pacific Visions suggests the movement of water, day and night
Bronze Award: The new wing holds an exhibition space, a state-of-the-art 300-seat theater with a 32-foot-tall, 180-degree arc, 130-foot-long projection wall.
Building Team Awards | Jun 19, 2019
Unsung heroes: Two hurricanes couldn't stop this project team
Bronze Award: St. Lucie County’s population exploded to the point where the hospital needed lots more space.
Building Team Awards | Jun 19, 2019
Crime fighter: San Diego County's new forensic facility helps battle crime in three ways
Silver Award: The 158,000-sf addition collocates three crime-fighting functions.
Building Team Awards | Jun 18, 2019
All that urban jazz: Mixed-use center lends a zing to downtown Washington's skyline
Bureaucratic architecture, be damned!
Building Team Awards | Jun 18, 2019
Eyesore no more: People come together to expand a much-needed daycare center
Silver Award: Two problems quickly emerged: high concentrations of arsenic in the soil, and stormwater runoff into nearby wetlands and neighboring properties.
Building Team Awards | Jun 17, 2019
Campus renewal: Community effort saves a crucial healthcare resource
Silver Award: Taylor Design (architect) and SmithGroup (AOR) led an integrated design-build team anchored by McCarthy Building Companies (GC).
Building Team Awards | Jun 13, 2019
In the spotlight: Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts shines a new beacon on Houston’s downtown
Gold Award: Kinder High School, which can accommodate 750 9th through 12th graders, is one of only three public schools in the U.S. that offer programs for both visual and performing arts.
