The winners of the 2016 DBIA Awards were announced Wednesday, Oct. 19 at Boulevard Brewing Co.
The top designers and contractors from Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska took home awards from the Design-Build Institute of America last week for their "best in craft" projects across the region in 2016.
DBIA, a volunteer-run organization, promotes the use of the "design-build" approach as an innovative, cost-effective method that can be used in a variety of project types. As opposed to the traditional "design, bid, build" approach, a design-build team unifies designers and contractors under a single contract, inspiring a unified flow of work.
Here's a look at the honorees who exemplified this increasingly popular method.
MERIT AWARD: CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE
Emery Sapp & Sons
NE Orchard Street Improvements - Lee’s Summit, Mo.
This $3.2 million municipal street project in Lee's Summit consisted of 18,000 square yards of concrete paving, 52 intersecting driveways and 10 intersections.
MERIT AWARD: CIVIL WATER/WASTEWATER
Burns & McDonnell, CAC Constructors
Cowskin Creek Water Quality Reclamation Facility - Maize, Kan.
Under a tight construction schedule, the team built the $2.97 million facility to address three areas of concern: odor control, solids handling and digestion, and plant reuse pumping.
MERIT AWARD: INDUSTRIAL
Burns & McDonnell
New Covert Interconnection Project - Cover, Michigan
Burns & McDonnell was the general contractor, architect and designer for this project, which required close coordination of design standard specified by three separate entities while meeting technical and system operating requirements. The project included construction of a new green-field “breaker and a half” switching station, a new 345-kilovolt line terminal and revenue metering equipment and a new quarter-mile transmission line.
MERIT AWARD: HEALTHCARE
JE Dunn Construction, Hoefer Wysocki Architects
USACE AFMS Medical MATOC Eglin AFB Hospital - Fort Walton Beach, Fla.
The $70 million multi-phased design-build project covered. The 144,966-square-foot project was a part of a national multi-award Task Order Construct for the US Army Corps of Engineers, built with the goal to accommodate enrollment of 50,000 patients yearly.
MERIT AWARD: SCHOOL/UNIVERSITY
Loyd Builders, SFS Architecture
Ottawa University Gangwish Library & Gibson Student Center - Ottawa, Kan.
The $14 million, 50,000-square-foot library and student center is the largest, most expensive construction project in Ottawa University’s history. The building is a synergistic combination of library/student learning commons, bookstore, dining hall and a conference center.
MERIT AWARD: SCHOOL/UNIVERSITY
The Korte Company
Mooresville High School Renovation - Mooresville, Ind.
The 1950s antiquated Indiana high school building was transformed under unique scheduling and budgetary limits.
HONOR AWARD: MULTIFAMILY
Opus Design Build
University of Missouri District Flats - Columbia, Mo.
The 119-unit luxury University of Missouri campus student housing project in downtown Columbia was completed in just ten months. The amenities include a cyber café and computer lounge, fitness center, movie theater, club room, an outdoor terrace with fire pits, secure underground parking, and bike storage.
HONOR AWARD: OFFICE
Ryan Companies, OPN Architects
Merchants Bonding Company headquarters - West Des Moines, Iowa
The project team completed the headquarters for Merchants Bonding Company in just 10 months. The project included amenities not typically found in single-tenant buildings of similar size, including a two-story entry atrium and electric bike and car charging stations.
HONOR AWARD: HEALTHCARE
Clayco, Forum Studio
Mercy Virtual Care Center - Chesterfield, Mo.
The project shaved $20 million from the project’s budget and used a host of innovative techniques and processes to cut down costs and maintaining hospital objectives.
EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN AWARD
Hoefer Wysocki Architecture
Northland Innovation Campus - Gladstone, Mo.
DESIGN-BUILD PROJECT OF THE YEAR
Burns & McDonnell
World Headquarters expansion - Kansas City, Mo.
LEADERSHIP AWARD
Dennis Randolph
Public Works Director, City of Grandview, Mo.