EAGLE AWARDS
Bi-Con Services, Inc.
Mahle Expansion
Industrial: $5 - $15 Million
Design Firm: Davis Architectural Group
Client/Owner: Mahle
Project Description: The German-based manufacturing company, Mahle, provides aftermarket parts to the automotive industry. Mahle relocated their Caldwell, Ohio plant to McConnelsville to save production costs. To accomplish this, Bi-Con Services partnered to construct an additional 50,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility with the existing structure. The project’s accelerated scheduled was 10 months and required an estimated 33,000 man hours. The new facility provides 4,700 AMP power service. The site required that about 10,000 cubic yards of hazardous material be removed, and a 14-ft. deep basement was constructed under the existing facility. Bi-Con helped complete renovations in the existing building also, being careful so that construction did not interfere with the facility whose production ran 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Miles-McClellan Construction Co.
Honda Aircraft Phase IIndustrial: $25 - $99 Million
Design Firm: Barge, Waggoner, Sumner & Cannon
Client/Owner: American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
Project Description: Located at the Piedmont International Airport, The Honda Jet World Headquarters has direct access to the airport runway. The office building is a 3-story, 70,000 sq. ft. Class A facility and houses over 200 employees and a flight operations room. The facility is another LEED Gold Certified Building for American Honda and Miles-McClellan. Some of the green features are low flow toilets and shower heads, drip irrigation. Over 21% of the building materials were recycled and made regionally to the site. Miles-McClellan diverted 95% of construction waste through recycling or reuse. The second building is a 170,000 sq. ft. Research and Development Facility that houses the HondaJet prototype and is the interim manufacturing facility for the first Honda planes. The project team built both buildings in tandem with over 45 different subcontractors on site.
Gutknecht Construction Co.
Grange Insurance Audobon Center
Commercial: $2 - $5 Million
Design Firm: DesignGroup
Client/Owner: National Audubon Society, Inc.
Project Description: The 18,200 sq. ft. one-story Nature Education Facility is the highlight of the new Grange Insurance Audubon Center. The site, a former landfill, contained methane gas which required consistent monitoring. The existing soils and ground water were ‘impacted’ with multiple chemicals which were contained and treated in compliance with EPA and Federal Regulations. A main obstacle was the drilling and installation of 27 geothermal wells. Each well discharged approx. 500 gallons of impacted water per minute of drilling, which was contained safely. The building features an interior solar sundial, a vegetative roof to cleanse rain water run-off, and decorative, fully functional downspouts. The facility is a Gold LEED Certified Project, the fourth LEED project for Gutknecht.
Danis Building Construction Co.
Cardinal health West Campus Expansion Phase IIACommercial: $25 - $100 Million
Design Firm: Bird Houk Collaborative
Client/Owner: Cardinal Health
Project Description: Danis was hired as the Construction Manager for the new headquarters which is a ‘green field’ and LEED Certified pending. The Class A office building has 250,000 sq. ft and Danis was also hired for the concrete and rough carpentry packages. The building exterior includes a combination cast stone and brick, curtain wall, store front, punched openings and horizontal strip windows. The “prairie style” standing seam metal roof is complemented by buff colored TPO membrane roofing to reduce the “heat island” effect and to provide pleasing views of the flat roof areas from above. The building superstructure is a 1,200 ton structural steel moment frame with bar joists and concrete slabs on metal decking. The project also included a 360-ft. long two-level enclosed and conditioned pedestrian bridge which connected the existing office building with the new one.
Thomas & Marker Construction Co.
Bunsold Intermediate/ Middle SchoolInstitutional: $25 - $100 Million
Design Firm: SHP Architects
Client/Owner: Marysville Exempted Village School District
Project Description: The combination intermediate/middle school is the district’s largest school and Thomas & Marker was selected as Construction Manager. The structure is a 160,000 sq. ft. masonry-bearing, brick veneer, slab-on-grade, combination single and two-story facility located on a former farm. Due to the site’s size and the 20-ft. grading differential, the site package was bid separately, prior to the construction phase. It’s the first school facility in Ohio to use ICF (Insulating Concrete Form) walls. Soils were a challenge, especially in regards to the asphalt placement. The sanitary and water lines were run under an existing creek tributary to Big Darby Creek, an EPA-protected waterway, making the tributary also protected. Thomas & Marker ensured that the creek was dewatered to run the lines under it while the EPA monitored the bank, water life, vegetation, water and sediment quality conditions to maintain safe levels.
Vaughn Industries, LLC
William Oxley Thompson Library Renovation/ Addition at The Ohio State UniversityElectrical/Commercial: $2 - $10 Million
Design Firm: Acock Associates Architects; Heapy Engineering
Client/Owner: The Ohio State University
Project Description: The library required 250,000 sq. ft of renovation and 90,000 sq. ft of new construction to build a West Wing entrance. Vaughn’s contract comprised the entire electrical system, including the 13.2 KV primary service, lighting, power, fire alarm, sound system and complete communication system. The library is one of the oldest and most historical buildings on campus and was the largest academic renovation in Ohio State’s history. The project began with major demolition of the existing library and utilities while maintaining temporary power from the basement to the penthouse. The $1.8 million lighting package comprised 2’ by 4’ lay-in fixtures, can lights, strip lights both surfaced mounted and recessed, pendant-mounted light fixtures and outdoor accent lighting. The basement added under the West Addition houses two substations required to handle the facility’s power requirements.
Lang Masonry Contractors, Inc.
Huntington Ball Park - Left Field BuildingExteriors: Masonry, Precast or Stone
Design Firm: ThreeSixty ArchitectureClient/Owner: Franklin County Board of Commissioners
Project Description: The Huntington Ball Park’s Left Field Building not only had an aggressive project completion deadline for the opening day of baseball season, but the layout and proximity of the site to the high traffic area caused additional concerns. The three-story building had crews working on scaffolding with traffic in the next lane, so safety was a priority. Since Lang’s construction area was the only entrance for the entire project to receive goods and traffic, additional pre-planning with all contractors was essential. There was not enough ground surface area to maneuver forklifts or erect scaffolding so Lang created a piece of machinery specifically to set the stone pieces weighing over 400 lbs. each. To insure the safety of the masonry walls as they cured, Lang created set wall bracing in a horizontal configuration instead of the traditional vertical means.
Forum Manufacturing, Inc.Huntington Ball Park - Architectural Interior MillworkInteriors: Acoustical, Drywall, Millwork or Plaster
Design Firm: ThreeSixty ArchitectureClient/Owner: Franklin County Board of Commissioners
Project Description: Forum contracted through Tuttle Construction Co. to provide casework, architectural millwork and various specialty items to the Columbus Clippers new home. Forum’s scope included both traditional architectural millwork and a stainless steel package for 14 food service areas. Products fabricated for the ball park included coaches’ and players’ lockers, ticketing areas and various styles of casework for the player’s lounge, suites, corporate offices and souvenir sales areas. Forum incorporated hardwoods, panel products, acrylic panels, solid surface, granite, stainless steel and epoxy polymer resin into the many products. Forum produced engineering drawings for the work and self-performed the majority of the fabrication. The Hall of Fame Bar was the most challenging, since it was designed to display historic Columbus Baseball memorabilia by “floating” it in clear resin in the surface of the top bar.
ADENA Corp.
Diamondback Roller Coaster at Kings IslandOther Construction: $2-$10 Million
Design Firm: Cedar Fair, LPClient/Owner: Cedar Fair, LP
Project Description: The Diamondback is the only U.S. roller coaster with a splashdown element and is King’s Islands’ tallest and fastest. ADENA’s scope of work included the ride’s steel erection and subsequent testing, as well as all material, labor and equipment necessary to erect the 6,400 sq. ft. ride station, including the general trades and MEP installation. Because the construction was in an active amusement park, a special entrance was created for the project. Seven cranes were used simultaneously to erect the coaster’s hills. Coordinating the crane locations so that ADENA could use them with greatest efficiency required pre-planning. To facilitate getting the ironworkers in proper position to connect the steel, three man lifts were used on site. A special ‘man basket’ was designed and attached by cable to a large crane so that the workers, materials and tools could be lifted into place while the steel connections were made.
Danis Building Construction Co.
PACCAR Medical Education CenterHealth Care: $10 - $25 Million
Design Firm: DesignGroup
Client/Owner: Adena Health System
Project Description: The project site is adjacent to the Adena Regional Medical Center and is a stand-alone building for mixed use. The 39,600 sq. ft. Learning Center for nursing students also provides continuing education for current hospital staff, office space and conference rooms. The October ground breaking posed a challenge to complete the concrete foundation and steel structure during the winter while maintaining the 11-month project schedule. The interior elevations of the concrete slab varied due to the design of the HVAC system which required access floors serving as an under floor air plenum space. The interior includes use of exposed painted steel structure, ceramic and glass tiles, drywall reveals and a “tortoise shell” paint finish that changes color depending on the viewer’s perspective. The project achieved LEED Silver Certification.
PYRAMID AWARDS
R.W. Setterlin Building Co.Renovation: less than $4 Million
Design Firm: Acock & AssociatesClient/Owner: Harmon Real Estate, LLC
Project Description: The renovation encompassed two buildings – a 13,000 sq. ft. office renovation and an 11,000 sq. ft. warehouse renovation. The abandoned and deteriorating space now features a 40 ft. glass atrium to maximize natural light reducing the dependency on power, and a state of the art geothermal system that uses 30 percent less energy than conventional systems. The project was awarded Gold LEED Certification.
Miles-McClellan Construction Co., Inc.
Four Points by Sheraton
Commercial: $5 - $10 Million
Design Firm: Ponita Architecture
Client/Owner: VJP Hospitality, LLC
Project Description: The hotel is an upscale, business-traveler friendly prototype consisting of 65,000 sq. ft. The four-story hotel has a large open lobby area that opens to the second floor and has an Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems (EIFS) building skin. The structure is capped using an EPDM roofing system. Several major changes were made mid-construction and Miles-McClellan adapted quickly to accommodate the schedule.
Forum Manufacturing, Inc.
Ohio Domincan Student Center
Interiors: Acoustical Drywall, Millwork or Plaster
Design Firm: Moody Nolan, Inc.
Client/Owner: Messer Construction/Ohio Dominican University
Project Description: Forum provided casework, architectural millwork and various specialty items for the student center’s interior. Several of the fabricated products included a food service counter, a custom security/reception desk, fitness area desk, locker room benches and a custom large-scale wood logo display wall. Forum incorporated many materials including hardwoods, panel projects, acrylic panels, fabric, fiberglass insulation, linoleum, solid surface, granite and stainless steel.