COVER STORY
EXCELLENCE IN A NEW REALITY DECEMBER 2020
BY: MACIE MORGAN, MEMBERSHIP & COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR Excellence in Construction is the premier competition within the construction industry that recognizes outstanding construction projects across the nation. This year, the ABC Pelican Chapter received 32 project submissions. Of the 32 submissions, 25 projects were awarded either an excellence or merit award. Thirteen projects from eight different companies received an excellence award and 12 projects from 10 different companies received a merit award.
2020 ABC Pelican EIC Categories & Winners: GENERAL CONTRACTOR > COMMERCIAL > $5 TO $10 MILLION MERIT: MAPP, LLC: @Highland The project included the design assist construction of a three-story, 51,000-square-feet class “A” multi-tenant office building. The project included site clearing and grubbing of approximately seven acres and initial site surcharge of the existing site to get it above the existing flood plain. GENERAL CONTRACTOR > FEDERAL GOVERNMENT / MILITARY > $10 TO $100 MILLION MERIT: APC Construction, LLC: New Orleans to Venice, Woodpark Floodwalls NOV-NF-W-06B.1 APC completed approximately a half-mile of critical floodwater structure for the United States Army Corp of Engineers located in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Highlights in the scope of work include a static load test pile program, installation of open-ended steel pipe piles and steel sheet piles, installation of pre-load levee embankments, and construction of 53 floodwall monoliths. GENERAL CONTRACTOR > INDUSTRIAL > $15 TO $25 MILLION EXCELLENCE: Cajun Industries: Shintech - SPP3 Utilities Civil The project is the third largest unit and final piece of the civil puzzle to be constructed at the new Shintech SPP3 site in Plaquemine, Louisiana. The utilities unit consists of several large and intricate aboveground water retaining concrete structures. The project, which logged more than 180,000 incident-free manhours, consisted of more than 15,000-cubic-yards of concrete, 1,100 tons of reinforcing steel, and 8,000 tons of limestone. 16 abcpelican.org/newsletter
