Winning Project
Museum of the Bible
Washington, D.C.
AWCI Contractor
Manganaro Midatlantic, LLC
AWCI Team Members
Armstrong Commercial Ceilings & Walls
BASWA Acoustics North America, LLC
Capitol Building Supply, Inc. (A GMS Company)
CertainTeed Insulation
Kinetics Noise Control
Telling Industries
Architect
Smith Group JJR
General Contractor
Clark Construction Group
1,150,000 SF of metal
1,400,000 SF of wallboard
51,000 SF of plaster
33,000 SF of acoustical ceilings
13,400 SF of sound panels/baffles
3,600 LF of light coves
1,700 isolation hangers
The primary focus of the ceiling design was to absorb and block all sound in the surroundings and keep with the reverent theme of the museum. Close attention to detail went hand-in-hand with the rigorous challenge of coordinating between trades, adapting to changes in the design and managing vendors. The acoustically engineered ceilings required an extraordinary amount of pre-planning work. Extensive use of isolation hangers, combined with the application of acoustical plaster, resulted in achieving the goal of managing the sound transmission at a very high level.
Winning Project
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial – Museum of Westward Expansion & Visitor Center, St. Louis, Missouri
AWCI Contractor
T.J. Wies Contracting, Inc.
AWCI Team Members
CertainTeed Gypsum
ClarkDietrich
Continental Building Products, Inc.
Hilti, Inc.
Negwer Materials, Inc.
Radius Track Corporation
USG Corporation
Architect
Cooper, Robertson & Partners
General Contractor
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
335,973 SF of wallboard
143,933 LF of metal framing
77,947 SF of insulation
15,045 SF of shaftwall
8,728 LF of trims
6,888 SF of tile backer
800 SF of sheathing
60 buckets of joint compound
Special attention was spent on the selection of the metal stud framing in order to provide the adequate level of support for the diverse wall design. Various types of gypsum board were used to make sure the wall and soffit design performed up to the owner’s requirements. Special gypsum board compound was used to skim over the exposed concrete roof structure. Aluminum reveals were incorporated into many areas to provide a crisp transition to adjacent finishes.
Winning Project
Totem Lake Shopping Center, Building B
Kirkland, Washington
AWCI Contractor
Applied Restoration Inc.
AWCI Team Members
Amerimix Oldcastle
Building Specialties (L&W Supply)
Evergreen Building Products (AD Building Materials)
Grabber Northwest
Parex USA
Western Materials, Inc.
Architect
IBI Group
General Contractor
Robinson Construction
110,615 thin bricks
48,000 SF of vapor barrier
46,000 SF of EIFS
22,500 LF of sealant/caulking
23,000 rolls of intermediate mesh
108 windows
85 foam shapes
12 colors
9 textures
2 floors
Multiple transitions in exterior finishes and colors, and numerous architectural design challenges made this a challenging job for the various tradesmen and women. Construction was coordinated from the weather-resistive barrier, EPS and mesh/base coats creating the EIF system that was the canvas for the entire building. Adding the shapes with stone finishes, traditional plaster finish and the brick veneer in multiple varieties and patters made the finished product a work of art.
Winning Project
350 Bush Street
San Francisco, California
AWCI Contractor
Patrick J. Ruane, Inc.
AWCI Team Members
California Expanded Metal Products (CEMCO)
ClarkDietrich
Foundation Building Materials
National Gypsum
Architects
Page & Turnbull Historic Architects
Heller Manus Architects
General Contractor
Hathaway Dinwiddie
20,000 SF of substrate
10,000 SF of gypsum plaster
7,000 plaster moldings
4,000 SF of veneer plaster
2,000 SF of lath
Restoration of the SF Banking Exchange building, which was built in 1923, required a complete survey, dimensioning and documentation of all the plaster an wood elements that were to be replaced in a completely new structure. This involved recasting more than 7,000 lf of new plaster moldings, and 20 large rosettes had to be restored and reinstalled. Also 12 large lay light panels were removed, restored and reinstalled. Design-building framing supported some 20,000 sf of drop and ceiling framing for all the wall/ceiling plaster to be reinstalled.
Winning Project
Pala Casino Spa & Resort, New Pool Complex
Pala, California
AWCI Contractor
Raymond – San Diego, Inc.
AWCI Team Members
Allied Building Products Corp.
ClarkDietrich
Foundation Building Materials
Georgia-Pacific Gypsum
L&W Supply
Westpac Materials
Architect
Klai Juba Wald Architecture + Interiors
General Contractor
Level 10 Construction
32,093 LF of steel framing
27,385 SF of wallboard
23,000 screws
10,208 synthetic planks
7,032 AL13 aluminum planks
3,273 SF of specialty ceilings
2,141 SF of ceilings
620 SF of EIFS
The new pool complex was a remodel with a tight schedule, long lead times and a big learning curve. The entire assembly started with pop-outs in steel that were powder-coated locally. Finished wood grain aluminum planks tied into the pop-outs. Synthetic planks, which were air-freighted from Italy, were installed on the cabana ceilings, soffits and most of the divider walls. Installation from the top down left a gap at the bottom, but powder-coated sheet metal solved this problem. Various stone was used for column bases, and EIFS was used on the remainder of the columns to match the existing hotel.
Winning Project
Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Washington, D.C.
AWCI Contractor
Performance Contracting, Inc.
AWCI Team Members
Allied Building Products Corp.
Capitol Building Supply, Inc. (A GMS Company)
ClarkDietrich
Georgia-Pacific Gypsum
Hilti, Inc.
National Gypsum
Radius Track Corporation
Simpson Strong-Tie
Architects
Cox Graee + Spack Architects
Lance Bailey Associates
General Contractor
GCS | Sigal
12,303 LF of load-bearing studs
12,140 LF of curved hat channel
4,012 LF of curved box beam
2,400 LF of load-bearing track
Curved box-beams set the curvature of the theater skin, and pre-curved hat-channel installed vertically set the geometry in section. The CFS sub-system shaped exterior sections above the skylights, and the complete interior skin that wrapped around the bottom where the theater skin doubled as the cafeteria ceiling. A stud outrigger and cap-track assembly connected each box-beam to the structure. This unique sub-system and its connection assembly was able to accommodate any angle or depth between the structure and finished skin. It utilized commodity products engineered to transfer loads of the light-gauge sub-system, multi-layer gypsum wallboard and plaster finish.
Winning Project
North Hollow Apartments
Portland, Oregon
AWCI Contractor
Applied Restoration Inc.
AWCI Team Members
Building Specialties (L&W Supply)
Dryvit
Grabber Northwest
Stockton Products
Western Materials, Inc.
Architect
Sera Architects
General Contractor
Skanska
37,578 SF of liquid weather-resistive barrier
32,891 SF of lath
32,891 SF of stucco
13,880 LF of trims
5,400 LF of EPS
2,240 LF of reveals
432 windows
6 floors
1 color
1 texture
The initial substrate installation was so bad, the contractor elected to install an additional layer over the first layer. That created multiple problems including double the fasteners in the substrate, extremely long screws to support the lath and stucco, and the possibility of ricochet when fastening the lath. This was exasperated by the framing and concrete being either out of plumb or just crooked and shoddily installed. ARI crews spent countless hours, repairing, shimming and straightening to get the WRB right and the lath installed to create straight, flat, appealing walls and finish.
Thanks to all the member companies that participated in AWCI’s construction quality awards program. Below are the names of the project submissions and the AWCI member who made the nomination. Judges awarded Honorable Mention designations to the highlighted companies.
Thanks also to the judges, the AWCI member contractors who serve on AWCI’s Industry Awards Committee, who participated in this year’s competition: Jerry Reicks (chairperson), Brian Allen, Shawn Burnum, Geoff Furtaw, Marvin Hartley, Sean Leadon, Mark Nabity, Carl Paine and Mike Syzdek.
350 Bush Street,
San Francisco, California
Patrick J. Ruane, Inc.
Akin Gump
Los Angeles, California
Sharpe Interior Systems, Inc.
Boston Consulting Group
Los Angeles, California
Sharpe Interior Systems, Inc.
Charter Communications
Cary, North Carolina
Precision Walls, Inc.
(Category: Small Projects)
Cleveland Clinic Akron General Emergency Department
Akron, Ohio
OCP Contractors
Columbia Center Podium Remodel
Seattle, Washington
KHS&S Contractors
Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Washington, D.C.
Performance Contracting Inc.
Emeryville Public Market (EPM) – Parcel C
Emeryville, California
Daley’s Drywall & Taping Inc.
The Fair Haired Dumbbell
Portland, Oregon
Western Partitions, Inc.
FirstHealth of the Carolinas Moore Regional Hospital
Pinehurst, North Carolina
Precision Walls, Inc.
Ford Field North – Premium Seating and Corner Lounge Renovation
Detroit, Michigan
Pontiac Ceiling & Partition Co., LLC
Franklin High School
Portland, Oregon
Performance Contracting, Inc.
Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
Omaha, Nebraska
E&K of Omaha
GM Financial Customer Care Center
San Antonio, Texas
Ronzani, Inc./dba RONPARCO
The Grove at Waterside
Fort Worth, Texas
Ronzani, Inc./dba RONPARCO
(Category: Stucco)
iFly Indoor Skydiving
Hurst, Texas
Ronzani, Inc./dba RONPARCO
Ilani Casino – Phase 1
Ridgefield, Washington
KHS&S Contractors
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial – Museum of Westward Expansion & Visitor Center
St. Louis, Missouri
T.J. Wies Contracting, Inc.
Keansburg Police Headquarters
Keansburg, New Jersey
Golden Crown Contractors, Inc.
Krause Gateway Center
Des Moines, Iowa
Heartland Finishes
Little Caesars Arena
Detroit Michigan
PVPTB JV, LLC
Michael Jordan’s Steakhouse (Ilani Casino)
Ridgefield, Washington
KHS&S Contractors
Mt. Sinai Medical Center – New Bed Tower, Surgery, ED & Renovations – Phase 2
Miami Beach, Florida
Southmost Drywall Inc.
Museum of Contemporary Art
Chicago, Illinois
Fellert North America
Museum of the Bible
Washington, D.C.
Manganaro Midatlantic, LLC
Nordic Heritage Museum
Seattle, Washington
Western Partitions, Inc.
(Category: Drywall)
North Hollow Apartments
Portland, Oregon
Applied Restoration Inc.
Orlando International Airport South Airport Automated People Mover (APM) Complex
Orlando, Florida
KENPAT
(Category: Ceilings)
Pala Casino Spa & Resort New Pool Complex, Pala, California
Raymond-San Diego, Inc.
Pechanga Hotel Expansion
Temecula, California
KHS&S Contractors Inc.
(Category: EIFS)
SOVA
Denver, Colorado
South Valley Drywall
Tanger Outlet Mall
Fort Worth, Texas
Ronzani, Inc./dba RONPARCO
Totem Lake Shopping Center, Building B
Kirkland, Washington
Applied Restoration Inc.
Turelk Downtown
Los Angeles, California
Sharpe Interior Systems, Inc.
Waterfront Office Building (TI)
Austin, Texas
Heartland Acoustics & Interiors
Westfield Century City – Mall
Los Angeles, California
KHS&S Contractors
Wynn Retail Plaza
Las Vegas, Nevada
George M. Raymond Co.
AWCI Members: Visit www.awci.org to download your nomination forms for the 2020 awards program.
The Association of the Wall and Ceiling Industry’s Excellence in Construction Innovation Award recognizes products, services, materials, technologies or systems that improve the means and methods utilized in the wall and ceiling industry. This year AWCI recognizes National Gypsum’s SoundBreak XP Retrofit wallboard with AWCI’s Excellence in Construction Innovation Award.
National Gypsum’s SoundBreak XP Retrofit Board is a 5/16″ sound-damping gypsum board that reduces noise between rooms. It installs over existing interior gypsum board walls and provides a thinner wall assembly without sacrificing square footage. It is a truly innovative product, said the judges, because it can be used as a laminate over existing conditions.
The Association of the Wall and Ceiling Industry’s Excellence in Construction Safety Awards give national recognition to member companies that manage an effective safety program in a given year. In 2019, AWCI awarded three companies in three categories with AWCI’s Excellence in Construction Safety Award.
Baker Triangle
Mesquite, Texas
T.J. Wies Contracting, Inc.
Lake St. Louis, Missouri
Raymond – Northern California, Inc.
Martinez, California
