Award Programs > Pinnacle Awards > 2006 Winners (Awarded January 2007)
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Best General Contractor - read story
Hightower Construction Co., Inc., Charleston , SC
Hightower, a 50-year-old firm with 110 employees, has an annual revenue of approximately $100 million and self-performs a majority of its work. Judges noted Hightower's combination of top safety program, top subcontractor references, and top owner references. As a subcontractor put it, Hightower is “always at the top of our list to work for.”
Best Subcontractors/Specialty Contractor - read story
Salem Electric Company, Winston-Salem, NC
Salem Electric is a 60-year-old family firm with about 300 employees. Judges cited staff stability, community involvement and partnership attitude with both cus to mers and second-tier subcontractors and suppliers. Specialty: commercial, industrial and healthcare work.
Best Supplier/Service Company - read story
Chandler Concrete Co., Inc., Burlington , NC
Chandler produces over 1,000,000 cubic yards of ready-mixed concrete annually. The family-owned firm has over 550 employees in three states. Judges cited its safety emphasis and resulting safety performance, and quality of personnel.
Best Highway-Heavy Project (2 Awards Given)
Interchange of I-26 & Ashley Phosphate Road , Charleston , SC - read story
Contractor : Banks Construction Co., Inc., Charleston , SC
This 3-year project involved: removing and replacing two bridges-- the Ashley Phosphate Road bridge over I-26 and the US 52 flyover bridge-- and widening I-26; plus adding 2 lanes to Ashley Phosphate Road .
Hwy. 98 Bypass at Wake Forest , Wake Forest , NC - read story
Contractor: S. T. Wooten Corporation, Wilson , NC
This bypass at US 1 involved widening, drainage, grading, paving, signals, structures and culverts, and construction of a new 4-lane divided facility. In addition, construction of a new Single Point Urban Interchange was required, including a two-span bridge.
Best Utility Project - read story
Columbia Hydroelectric Fish Passage, Columbia , SC
Contractor: Thalle Construction Company, Hillsborough , NC
For over 100 years a dam at Columbia 's Broad River has blocked the path of migratory fish. Thalle constructed a custom “ladder” to allow these fish to overcome the dam and move upstream, plus a downstream fish passage structure to allow migrating fish to return to the ocean.
Best Building Project
North Carolina Museum of Life & Science—Bioquest Two, Durham , NC - read story
Contractor: New Atlantic Contracting, Inc. , Winston-Salem , NC
This project expanded the museum in to an adjacent rock quarry abandoned in the 1920's, involving: habitats for bears and wolves with man-made rock and water features, an inhabited wetland area, manmade sailboat pond, animal holding facilities, two visitor centers, and a boardwalk descending a 26-foot cliff.
Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences, Rocky Mount , NC - read story
Contactor: Barnhill Contracting Co. , Rocky Mount , NC
This two-year project rehabilitated a tobacco warehouse dormant for 50 years in to a state-of-the-art museum and arts center, while meeting historic restoration standards specified by the US Department of the Interior and National Parks Service.
Build With The Best - read story
(Presented to an individual outside the construction industry whose efforts have contributed not only to the betterment of our industry, but also to the economic welfare of the Carolinas.)
Len Sanderson
State Highway Administrator (Retired)
North Carolina Department of Transportation
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