News Release > Carolinas AGC Announces 2007 Pinnacle Award Winners

For additional information, including project photos :
Lori Tharp , Carolinas AGC
(704) 372-1450, ext. 5227; ltharp@carolinasagc.org

CAROLINAS CONSTRUCTION LEADERS RECEIVE TOP HONOR

Best HIGHWAY-HEAVY Project Category - (2 Awards Given)

Improvements to the Interchange of US 176 and Interstate-585 at Spartanburg, South Carolina -read story
Contractor: Sloan Construction Company, Duncan, SC

Sloan’s $36 million project involved:

• over 7 miles of urban road widening;
• replacing the Valley Falls Road overpass over US 176;
• replacing the I-585 bridges over Business I-85;
• building two new I-585 bridges over East Campus Blvd. and
• two ramp fly-over bridges for the new east Campus Blvd. exchange.
  

The US 76 Bridge Replacement over the Chattooga River, in Oconee County, South Carolina - read story
Contractor: Crowder Construction Company, Charlotte, NC

This project is a perfect example of how a job doesn’t have to be really big to rate an A+ from our Pinnacle judges.  As SCDOT put it: this project is one of the few truly high-caliber, highly context-sensitive design transportation jobs in South Carolina.

Best BUILDING Project Category - (2 Awards Given)

The Single Sisters House at Salem Academy and College, Winston-Salem, NC - read story
General Contractor: Frank L. Blum Construction Company, Winston-Salem, NC

This Historic National Landmark, erected in 1785 to house unmarried women in the Moravian community, had been declared unsafe in 2002. Salem College vowed to save the oldest building in the nation continuously associated with the education of women, which is also the oldest building on any college campus in the state of North Carolina. The restoration involved a three-year planning and construction process.

The Hubbell Lighting Corporate Headquarters, Greenville, South Carolina - read story
General Contractor: Harper Corporation General Contractors,Greenville, SC

Hubbell’s 850,000 square-foot, four-story headquarters is much more than office space- It’s technically demanding engineering labs, tightly-specced R&D areas and a best-in-class training facility.

Best SUBCONTRACTORS/SPECIALTY Contractor - read story
Carolina Environmental Contracting, Mount Airy, NC

Carolina Environmental Contracting specializes in the installation of erosion and sediment control systems for the protection of waterways, woodlands, wetlands, and other environmentally sensitive areas. The firm’s 68 employees have built its revenues to the $6 million-dollar range. 

Best GENERAL CONTRACTOR- read story
Rodgers Builders, Charlotte, NC

Rodgers celebrates its 45th anniversary this year. The work of its 320 employees brings in about $440 million in annual volume, from offices in Charlotte and Greenville. Rodgers’ range of services spans construction management at-risk, construction management agency, general contracting and design-build.

BUILD WITH THE BEST - read story
(This award is presented to an individual outside the construction industry whose efforts have contributed not only to the betterment of our industry, but also to the overall economic welfare of the Carolinas.)

Gordon Rutherford
University of North Carolina System - View construction plans