Boston, November 14, 2005 – The Trinity Church in the City of Boston - Multi-year Restoration, Renovation, and Expansion Program was recently named a COAA (Construction Owners Association of America) 2005 Project Leadership Award Winner. The project was one of just three projects that received recognition during the COAA Fall Leadership Conference held this past week in San Antonio, Texas.
The Project Leadership Award program recognizes Owners whose design/build team demonstrate exceptional leadership and project management skills including integrity, competence, predictability and fairness. The Award is given to the Owner whose team has achieved excellence in project management through cooperative efforts on a specific construction project.
Two nominations were selected to receive the award this year. Trinity Church in the City of Boston was selected due to the complexity of the multi-year restoration, renovation and expansion program. The church was built in 1873 in an area of Boston that required building on top of wooden pilings to avoid sinking into the marshland. The project involved repairing stones in the façade, restoring stained glass and murals and repairing some of the wood pilings due to a fluctuating water table. The basement was lowered to create additional space for expansion. Richard Moe, President, National Trust for Historic Preservation was quoted as saying, “This is one of the most significant restoration projects anywhere in America.” The project spanned four years, two years of which involved pre-construction planning. Goody Clancy served as the design professional and Shawmut Design and Construction was the construction professional on the project. The team put forth state of the art conservation and sustainability efforts.
The University of Regina was selected for their 2005 Canada Summer Games Support Facilities. The University was selected in July 2001 as the host site for the Athlete’s Village and as the site for Basketball, Volleyball and Cycling. The facilities required had to be initiated quickly in accordance with the Games regulations and had to be ready and tested one year prior to opening. The project was a $73 million dollar (CDN) project and was to be developed in the center of the main campus. Due to the complexity of the project two architectural firms and two construction managers were hired. The design team consisted of Saunders Evans Architects Inc. and Stantec Architecture Ltd. PCL-Maxam a Joint Venture and Dominion Construction were the construction professionals on the job. The project was completed one month ahead of schedule and $700,000 under budget.
The Indianapolis Public School System received an Honorable Mention for a number of renovations and new construction on school buildings. The four projects in the nomination consisted of replacing three elementary schools and renovating a high school that was built in 1920. Multiple architecture/engineering and construction firms were utilized. The design teams were required to lead public meetings to elicit citizen input during the design process. Additionally, the new buildings had to fit on extremely tight lot sizes. They all had to meet Indianapolis Public School education standards. All four projects were completed on time for student occupancy and were under budget with the exception of one facility that had minimal cost overruns. The firms involved in the project were Schmidt Associates, Inc., program manager, SchenkelShultz Architecture, Blackburn Architects and InterDesign, design professionals and Shiel Sexton/Corbitt & Sons, Smoot Construction, J. Beard Management/Geupel Demars Hagerman and Verkler-Davis, construction professionals.
