On September 20th, the Los Angeles Chapter of the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) held their annual awards dinner to celebrate excellence in local construction management services. The Los Angeles Office of Swinerton Management & Consulting was honored with a Silver Circle Member of the Year Award for continued excellence in the field of construction management, as well as continued support and participation in both local and national CMAA events and initiatives. The history of CMAA and SMC in Los Angeles has been intertwined for years, providing mutual opportunities for the promotion and enhancement of leadership, professionalism and excellence in construction management.

Founded in 1976, California Preservation Foundation (CPF) is California's only statewide non-profit historic preservation education, advocacy and membership organization, and recognizes the best in historic preservation projects through its annual Preservation Design Awards.

The 24th annual CPF awards event was held on September 15th at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco and Altenheim Senior Housing Phase I received a 2007 Partners in Preservation Award from the Oakland Heritage Alliance.

Swinerton Builders Los Angeles receives "2007 CMAA Award" for the Mark Twain Library for the City of Long Beach. The project is LEED Silver Certified.

• The Westfield San Francisco Centre wins "Award of Excellence in Historic Preservation"
• The University of Merced at Central Plant & Telecommunications Facility wins "Award of Merit in Sustainable Design"

The Construction Writers Association presented Mark Gudenas and Bill LaBranche with two top Marketing Communications Awards.

In the Corporate Communications category, the Swinerton 6 x 6 brochure was named best in class, and in the Advertising category, the Swinerton ad for the Annual Boy Scouts of America Lunch-O-Ree, "Building Great Cities," took the top honor.

 In the 37th Annual Creativity Awards, which received over 2,700 entries from 37 countries, the Swinerton 6 x 6 brochure was honored with a Silver Award in the brochure category.

Swinerton Builders of Colorado received AGC Colorado's 2007 "Silver Award of Merit for Contribution to the Community" for Cougar Construction Club. 

Colorado began its "Adopt-A-School" program in Colorado in the fall of 2005 and continued with a second annual program in the fall of 2006. Swinerton adopted Columbine Elementary School at 29th and Elizabeth in Denver.

The 18 students of the Cougar Construction Club (a name selected by the students in the first year program) met with Swinerton staff every Monday after school. Swinerton Builders initiated the Adopt-A-School program in its corporate headquarters in San Francisco, and two other programs were successfully started in Southern California. This Colorado foray marks the first program outside of California.

The American Public Works Association's Northern California Chapter named Swinerton Builders 2007 Contractor of the Year for Swinerton's seismic upgrade of the 1950s Oakland Police Administration Building.

Congratulations to the project teams of San Diego's renovation of The US Grant and UCSD Hillcrest Hospital Renovation projects! Both are winners in California Construction magazine's "Best of California 2006" year-end issue. The primary focus of the submission entries to this competition was the challenges that the project teams faced, and their successful resolution. The Best of California 2006 Awards were presented on December 7th at the Renaissance Long Beach Hotel.

California Construction honored three Northern California projects with "Best of California 2006" Awards:

• de Young Museum "Top Overall Construction Project" and "Outstanding Architectural Design"
• Presentation Center Dining Hall in Los Gatos named "Best Green Building"
• Stockton Events Center "Best Civic Project" 

2006: AIA California Design Merit Award

2006: AGC California Constructor Awards "Excellence in Project Management" Project Over 5 million category

2006: AGC of California "Safety Award of Excellence" Individual High Hazard Job category

2006: California Constructor Magazine "Best Of California Award of Merit" 

Swinerton Builders San Diego was honored with an Alfonzo Award from the Downtown San Diego Partnership for contributing to the advancement of Downtown San Diego for their work on the US Grant Renovation project.

On November 3rd, the 2006 Design Award of Merit was given to the Placer County Land Development Building, located in Auburn, CA and built by HMH. This prestigious award is only given every two years by the AIA Central Valley Chapter.

The 97,000-square-foot, two-story building houses Placer County's planning and buildings departments, along with all of the associated administrative spaces and hearing rooms for public meetings. The building is constructed of a steel frame with full brick exterior and metal roof and is located on a 6.9-acre site. The project architect was Williams + Paddon, Inc., of Roseville.

Three Swinerton Builders projects received Gold Nugget Awards at the Pacific Coast Builders Conference in San Francisco on June 22nd. The Gold Nuggets recognize the best in architecture and construction throughout California. This year's Gold Nugget competition drew 677 entries.

The State Franchise Tax Board in Sacramento won the Grand Award for Best Sustainable Commercial Project. Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum designed the three-building complex in association with Lionakis Beaumont Design Group. Sustainable features include: Brownfield development, construction and demolition waste recycling, reuse of demolished asphalt and concrete as sub-base in the parking lots, low VOC materials and recycled content products, bioswales, an Energy Star-rated roof, E-glass, and the use of photovoltaics for solar energy.

The Department of Health Services, Richmond Campus Phase 3 won an Award of Merit for Best Office/Professional Building over 60,000 square feet. Studios Architecture was the architect of the 106,000-square-foot, cast-in place office building.

University of California San Francisco Mission Bay Housing won for Best High Rise Apartment Project - Over Six Stories of Housing. Swinerton Builders was the Builder and the University of California San Francisco was the Developer.

In January 2006, a panel from the City of Fairfield's Design Awards Program toured recently completed commercial projects to seek out examples of design quality. Among the winners of the 2006 Design Awards was the Fairfield Bank of America project in Green Valley.

The challenges of this project were successfully met by the team of Superintendent John Campbell, Project Manager Beth Doyle and Project Engineer LaTrice Browning. This project was unique to the team because it was ground-up construction, and the project team expertise has been primarily in the tenant improvements arena. However, they educated themselves about every aspect of the project, and came out winners.

The Design Awards panel liked the forms, colors and materials used in the project. They also liked the integration of the graphics with the building architecture. Gensler was the Architect of the project.

At the 25th Annual Preservation Awards ceremony on May 11th at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel, the Los Angeles Conservancy presented Swinerton with two of the year's eight Annual Preservation Awards.

The Awards recognize and celebrate outstanding achievement in the field of historic preservation. They salute the Los Angeles region's architectural heritage and are selected by an independent jury of leading experts from the fields of architecture, preservation and community development.

Swinerton Builders Los Angeles was chosen for distinction for their renovation of the Subway Terminal Building and Swinerton Management & Consulting Los Angeles was honored for their contribution to the Palomar Senior Apartments project.

Most important for the LA Conservancy were the pains taken to restore the building's historic elements. This building originally served as the terminal for the Hollywood Subway, the "Red Line," and is identified as an Historic-Cultural Landmark and is listed on the National Register for Historic Places. The L.A. Team's preservation work included such details as elaborate plaster ceilings, fluted columns, floor-to-ceiling marblelined walls and ornate copper doors.

The project also included the addition of extensive seismic reinforcement, new footings and updated mechanical, electrical and plumbing.

The Preservation Award for the Palomar Seniors Apartments project was presented to Hollywood Community Housing Corporation and the Project Team, which includes Swinerton Management & Consulting, Richard Barron Architects, Khalifeh Associates Engineering, Brian Cochran Associates Engineering, and Dreyfuss Construction.

The Associated General Contractors of California awarded Swinerton Builders its prestigious Constructor award for the construction of the de Young Museum in San Francisco.

The award was given in the Innovation in Construction Techniques and Materials category by the AGC, a construction industry organization. The Constructor awards honor the best of the best in California construction through an intense judging process.

Swinerton Builders was the general contractor for the construction of the Green 293,000-square-foot museum. New materials and specialized techniques for their design and construction included: the signature copper-clad exterior; the nine-story, vertical, post-tension tower; an amalgamation of state-of-the-art seismic engineering; and a custom underfloor mechanical system. All were designed to withstand major seismic loads and to showcase and protect one of the finest art collections in the world.

Swinerton Builders California received Third Place "Safety Award of Excellence Large Contractors" from AGC of California.

California Construction Magazine, a McGraw-Hill publication, honored Swinerton Builders Northern California with two Best of California Awards at a special Outlook 2006/Best of California event in San Francisco.

Swinerton received a Best of California Award in the Restoration category for the California Theatre in San Jose, a $66-million restoration and expansion of the historical 1927 theatre.

An additional award in the Higher Education category was bestowed to the Evergreen Valley College Library & Education Technology Center in San Jose, a 77,000-square-foot, multi-story facility that incorporates many Green Building elements.