by Christopher Brinckerhoff | 24 January 2020 12:00 am
The Metal Construction Association (MCA)[1] announced its Chairman’s Award winners for 2019. The judging panel of architects included:
James Theimer, principal architect, Trilogy Architecture, Redding, Calif.
Mark Roddy, lecturer in the Department of Design, California State University, Sacramento
Erik Mehlman, partner and design lead at BuildSense, Durham, N.C.
The Chairman’s Awards go to exceptional buildings involving MCA member companies. The criteria include overall appearance, significance of metal in the project, innovative use of metal and the role of metal in achieving project objectives. Winners in six categories were selected.
Overall Excellence and Commercial/Industrial: Great Northern Way Pavilion, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Building owner: Low Tide Properties, Vancouver, and PCI Developments Corp., Vancouver
Architect: Perkins+Will, Vancouver
General contractor: Ledcore Group, Vancouver
Metal fabricator/installer: Keith Panel Systems Co. Ltd., North Vancouver, British Columbia
MCA member panel manufacturer: 3A Composites USA Inc., Davidson, N.C.
Education – Colleges and Universities: Engineering and Computer Science West, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas
Architect: SmithGroup, Dallas
General contractor: The Beck Group, Dallas
Metal panel fabricator/installer: Kovach Building Enclosures, Chandler, Ariz.
Perforated metal ceiling panels: Ceilings Plus, USG Corp., Chicago
Metal bar gratings: Ohio Gratings Inc., Canton, Ohio
Metal wall panels: Kovach Building Enclosures
MCA member panel manufacturer: Petersen Aluminum Corp., Elk Grove Village, Ill.
Institutional: Menil Drawing Institute, Houston
Architect: Johnston Marklee, Los Angeles
General contractor: Gilbane Building Co., Providence, R.I.
Aluminum roof panel supplier/structural steel supplier/fabricator/installer: United Structures of
America Inc., Houston
Metal roof panels: Overly Manufacturing Co., Greensburg, Pa.
Paint: Tnemec Co., Compton, Calif.
Skylights: Super Sky Products Enterprises LLC, Mequon, Wis.