The Metal Building Contractors and Erectors Association (MBCEA) announced its 2024 Building of the Year winners at the 55th Annual MBCEA Conference in San Diego. The overall winner is the Truck Center Cos. sales and service center in Mankato, Minn., completed by APX Construction Group, based in Mankato.
Additionally, Awards of Merit and Excellence were announced for buildings in three categories: Commercial, Community, and Manufacturing and Warehousing, while an Award of Excellence was presented in the Agricultural category.
“Congratulations to APX Construction as this year’s overall winner,” says Robert Tiffin, MBCEA president. “Their work on the Truck Center Cos. complex was outstanding, and they had some great competition as well. It’s amazing to see how this contest has grown, and this year we saw 31 companies enter a total of 40 projects for consideration.”
Photo courtesy Metal Building Contractors and Erectors Association (MBCEA)
Winners are as follows:
- Building of the Year: The Truck Center Cos. sales and service center, and APX Construction Group was the general contractor. It includes a total of seven buildings erected together to create an all-in-one complex with a standing seam metal roof and insulated metal panels (IMPs) on walls. Metallic Building Co. of Houston, part of Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc., was the metal building systems provider.
- Agriculture: Award of Excellence: McNeely Horse Facility, Ronda, N.C. Garanco Inc., of Pilot Mountain, N.C., was the project manager for the riding arena with attached viewing area. Metallic Building was the metal building systems provider.
- Commercial: Award of Excellence: Builders FirstSource Showroom/Office/Warehouse Building in Carbondale, Colo. Big Johnson Construction in Fort Morgan, Colo. was the metal building supplier and erector for the project, which included a standing seam metal roof, metal wall panels and multiple building profiles. American Buildings, a Nucor brand located in Terrill, Texas, was the metal building system manufacturer.
- Commercial: Award of Merit: Floors & Doors 2.0 Hangar, Englewood, Colo. Buildings by Design, located in Brush, Colo., was the metal building furnish and erect subcontractor for the project, which includes a metal building system hanger and attached office building with IMP walls. Chief Buildings, based in Grand Island, Neb., was the metal building manufacturer and provided the metal roof.
- Community: Award of Excellence: Sukeforth Family Sports Center at Thomas College, Waterville, Maine. Sheridan Construction of Fairfield, Maine, was the contractor and erector for the athletic building overlooking college fields. Butler Manufacturing, based in Kansas City, Mo., was the metal building manufacturer.
- Community: Award of Merit: Kennett Fire Station, Kennett, Mo. Zoellner Construction of Perryville, Mo., was the general contractor for the fire station with four truck bays. American Buildings, a Nucor brand located in Terrill, was the metal building manufacturer.
- Manufacturing: Award of Excellence: Richstone Marble and Granite retail store and production warehouse, Chantilly, Va. Omega Contracting, located in Fallston, Md., furnished and erected the building, which includes two interior crane bays, IMP walls, and roof designed for a solar system and multiple parapets. Nucor Building Systems, based in Charlotte, N.C., manufactured the metal building system.
- Manufacturing: Award of Merit: Commercial Metals Company AZ2 Micro Mill, Mesa, Ariz. Fleming Steel Erectors of Tulsa, Okla., furnished and erected the metal building systems for the micro steel mill, which includes 11 buildings with metal roofs and walls. Butler Heavy Structures, based in Kansas City, Mo., manufactured the metal buildings.
