This year’s Ceilings & Interior Systems Construction Association Construction Excellence awards were presented March 26 at the CISCA Awards Celebration and Dinner during its annual convention. The event, held in Orlando, brought together North America’s largest ceiling contractors. The awards represented several different product lines and manufacturers of all makes and styles.
And, the winner of the CISCA President's award went to Ron Rice of Hunter Douglas.
Here is a list of the winners for the event:
Boutique
Winner: Gulf Canada Square Food Court
- Company: Armstrong Ceiling Solutions,
- Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Contractor: Midwest Group
- Manufacturer: Armstrong Ceiling Solutions
- Architect: Stantec Architects
Civic - Over 50,000 Square Feet: Central Region
Winner: University of Minnesota, Bell Museum
- Company: Golden Valley Supply
- Location: St. Paul, MN
- Contractor: Sonus Interiors
- Distributor: Golden Valley Supply
- Manufacturer: Armstrong Ceiling Solutions
Civic - Over 50,000 Square Feet: East Region
Winner: Boston Public Library Johnson Building,
- Company: Armstrong Ceiling Solutions
- Location: Boston, MA
- Contractor: K&K Acoustical Ceilings, Inc.
- Manufacturer: Armstrong Ceiling Solutions
- Architect: William Rawn Associates, Architects, Inc.
Civic - Over 50,000 Square Feet: West Region
Winner: T-Mobile Arena
- Company: Gordon, Inc.
- Location: Las Vegas, NV
- Contractor: KHS&S Contractors
- Independent Manufacturer's Representative: Commercial Architectural Products
- Architect: Populous
Civic - Under 50,000 Square Feet: Central Region
Winner: Little Caesars Arena
- Company: Hunter Douglas Architectural Products/ Gordon, Inc.
- Location: Detroit, MI
- Contractor: A.C. Dellovade
- Contractor: Pontiac Ceiling & Partition
- Contractor: Turner Brooks
- Architect: HOK
- Independent Manufacturer's Representative: Rice Associates
- Independent Manufacturer's Representative: KBA, Inc.
- Manufacturer:
- Gordon Inc.
- Hunter Douglas Architectural Products
Civic - Under 50,000 Square Feet: East Region
Winner: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
- Company: Cord Contracting, Inc.,
- Location: Uniondale, NY
- Contractor: Cord Contracting, Inc.
- Architect: Gensler
- Manufacturer: Hunter Douglas Architectural Products
Civic - Under 50,000 Square Feet: South Region
Winner: George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Terminal C North
- Company: Gordon, Inc. / Hunter Douglas Architectural Products
- Location: Houston, TX
- Contractor: Acousti Engineering Company of FL/AECO
- Contractor: Clunn Acoustical Systems
- Independent Manufacturer's Representative:
- Specified Interiors
- Specified Components
- Architect: PGAL
Civic - Under 50,000 Square Feet: West Region
Winner: Golden 1 Center
- Company: Gordon, Inc.
- Location: Sacramento, CA
- Contractor: Performance Contracting, Inc.
- Independent Manufacturer's Representative: The Finish Line
- Architect: AECOM
Education - Over 50,000 Square Feet: Central Region
Winner: Daniels Building, University of Toronto School of Architecture
- Company: Armstrong Ceiling Solutions
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Contractor: Nelmar Drywall Co. Ltd.
- Architect: NADAAA
Education - Over 50,000 Square Feet: East Region
Winner: Morgan State University
- Company: Architectural Surfaces Inc.
- Location: Baltimore, MD
- Contractor: ISEC, Inc.
- Contractor: Component Assembly Systems
- Manufacturer: Architectural Surfaces, Inc.
Education - Over 50,000 Square Feet: South Region
Winner: University of Texas Football Locker Room & Athletic Center
- Company: Gordon, Inc.
- Location: Austin, TX
- Contractor: Baker Triangle
- Architect: Gensler
- Independent Manufacturer's Representative: Specified Interiors
Education - Over 50,000 Square Feet: West Region
Winner: Stanford Home of Champions
- Company: California Drywall Co.
- Location: Stanford, CA
- Contractor: California Drywall Co.
- Distributor: Allied Building Materials/AMS
- Manufacturer:
- Lamvin, Inc.
- Arktura
- Armstrong Ceiling Solutions
- Architect: Advent
Education - Under 50,000 Square Feet: East Region
Winner: Hobart & William Smith Colleges Scandling Center
- Company: Rulon International
- Location: Geneva, NY
- Contractor: Rulon International
Education - Under 50,000 Square Feet: West Region
Winner: David and Joan Traitel Building - Hoover Institution, Stanford
- Company: California Drywall Co.
- Location: Stanford, CA
- Contractor: California Drywall Co.
- Distributor: Allied Building Products/AMS
- ArchitectS:
- William Rawn Associates Architecs, Inc
- Cody Anderson Wasney Architects
- Manufacturers:
- Architectural Components Group
- Lamvin, Inc
- Armstrong Ceiling Solutions
Healthcare - Over 50,000 Square Feet: West Region
Winner: Loma Linda University Health and Educational Center
- Company: 9Wood,
- Location: San Bernardino, CA
- Contractor: Elljay Acoustics
- Independent Manufacturer's Representative: Lanton Associates, LLC
Healthcare - Over 50,000 Square Feet: South Region
Winner: Miami Cancer Institute, Baptist Health South Florida
- Company: Armstrong Ceiling Solutions
- Location: Miami, FL
- Contractor: Acousti Engineering Co. of Florida
- Manufacturer: Armstrong Ceiling Solutions
- Architect: ZGF Architects LLP
Healthcare - Under 50,000 Square Feet: Central Region
Winner: Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
- Company: E&K of Omaha
- Location: Omaha, NE
- Contractor: E&K of Omaha
- Manufacturers:
- Architectural Components Group
- Fellert North America
- Armstrong Ceiling Solutions
- Distributor: Foundation Building Materials
- Architect: HDR, Inc
Office – Over 50,000 Square Feet: East Region
Winner: Teva Pharmaceuticals Fit Out Building 400
- Company: Rulon International
- Location: West Chester, PA
- Contractor: Wallworks, Inc.
Office – Over 50,000 Square Feet: South Region
Winner: Phillips 66 Global Headquarters
- Company: Decoustics
- Location: Houston, TX
- Contractor: Clunn Acoustical Systems
- Independent Manufacturers’ Representative: Specified Interiors
- Manufacturer: Decoustics
- Architect: HOK
- Acoustician: SLR Consulting
Office – Over 50,000 Square Feet: West Region
Winner: Jazz Pharmaceuticals
- Company: 9Wood
- Location: Palo Alto, CA
- Contractor: Ad-In, Inc.
- Distributor: L&W Supply/CALPLY - San Jose
- Independent Manufacturer’s Representative: The Finish Line
- Manufacturer: 9Wood
Office – Under 50,000 Square Feet: Central Region
Winner: Hyatt Global Headquarters
- Company: E&K of Chicago
- Location: Chicago, IL
- Contractor: E&K of Chicago
- Manufacturer: Ceilings Plus
- Architect: Gensler
Retail – Over 50,000 Square Feet: East Region
Winner: World Trade Center Tower 4
- Company: Gordon, Inc.
- Location: New York City, NY
- Contractor: PABCO Construction Corp.
- Architects:
- Beyer Blinder Belle
- Maki and Associates
- Independent Manufacturer’s Representative: Design Sales Associates
Retail – Over 50,000 Square Feet: West Region
Winner: BIGHORN Clubhouse
- Company: 9Wood
- Location: Palm Desert, CA
- Contractor: Advanced Acoustic Contractors, Inc.
- Manufacturer: 9Wood
- Independent Manufacturer’s Representative: Grant & Associates