Granite Construction Incorporated (NYSE:GVA) announced today that the
Mountain View Corridor Project in Salt Lake City, Utah, built by Copper
Hills Constructors, a Granite-led joint venture comprised of Granite,
Kiewit and W.W. Clyde, has been honored with Associated General
Contractors of America’s (AGC) Alliant Build America Merit Award for
Best New Highway and Transportation Project and the Marvin M. Black
Partnering Excellence Award.
“Projects like these reflect the qualities – elite skill, diligence and
resolve – that have made the construction industry successful,” said
Paul Diederich, the association’s president and president of Grand
Forks, N.D.-based Industrial Builders Inc. “These contractors are
setting the standard of excellence in our industry.”
The project was one of Utah’s largest roadway construction contracts and
included a new 15-mile highway in southwest Salt Lake County. The
project included earthwork, nine miles of asphalt and six miles of
concrete paving, 10 new bridges, drainage, traffic signals and lighting,
reconstruction of local cross streets and an intelligent transportation
system. At its peak, the $245 million project employed over 300 people,
with work progressing in six different municipalities at one time.
The Alliant Build America Merit Awards highlight the nation’s most
significant construction projects. A panel of judges, representing all
areas of construction, evaluated an impressive number of submissions
this year, assessing each project’s complexity, use of innovative
construction techniques and client satisfaction, among other criteria.
The awards, which were announced during the association’s annual
convention in Las Vegas, are considered by many to be the most
prestigious recognition of construction accomplishments in the U.S.
The AGC Build America Marvin M. Black Partnering Merit Award (now
represented by a category within the Alliant Build America Awards) is
presented annually to construction project(s) that epitomize the
principles of partnering. Inspired by AGC’s Past President Marvin M.
Black, the inclusion of partnering into the Build America Awards
represents a timely and unified celebration of the construction
industry’s finest.
ABOUT GRANITE
Through its offices and subsidiaries nationwide, Granite Construction
Incorporated (NYSE: GVA) is one of the nation’s largest infrastructure
contractors and construction materials producers. Recognized as one of
the top 25 largest construction companies in the U.S., Granite
specializes in complex infrastructure projects, including
transportation, industrial and federal contracting, and is a proven
leader in alternative procurement project delivery. Granite is an
award-winning firm in Safety, Quality and Environmental Stewardship, and
has been honored as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by
Ethisphere Institute for four years in a row. For more information,
visit www.graniteconstruction.com.
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