Houstonite is One of Top Six Young Architects
Across Texas, individuals and firms receive a wide variety of awards while companies are awarded contracts.
Houston Architect Selected for Young Architects Award
The AIA recently announced the six recipients of its 2007 AIA Young Architects Award. Young Architects are defined as professionals who have been licensed 10 years or fewer regardless of their age. The award honors individuals who have shown exceptional leadership and made significant contributions to the profession early in their careers. The Young Architects Award will be presented to the recipients at the AIA 2007 National Convention and Design Exposition in San Antonio in May.
Lonnie D. Hoogeboom, AIA, partner with Natalye Appel + Associates PC in Houston, was selected for his ethical leadership in outreach, mentorship and professionalism as well as outstanding design contributions.
He has also been awarded the 2006 Texas Society of Architects Award for Young Professional Achievement and the 2005 AIA Houston Young Architect Award. Those awards acknowledge Hoogeboom’s service to Texas and Houston architecture students, interns, and young practitioners.
He also received the 2003 TSA Associate Award for Mentorship and the 2002 AIA Houston President’s Citation and Distinguished Service Award for Inspired Leadership and Advocacy of Intern/Associates.
Hoogeboom is the founding director representing AIA Houston’s interns and associates. He also has been active in the Rice University Design Alliance Program Committee since 1996, and served as that group’s chair from 2002 to 2006. He has served as partner-in-charge/project architect for many of his firm’s projects over the last five years.
McCarthy Building Wins ABC Awards in Texas and Georgia
McCarthy Building Cos Inc. of Dallas received two top awards in the North Texas Associated Builders and Contractors’ 2006 Excellence in Construction Awards. In the Commercial $25 to $99 million category, McCarthy was honored for its work on The W Dallas Victory Hotel and Residences North Tower. In the Institutional $10 to $25 million category, McCarthy also received the Excellence Award for its work on Emmett J. Conrad High School, Jack Lowe Sr. Elementary School and Sam Tasby Middle School in the Dallas Independent School District.
Fifty projects in more than 15 categories were recognized by ABC in the local competition.
2007 ASC/QUOIN Region V Student Competition Yields Big Results
QUOIN’s Education and Research Foundation hosted the ASC/QUOIN Region V Student Competition in February. The competition features collegiate student teams tackling a simulated bid situation. The students are given project information and are then allotted 16 hours to prepare their written proposals, which include bid and presentation materials, such as PowerPoint presentations and charts. Students participate in this activity voluntarily as though they were working for a company in the industry, and present their proposals to the sponsoring companies who act as owners during the competition.
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| Highway Civil Division: University of Arkansas at Little Rock |
The Dallas/East Texas and Fort Worth Associated General Contractors of America chapters merged in 2001 creating the new chapter named QUOIN. This event is an opportunity for students to get practical experience putting together meaningful documentation expected in the industry, as well as enabling them to display their talents to potential employers. First place winners in each division – highway civil, design-build and commercial building – will advance to the ASC-AGC National Student Competition held this year in San Antonio.
Sponsor companies for the event include Austin Bridge & Road, McCarthy, and Hensel Phelps.
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| Commercial Building Division: Oklahoma State University |
Competing schools include Texas A&M University, Texas Tech University, University of Louisiana at Monroe, University of Oklahoma, John Brown University, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma State University-Okmulgee, Louisiana Tech University and Texas A&M University Commerce.
In the design-build division, best presenter awards went to: Christina Glasgow of Oklahoma State University in first place; Tony Wu of University of Oklahoma, second; and Clay Cristy of Texas Tech University, third place.
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| Design-Build Division: Oklahoma State University |
Best presenters for highway civil division: first place, Charles Westmoreland of Texas A&M University; second place, Steven Jackson of Texas Tech; third place, Troy Smith of OSU.
Best presenters for commercial building division: first place, David Smith of OU; second place, Jerad Douglas of Texas A&M; third place, Matt Long of OU.
Competition winners for the design-build division: first place, Oklahoma State University; second place, University of Oklahoma; third place, Texas Tech University.
Competition winners for the highway civil division: first place, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; second place, Oklahoma State University; third place, University of Oklahoma.
Competition winners for the commercial building division: first place, Oklahoma State University; second place, Texas A&M University; third place, University of Oklahoma.
Three Firms Sign on for Cooperative Safety Program
Charter Builders Ltd., Bob Moore Construction and TAS Commercial Concrete recently became participants in the Cooperative Safety Program. The three firms were accepted and formally signed into the Cooperative Safety Program, which was established to formalize an effort between ABC, QUOIN and OSHA to recognize companies with exemplary safety and health programs and encourage companies to continue building their safety and health performance.
ABC, QUOIN and OSHA signed the Cooperative Agreement in 2004. In doing so, the three organizations mutually recognize the importance of ensuring a safe and healthful work environment in the construction industry.
North Texas Chapter of ABC Appoints New Officers
The North Texas Chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. installed its new 2007 board of directors. Selected for the executive committee are G. Paul Holliman of Holliman Consulting, PC as chairman of the board; Ben Houston of TDIndustries Ltd. as chairman elect; Larry Walters of Design Electric as vice chairman; Michael Smith of Marathon Construction as secretary; Brad Gross of Lane Gorman Trubitt LLP as treasurer; Chris Peck of McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. as past chairman; and Mike Orr of Rogers-O’Brien Construction Co. as past, past chair.
Directors selected are Gary Roden of AGUIRREcorporation; Cindy Mayfield of Spiral Pipe of Texas; Tony Rader of AUI Contractors; and Ken Polk of Polk Mechanical LLC.
Ascension Group Architects Reports Record Revenue for 2006
Arlington-based Ascension Group Architects ended 2006 with record-breaking revenue of $9 million thanks to design projects nationwide. The company’s revenue was $6.6 million in 2005.
Ascension directs much of its attention to hospital projects in the southwest, including traditional community hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and physician- and investor-owned hospitals. Current local projects include the new Baylor Surgicare at Oakmont in Fort Worth and an expansion of Baylor Medical Center at Frisco. Ascension also has projects in Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida and Louisiana and recently completed a new hospital in Alaska for Plano -based Triad Hospitals Inc.
Ascension has increased its staff from four employees in 2001 to 34 in 2006. The firm expects to have 40 employees by 2008.
Brock Group Acquires XServ
Beaumont-based The Brock Group acquired Houston-based XServ Inc., a majority owned portfolio company of Mezzanine Management’s Fund III. With this acquisition, XServ will be merged into Brock, combining the capabilities of the two multi-craft specialty services providers. The combined business will provide coatings, scaffolding and insulation for the industrial businesses.
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