2024 Craftsmanhip Awards Winners

Cast-in-Place Concrete

Basel Alaroudaki, Nicholas Burns, Ulises Fuentes, Walter Guzman, Katey Paraskiewicz, Joe Wiley Baker Concrete Construction

Project Name: Skymark at Reston Town Center,  Reston, VA
Architect:  Solomon Cordwell Buenz
Engineer:  Thornton Thomasetti
General Contractor:  Clark Construction Group
Baker was responsible for the cast-in-place concrete for Skymark at Reston Town Center, a mixed use residential development with residential, office, retail, and parking space. The 41-story structure (the tallest residential building in the DMV and the third largest overall structure in the DMV) features 46,000 cubic yards of concrete and 6,500 tons of rebar. This included a complicated 7,400 cubic yards of mat slab poured in just three separate pours over three weeks that required significant coordination with mass concrete specifications. The structure also features large outrigger shearwalls on eight floors that extend from the building core to the edge of slab.

Precast Concrete

Craftsmen with Gate Precast Company – Oxford

Project Name: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Gardens Facade Repair, Washington, DC
Architect: CallisonRTKL/Arcadis
General Contractor: Grunley Construction Company
The level of care for the precast panel aesthetics achieved extraordinary results. Each panel is fabricated by hand from initial fabrication of wood forms, hand sorting of aggregate to placement of concrete in the forms, blasting the surface of the panel to expose the aggregate and shipment. Each panel required technically skilled craftsman for blasting to ensure consistency and quality amongst all 675 panels. Every single panel received a full 35 item inspection upon delivery to site. If there were any items noted for adjustment these were addressed. Any spot of concrete matrix greater than 1” in any direction without aggregate and any void greater than ¼” in depth was addressed. Each panel was thoroughly reviewed following install as well to ensure a seamless appearance regarding exposure, texture and joints.
Star Awards Nominee

Kayla Flores, Erik C. High Concrete Group

Project Name: Conway School of Nursing and Campus Gateway, Washington, DC
Architect: Ayers Saint Gross
Engineer: Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
General Contractor:  Clark Construction Group
The most striking element of the project is the beautiful precast that wraps around the building. High Concrete Group did an extraordinary job with the façade of the building. On a daily basis, they safely set 4-6 panels per day, which was impressive based on tight site conditions in downtown DC, which required offloading, tripping, and placing precast off of one mobile crane. The most challenging part of the scope was High Concrete’s placement of panels on the south side, which required reaching up and over the building to place the panels on the entire west side of the building. Despite the challenge, they completed the work successfully.

Miguel A Diaz Fuentes, Angel E Diaz Hernandez, Victor Lemus, Jose Amadeo Marquez, Wilfredo Orellana, Santos R Guevara Zelaya R. Bratti Associates, Inc.

Project Name: Metropolitan Park, Arlington, VA
Architect: ZGF
General Contractor:  Clark Construction Group
R. Bratti’s scope included the architectural precast for the two towers. Although the medium was to be precast, the similarity between the complexity of this requirement and the usual natural stone scope blended perfectly. The project consisted of many exterior amenity balcony terraces throughout the North and South towers of this project. Each Terrace’s design has a highly ornate and heavily landscaped space with organic shapes for benches, planters, and kitchen counters. Hundreds of molds were required to manufacture these pieces, and many were unique to one piece due to each piece’s radii transitions and height. Foam molds were fabricated with CNC technology based on digital 3D models developed throughout the submittal process.

Exterior Glass

Shomaf Barsbai, Robert Burkett, John Butter, Flint Duffey, Inmer Majano, Kevin Wood Tidewater Glazing

Project Name: JHU Bloomberg Center at 555 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC
Architect: Ennead
General Contractor: Clark Construction Group
Tidewater Glazing installed two unitized curtain wall systems customized to meet the design intent. The 9,000-square-foot curtain wall system contains sefar mesh to reduce heat radiation and provide a bronze appearance to the exterior. Each section of the curtain wall weighs more than 3,000 pounds. Tidewater Glazing implemented a monorail system to install the system due to a lack of head clearance. Using a crane, the team hoisted and transferred units to the monorail system, moving each unit to its final location. The 5,000-square-foot curtain wall system brought its own set of challenges. Tidewater Glazing also installed more than 1,000 sunshades and a customized storefront system, which came from Jordan during the supply chain crisis.

Dennis Cook, Darryl Cross, Robert Cullum, Jody Davis, Travis Ellenberger, Joel Schweitzer Harmon, Inc.

Project Name: Metropolitan Park, Arlington, VA
Architect: ZGF
General Contractor: Clark Construction Group
Harmon successfully performed design-assist services of the curtainwall across both 22-story towers and retail with Metropolitan Park’s core & shell architect. This included design completion of 14 façade types and 10,280 curtainwall units to provide a varied look across the two towers. The client challenged the team to incorporate operable windows into the office towers. This resulted in 2,989 sash-type windows that allow occupants to truly open the window for fresh air, a first for office buildings in the Mid-Atlantic market of this size. They also incorporated integral insect screens that automatically raise.

Chris Bast, Todd Deater, Nathan Decatur Enclos Corp.

Project Name: The Embassy of Australia, Washington, DC
Architect: KCCT
General Contractor: Clark Construction Group
Enclos’ scope of work on the New Chancery for the Australian Embassy consisted of approximately 90,000 square feet of curtain wall on the six-story building’s exterior as well as the interior atrium, the atrium skylight system, and entrance vestibule. The Façade Package was designed and installed in accordance with Forced Entry/Ballistic Resistant requirements which also included the ability to sustain blast loads. The curtain wall system along with some feature design elements incorporated over 750 copper panels emulating the colors of Australia’s iconic outback within the center of Washington, DC.
Star Awards Nominee

Interior Glass

Roberto Aguilera, Kevin Boyd, Esteban Cervantes Innovo Construction, LLC

Project Name: JHU Bloomberg Center at 555 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC
Architect: SmithGroup
General Contractor: Clark Construction Group
This project took an immense amount of planning and coordination to accomplish. The hardest factors were the logistics of the task as well as the equipment needed. There was limited storage on the project and the access to the building was only through small doors. The material on the project involved large pieces of glass and aluminum that needed to be lifted seven stories in a tight space. Material was risen from the ground up using a spider crane with crew members on swing stages and scissor lifts guiding it up the narrow gap and into place. The curtain wall is a double glazed system that provides a sound proof classroom for study. The double glazed wall needed to be properly cleaned and prepared to prevent dust build up and fogging.

Lighting Systems

Rachid Abdessamad, Jared R. Crossley, Patrick Flaherty, Edwin Gutierrez, Jinhan Kim, Karla Martinez Dynalectric Company

Project Name: In-Q-Tel, McLean, VA
Architect: sshape
Engineer: GHT Limited
General Contractor: HITT Contracting
Dynalectric showed a great amount of organization and accountability in their efforts of purchasing and tracking all 50 light fixture types from across the country. The level of effort only increased when the fixtures arrived on-site and the layout process began. All fixtures are in perfect alignment with various ceiling types, ranging from undulating fabric baffles and millwork panels to exposed ceilings. The attention to detail and high-quality work is shown through Dynalectic’s efforts in maintaining all of the alignments and their installation of the fixtures, especially evident in the custom oblong shaped, translucent stretched-fabric light fixture above the reception desk.

Claudia Hernandez, Malcolm Hunter, Jeff Orr, Eric Robinson, Scott Stevens, James Waring Valid Electric Company

Project Name: Lifetime Fitness, Arlington, VA
Architect: RSP Architects
Engineer: Emanuelson-Podas
General Contractor: Turner Construction Company
Valid Electric performed a scope of work that involved renovating a Clarendon Loft Office Space into a Luxurious athletic country club. The renovation outfitted with an extensive lighting package (2000 Fixtures) to include LED lighting throughout the space, Fiber optic lighting for the saunas and steam rooms, WattStopper Relay Panels to control the workout Floor, LED cove and tape lighting, Backlit Mirrors, to Specialty fixtures and Grand Chandeliers in the Café and LTWork. Difficulty on this project was that it was inundated with change orders, some mandated in the eleventh hour with Arlington County. Additionally, there was a significant BIM effort in the basement that delayed starting work in this area.

Steven Berry, Charles DePhillip Jr., Douglas Gregory II, Okechukwu Igwenagu, Jason Lockey, Adam Payne JE Richards

Project Name: Metropolitan Park – Project Coco, Arlington, VA
Architect: ZGF
Engineer: GHT Limited
General Contractor:  Clark Construction Group
The lighting system installed is controlled by ETC (Electronic Theater Controls) lighting controls. With the use of DMX (Digital Multiplex), the space can be transformed with many different color changing LEDs. This is accomplished with 55 different lighting zones. These zones consisted of 412 linear feet of phase dimmable track lighting, custom curved RGBW linear pendant lighting, 143 ft. of recessed LED toe kick lighting in the mill-work, 92 linear feet of recessed LED mill-work lighting, approx. 30,000 LEDs back-lighting a custom art wall, and Horticulture stage lighting.

Charles DePhillip Jr., Douglas Gregory II, Cornell Houston, Ryan Potts, Jonathan Spivey, Aaron Steppler-Krieg JE Richards

Project Name: Metropolitan Park – Center of Energy, Arlington, VA
Architect: NBBJ
Engineer: GHT Limited
General Contractor: Clark Construction Group
The lighting control system was a Lutron system that allowed remote control of each floor individually, and tied in with the base building lighting controls. This system can be remotely controlled from the other Amazon headquarters. The space is for employees to come together and enjoy Amazons café’s, game rooms, and dog friendly seating, or congregate in their large meeting spaces and team suites. The lighting in this area was incorporated into various ceiling types from exposed concrete and fabric panels, to open wood structure beams. Considerable effort went into reducing visibility of the components that make the system work, such as LED drivers, lighting control devices and power raceways.

Richard Arnold, David Hartman, Joshua Martin, Elmer Marquina, Luke Trevathan, Andrew Winslow JE Richards

Project Name: Metropolitan Park – Tenant Improvements, Arlington, VA
Architect: Gensler
Engineer: GHT Limited
General Contractor: Clark Construction Group
The lighting controls was a Lutron system that allowed remote control of each floor individually and tied in with the base building lighting control system. This can be remotely controlled back from the other Amazon headquarters. The TI space (Tenant Improvement) will be the office space for nearly 14,000 employees. Many hours went into VDC (Virtual Construction and Design) coordinating MEP and CSA trades with the lighting design. This aided in the installation of the lighting system to maintain consistent layout on each floor of each tower. Lingering supply chain constraints presented a unique obstacle sourcing lighting components in time for the installation schedule.

Power Generation, Distribution and Switchgear

Steven Berry, Charles DePhillip Jr., Douglas Gregory II, Adam Payne, Ryan Potts, Collin Reitz JE Richards

Project Name: Metropolitan Park – Tenant Improvements, Arlington, VA
Architect: Gensler
Engineer: GHT Limited
General Contractor: Clark Construction Group
JE Richards was responsible for the installation of electrical systems, normal and emergency power distribution, substations, switchgear, bus-duct, panels, transformers panel, disconnect switches, and light fixtures. The also completed delegated design of Digital Antenna System (DAS), Lightning protection system, and Fire Alarm and Life Safety Systems. The advanced and planned coordination schedule of the Core & Shell campus, plus the two tenant improvements and four floors of specialty amenity spaces required diligence and precision to evaluate pathways and overhead coordination of ceiling devices/elements.

Sean Lasalle, Pat Latham, Justin Lee, Peter Smith, Daniel Stamp, Mona Electric Group, Inc.

Project Name: WMATA Bladensburg Bus Garage, Washington, DC
Architect: Michael Baker International
Engineer: EPCM, Inc.
General Contractor: Hensel Phelps
Shepherd Parkway CNG includes a new Electrical Room, Compressor Room and Control room, which interfaces with the existing Shepherds Parkway Fuel Building. New electrical equipment was installed in the Electrical Room to provide Control and Power to the CNG Yard. Because this WMATA facility is currently in operation, daily coordination of the work was a key element in the success of this project. Despite the coordination challenges of integrating with an existing, and in-service facility, the field team rose to the challenge and kept consistent and open lines of communication with WMATA.

Andrew Bean, Jesse Colie, Dwight Daniels, Bob Esteppe, Nick Long, Bob Spittle Singleton Electric Company

Project Name: Piscataway Bioenergy Project, Accokeek, MD
Architect/Engineer: Stantec
General Contractor: PC Construction
This 4 year project (3 years for construction and 1 for commissioning) was very challenging. The power distribution included over 70,000′ of 4″ PVC ductbanks, 65,000′ of medium voltage cable, 160,000′ of 600V feeder wire. The distribution equipment included 10 medium voltage liquid filled transformers, (1) 4000A & (1) 3200A switchgear, (1) medium voltage generator sync switchgear, (2) 2000A MCC’s, (4) 1200A MCC’s, (1) 400A MCC, (38) panelboards, (27) dry transformers, (5) PDC structures, (170) disconnects, and over (100) VFD’s. Singleton Electric self-performed all splices and terminations including medium voltage splices and terminations.

George Breuninger, Michael Clements, Steven Cross, Anthony Fleming, Kevin Grubby, Kevin Pompey Power Solutions

Project Name: VA21 – Project Vanquish, Sterling, VA
Architect: Corgan
Engineer: KW Mission Critical Engineering
General Contractor: Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
Power Solutions worked with EOR to perform “design assist” tasks; offering our expertise to design a constructible data center in a short time-frame. Power Solutions executed a full BIM model – determining proper equipment placement and conduit routing. EOR utilized Power Solutions model/design to update official drawing package. The VA2 campus consists of two data centers and a self-generation power plant, all being built simultaneously. All deliveries must be “just in time” as there is no lay-down available on-site. Each aspect of the electrical work received the time and detail required for aesthetics. A lot of minor details for a large scale, polished finished product.

Kenny Campbell, Michael Donahue, Jason Miller, Douglas Montenegro, Richard Reese, Craig Semler Power Solutions

Project Name: Verizon Metro Communications Center Phase 1 Chiller Plant Installation, Washington, DC
Engineer: Design Tech Inc.
General Contractor: W.E.Bowers
There was extensive planning and scheduling of outages with the owner and numerous tenants in the building. Temporary power was provided for some equipment during the job. The space that the new equipment was installed had limited ceiling heights and therefore the conduits runs had to be planned and coordinated with the other trades on the job. The craftsmanship involved in the planning and installation of the conduits is second to none. Part of the job involved intercepting an existing conduit run, and installing a junction box to allow the “H” tapping of the feeders that were feeding a switchgear in a different penthouse that housed chillers. Lengthy planning and temporary power was provided.

Wes Ditton, Greg Guisti, Tony Lambruno, Jeremy Rodkey, Chris Sartain, Juan Ventura Power Solutions

Project Name: IAD2-3, 2-4, and 2-5, Ashburn, VA
Architect: HKS
Engineer: DLB Associates
General Contractor: HITT Contracting
Over 20,000’ of 6” RGC was installed at an elevation over 35’ from the ground for the installation of (3) new 35KV Switchboards. From these switchboards, along with existing MV switchboards, (39) MV Transformers, (39) Generators and (39) UPS Modules were installed. Structural Steel was provided and installed to support our feeders from (and between) the exterior equipment and to the interior switchboard line ups. Design changes and supply chain issues resulted in the projects Low Voltage incoming power being installed in cable tray and PVC interlock cable. Additional cable tray and interlock cables were installed between the interior boards and the final equipment in the Data Hall.

Josh Hanks, Brian Hull, Kevin Hull, Thomas Lysinger, Nicholas Thompson, David Zimmerman Dynalectric Company

Project Name: IAD2-5, Ashburn, VA
Architect: HKS
Engineer: DLB Associates
General Contractor: HITT Contracting
With around 90,000FT of 2 1/2″ EMT conduit that needed to be installed, our coordination team and on-site team were in constant contact to ensure our conduit design meet the site constraints and would not require alterations as the installation progressed. Each data hall had four small locations that are 30,000 LF of conduit per data hall had to be installed in a 5-week duration. Dynalectric bent more than 2,800 bends of varying degrees that was installed needing no alterations once bent for the installation. This was due to our excellent communication of our BIM coordinators and site team that took the time up front to ensure the design took all challenges and constraints of the site into account.

Sean Damon, James Kingsbury, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Richard Ladow, Kevin Patterson, Scott Smith C3M Power Systems

Project Name: WMATA Traction Power System Upgrades (Red/Green/Orange Lines), McLean, VA
Architect/Engineer: WMATA
General Contractor: C3M Power Systems
The WMATA Traction Power Systems Upgrade on the Red, Green, and Orange Lines (RGO) involved electrical rehabilitation to upgrade major power and supervisory equipment at five tiebreaker stations, 10 traction power substations, and one service and inspection shop. C3M continued to prove its capabilities to WMATA by expediting the schedule and working at seven locations at the same time. Over the course of the project, C3M was able to complete all fieldwork by the end of June 2023, over three weeks before contract completion. This was a result of effective execution by C3M’s talented craft labor and planning.

Special Systems

Mike Barnes, Julius Che, Essence Crawley, Curtis Pollitt, Joe Raeder, Frank Tydings Singleton Electric Company

Project Name: Smithsonian American History Museum Fire Alarm Replacement, Washington, DC
Engineer: GHD
General Contractor: Grunley Construction Company
The project consisted of all new Head End Equipment, risers, 16 Fire Alarm Control Panels, 2 Annunciator Panels, 11 Terminal Cabinets, and 51 Notification Appliance Circuit panels. The project was a combination of replacing old devices with new as well as installation of new conduit, wire, and devices. Completing this work allowed for the demolition of the existing system. The new system has over 130 pull stations, 50 strobes, 850 speakers, 1500 speaker/strobes, 2000 smoke detectors, 200 duct smoke detectors, and over 500 modules as well as an extensive VESDA system. The work had to be completed at all different hours due to the needs of the Smithsonian.

Mike Abbott, Dwight Daniels, Bob Esteppe, Ralph Hepperle, Tim McDaniel, Joel Vitela Singleton Electric Company

Project Name: Piscataway Bioenergy Project, Accokeek, MD
Architect/Engineer: Stantec
General Contractor: PC Construction
The project includes a cake receiving facility, CAMBI thermal hydrolysis process (THP), CHP facility, pre and post dewatering, (2) 1.5 million gallon anaerobic digestors, Control Building, Odor Control, gas upgrading system, gas storage and flare, sidestream treatment, and refurbished gravity thickeners. The Instrumentation portion of the project was extensive and complicated. The project had over 150,000′ of 3/4″ & 1″ conduit. Some imbeded, but mostly exposed aluminum rigid conduit. The project had over 1,000,000′ of #14 A.W.G., over 85,000′ of TSP, over 10,000′ of fiber optic cable, 10 PLC cabinets, over 70 local control panels, and over 500 instrumentation devices.

Brian Cooper, Kenneth Higgins, Lewis Lloyd, Sothearak Nou, Janie Oliver, David Thompson JE Richards

Project Name: Metropolitan Park – Tenant Improvements, Arlington, VA
Architect: Gensler
Engineer: GHT Limited
General Contractor: Clark Construction Group
Amazon Virginia Headquarters tenant installation consisted of work in 2 buildings, 2.1 million SF of office space on 43 floors simultaneously. There were over 4,500 fire alarm notification devices installed for the tenant space. There were 80 initiating devices installed throughout, covering area smoke for tenant room coverage, and AHU air coverage/shutdown. Most of the floors have exposed ceilings and were designed to have exposed MC throughout. The JER team stepped up to the challenge and installed over 90 miles of fire alarm MC runs in such a manner that it has been mistaken for conduit.

Brian Brumby, Ernst Jean-Philippe II, Andres Lopez Campos, Cesar Guerrero, Malcolm Hunter, Wilfrido Morales Maldonado Valid Electric Company

Project Name: Lifetime Fitness, Arlington, VA
Architect: RSP Architects
General Contractor: Turner Construction Company
The Pool/Spa installation consisting of Steam generators and Sauna heaters controlled via CPI panel to provide push button control and an elaborate pool equipment room housing UV filtration systems, heat exchangers, Chlorination equipment, and 8 pumps wired through VFDs controlled by individual EPO devices. The Fire Alarm system throughout the space was upgraded to a Voice Evacuation system wherein the primary FACP had to be upsized and replaced without interrupting the other tenant spaces within the building. The system included adding a new graphic annunciator, Sound/FX and Audio shutdown, and an ANSUL system for the kitchen hood.

Telecommunications Systems and Facilities

Theandre Currie, Russell Jones, Luigi Mesa, Marco Ochoa, David Rivera, Travis Weyant Vision Technologies

Project Name: Metropolitan Park – Tenant Improvements, Arlington, VA
Architect: Gensler
General Contractor: Clark Construction Group
Vision Technologies was responsible for the low voltage, telecommunication scope and was integral to the building success as their scope spanned the entire project. Vision ran cabling to every camera, wireless/universal access point, and data drop. With such a large project, Vision broke their team up into project area and scope crews, and maintained these teams throughout the duration of the project. Communication and effective management was crucial as they sent weekly status reports for their telecom, sound masking, and DAS scopes for each building. Their reports noted work complete, forecast next week’s work, and called out any constructability issues.

Ceramic Tile & Terrazzo

Rainer Escobar, Jacinta Morales, Marcos Pérez, Eleazar Romero, Jose S. Sierra, Francisco Tapia Dominion Ceramic Tile, Inc.

Project Name: The Virginian – Site Improvements & Interior Core and Common Area Upgrades, Fairfax, VA
Architects: Moseley Architects/Meyer Design
General Contractor: Wohlsen Construction Company
The difficulty of execution was high, with over 50 different tile specifications installed across the project. These tiles came from various manufacturers and required extensive floor leveling. Technical excellence is evident in the varying tile finishes in shape, size, color, and application. The coordination between adjoining trades and finishes was critical to installing and blending the interconnected finishes. The overall quality of craftsmanship is made evident by the complexity of the design, materials, and coordination required to bring these finishes together. The installations required expert cutting, fitting, and installation upon uniform setting beds.

Guillermo Briones, Juan Carlos Pinto, Rosalia Pinto Lach Tile & Marble, Inc.

Project Name: Lifetime Fitness, Arlington, VA
Architect: RSP Architects
General Contractor: Turner Construction Company
Design meetings were held to review aesthetics for install, grout joint alignments, symmetry throughout. A great deal of QC was implemented to ensure the buttering of the tiles, the overlaps were consistent, etc. The challenges in this space was schedule and change orders. Slabs in the basement were flat, and required floor sloping, and leveling to meet health department required slopes for ponding. The MEP overhead had a late start in the Basement as a result of on-going BIM, so finish trades were delayed to begin install in the basement which is floor to ceiling tile. The schedule was 7 days a week for this trade, and towards the end, double shifts to meet the Client’s date.

Drywall

Benjamin Alvarez, Wendel Lanuza, Erick Rodriguez, William Rodriguez JP Industries, LLC

Project Name: M2 Ortho – Harborside Surgical Center, Forest Heights, MD
Architect: Boulder Associates
General Contractor: Forrester Construction
Arguably the most impressive aspects of JPs work will never be seen. This includes framing and drywall/cement board substrates used for wall tile and millwork, allowing finish trades to achieve high quality results. More importantly, the precision of JP’s wall/ceiling layout, framing, and finishing was critical to successful installation of the sensitive medical equipment. JP was responsible for many of the exposed finishes, such as wall/ceiling types including a custom wood cloud accent ceiling, full and partial height wall protection, unique angle corner guards and chair rail systems, acoustic draperies, accessory and misc. medical equipment installation, etc.

Guery Belmonte, Mike Fleener, Roger Rocha, Mark Schneibolk, Paul Waters, Jill Schneibolk Wolfrey Form Construction Services

Project Name: Confidential Client, Washington, DC
Architect: HOK
Engineer: GHT Limited
General Contractor: rand* construction corporation
Level 4 bullet-resistant panel ordering and installation: over 500 lbs per 5’x5’ panel, hung using material hoist. Coordination + installation of ballistic door assemblies. 2-story Multifunction Room: scaffolding, fall protection, Level 2 bullet-resistant paneling, coordination with all trades and finishes. Madrid wood ceilings: lengthy lead-time for custom Steinway Cubes & grilles requiring multiple shop drawing revisions & extensive office coordination and field measurements. Madrid wood Steinway Cube ceiling: coordination with LT04 fixtures above. No ceiling hangers permitted within 4’x4’ light zone.

Vladimir Altamirano, Raul Alvarez, Pepe Calustro, Victor Mendoza, Jose Ortiz, David Ventura C.J. Coakley Company

Project Name: National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
Architect: Marshall Craft Associates
General Contractor: Grunley Construction Company
C.J. Coakley’s scope included drywall and plaster; extensive wood blocking to support the artifacts; doors, frames, hardware; insulation and custom radiuses vaulted ceilings. GFRG reflector panels, insulation, firestopping, and an ACT ceiling that was designed with unconventional sizing were installed. The beauty in the completed work lies in the juxtaposition of the romantic Great Hall, the lavish plaster ornament, the contemporary exhibit spaces, and the functionality of the new office suites. Details on the existing walls were revitalized and brought back to their original beauty. Painstaking time was taken to patch and repair old plaster that needed restoration.

Daniela Barahona, Arturo Gonzales, Richard Nicolari, John Pearson, Jason Spivey, Victor Veizaga Component Assembly Systems

Project Name: Metropolitan Park – Center of Energy, Arlington, VA
Architect: NBBJ
General Contractor: Clark Construction Group
Component Assembly Systems provided all specialty ceilings for the common areas, training rooms, food concepts, and suites. Due to the intricate detail of the overall design, the scope included acoustical baffles, wood cloud ceilings, slat ceilings, and specialty drop ceilings, all with very intensive mechanical, electrical, and plumbing coordination and demanding alignment requirements. Component Assembly Systems also provided the event center’s acoustical panels and vertical wood baffles. Some of the more standard aspects of the scope included all drywall and framing for the Center of Energy common working spaces for Amazon team members.

Todd Carlton, Clerence Hutchinson, Santana Perdomo, Sterling Riddle, Orlando Rivera, Kenny Silwick C.J. Coakley Company

Project Name: JHU Bloomberg Center at 555 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC
Architect: SmithGroup
General Contractor: Clark Construction Group
To achieve a high-finish aesthetic and provide sound absorption, CJ Coakley installed plaster walls, wood and metal panel baffle ceilings, acoustic perforated wood ceiling panels, and perforated acoustical gypsum ceiling panels with a spray acoustic finish. To access the atrium slab edges and seventh-floor ceiling without impeding construction work below, CJ Coakley designed and installed multiple large-scale scaffold systems, including a moving cantilevered scaffold and a hanging dance floor scaffold. They also fabricated and installed acoustic wood ceiling panels which were required to match the acoustic wood wall panels installed by a different trade contractor. This accomplishment took significant coordination and sampling to achieve.

Flooring

Orlando Callejas, Eun Young Lee, Elenilson Lopez, Jackson Lynn, Sprigg Lynn, Stephen Pollehn Universal Floors Inc.

Project Name: Chevron Wood Floor Historic Reproduction, Washington, DC
Architect: Citadel DCA
General Contractor: Meridien Group
This is the largest ornamental parquet wood floor in Washington, D.C. The massive historic reproduction chevron wood was reproduced to the original 1935 of the Mellon Auditorium exact appearance. Every angle and line is dead on. The curved border at the stage was hand made on site. The Chevron was hand cut on site. Universal Floors prepared the sub-floor to a level 5. We installed and sanded all 12,000 square feet. The finish is hard wax zero VOC oil varnished into the rift / quartered oak. This floor was delivered in full completion on time.
Star Awards for Visual Excellence

Jackson Lynn, Sprigg S. Lynn, Stephen Pollehn Universal Floors Inc.

Project Name: Bank of Alexandria Historic Restoration, Alexandria, VA
Architect: BarnesVanze Architects
General Contractor: Horizon Builders
9,000 square feet of existing historic antique heart pine (circa 1806) was carefully removed & labeled. The historic pine was delivered to Universal Floors Inc. Washington DC restoration warehouse. Each and every board was carefully de-nailed, trimmed, repaired, passively sanded for installation. The boards were to match Gunston Hall home of George Mason. A perfect match was created for the architect’s approval. Some period antique boards were added as needed. Universal Floors emulated surface marks of time passed to marry the appearance of the site salvaged flooring. This extra touch helped marry antique replacement boards & stair case add to the original flooring.

Painting & Wallcovering

Greg Blick, Richardo Sanchez NLP Enterprises, Inc.

Project Name: Museum Place, Washington, DC
Architect: Beyer Blinder Belle
General Contractor: Balfour Beatty
The project required constant coordination with the General Contractor and other trades for each portion of the work, including multiple passes through each of the units during, architectural finishes, drywall finishing, point-up, final painting and owner acceptance of units. It was imperative to maintain the coordinated durations to allow for the work to flow properly and this was discussed continuously with Balfour to stay on track. This allowed for the punch-out of the work to be minimized down to mostly small repairs that are traditional to this type of work. The field team was made up of an on-site Superintendent who oversaw a foreman for each portion of the work involved as well as an off-site General Superintendent.

Jacob Duvall, Salvador De Paz, Hector Rodriguez, Nelson Valle Delta Painting & Wallcovering

Project Name: The Virginian – Site Improvements & Interior Core and Common Area Upgrades, Fairfax, VA
Architects: Moseley Architects/Meyer Design
General Contractor: Wohlsen Construction Company
The project’s remarkable aesthetics featured over 25 diverse wallcoverings and a palette of 40 paint colors used during the renovation. These wallcoverings, varying in material, color, pattern, and arrangement, created unique finishes in the common area spaces. The difficulty of execution was complex, with intumescent paint applied to new steel beams supporting the 3rd-floor terrace with the use of lifts and close monitoring of the thickness of the application. The exterior building facade was painted and required swing stages in and around other trades at multiple elevations/mounting locations. Delta Painting & Wallcovering’s technical excellence is apparent in the precise installation of wallcoverings over level 5 finished drywall surfaces.

Edwin Arguta, Graham Armstrong, Lee Armstrong, Jhury Garcia Coronel, Victor Madrid, Ramon Ramirez Sparkle Painting Co. Inc.

Project Name: Metropolitan Park, Arlington, VA
Architect: Gensler
General Contractor: Clark Construction Group
Sparkle Painting was responsible for the interior painting and intricate wall coverings in the tenant fit-out space. Sparkle expertly coordinated with multiple vendors during a constrained supply chain to deliver beautiful spaces that took over 50,000 work hours to complete. This large-scale and complex delivery utilized 100,000 gallons of paint, 20,000 square feet of digital wallcoverings, and 30,000 linear yards of wallcoverings to create dynamic working space in conference rooms and tranquility aspirations in the Quiet and Mother’s Rooms. Sparkle worked tirelessly to ensure the end product delivered to the client exceptionally conveyed the vision.

Saul Aguilera, Mario Diaz, Dennis Henriquez Hunt & Walsh

Project Name: Metropolitan Park – Center of Energy, Arlington, VA
Subcontractor: Hunt & Walsh
Architect: NBBJ
General Contractor: Clark Construction Group
Hunt and Walsh performed all painting and specialty wall coverings throughout the event centers, training rooms, food concepts, and public spaces. Metropolitan Park is a 2.1 million-square-foot Class-A office development and the first phase of Amazon’s second headquarters. The two, 22-story office buildings include below-grade parking for more than 2,000 vehicles, 50,000 square feet of street-level retail, 2.5 acres of new and re-imagined public spaces, and more than a half-mile of protected bike lanes. The project also included the tenant fit-out of the entire development, with 5 amenity floors and 38 office floors in the office buildings.

Exterior Stone

Ermin Bonilla, Carlos Marinho, Fredy Rios, Ivan Sieiro, Antonio Silva, Ivan Ventura Lorton Stone, LLC

Project Name: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC
Architect: Shalom Baranes Associates
General Contractor: Clark Construction Group
Lorton Stone was responsible for the interior and exterior stone veneers throughout the project. The three-story atrium main lobby includes stone walls that accent the terrazzo flooring and wood paneling system. The building envelope has a granite stone base that wraps the entirety of the New Pavilion structure, tying into various finishes including terracotta precast panels, storefront glass, and metal panels. Two above-ground stairway structures lead into the parking garage, and are fully wrapped with carderock that aligns with the same carderock on the inside of the structures. This creates the appearance that the stone goes through the storefront glass and continues into the building.

John R. Robbins, Carlos H. Blanco Romero, Noe A. Blanco Romero, Ronald S. Wondoloski, Boatman and Magnani Inc.

Project Name: Bank of Alexandria Historic Restoration, Alexandria, VA
Architect: BarnesVanze Architects
Engineer: MCC=1200 Architectural Engineers PLLC
General Contractor: Horizon Builders
The historic restoration of the circa 1805 headquarters of the Bank of Alexandria required Boatman and Magnani to generate numerous molds and copies of the existing carved stone features as well as perform extensive field dimensioning to ensure that all newly installed sandstone coursing and jointing matched original conditions in order to satisfy the City of Alexandria Historical Society preservation requirements. In addition, an exhaustive sample search achieved a perfect match to the historic sandstone. Due to unforeseen delays at the quarrying and fabrication facilities, Boatman and Magnani’s Craftsmen had to meet the scheduled completion date und.er a compressed installation schedule.

Cando Gonzalez, Jose H. Lemus, William Luna, Ronald Quevedo, Galdino Quezada, Oscar Villanueva Calvert Masonry

Project Name: Courthouse Metro, Arlington, VA
Architect: Cooper Carry
General Contractor: John Moriarty & Associates of Virginia, LLC
The Courthouse Metro project incorporates 3,400 SF of historic granite and limestone façade into three new elevations. The team was tasked with removing the existing façades and reassembling the stone in nearly-identical layouts on the new building. The process began with an analysis by EHT Traceries of the existing buildings and their historical significance to the Courthouse community and determine which elements should be reincorporated into the new façade. Prior to demolition of the existing structures, Calvert mobilized to the site to wash, survey, remove, and catalogue all the existing stone.

Joseph (Joe) Alonso, Sean Callahan, Andy Uhl Washington National Cathedral

Project Name: National Cathedral Earthquake Repairs (12 year anniversary), Washington, DC
The 12-year anniversary of the earthquake in August ’23 offered an opportunity to reflect on the time, energy, financial investments, and noteworthy craftsmanship that has gone into repairing the damage. The team has lead the cathedral’s restoration efforts since the 2011 earthquake, which caused significant damage to components of the cathedral’s spires and ornamental masonry features. They painstakingly documented the damage to identify, prioritize, stabilize, and repair the iconic National historic building.
Star Awards Winner for Excellence in the Face of Adversity

Jose Humanzor, Jose Mejia, Cirilo Pineda, Juventino Torres, Anna Torre-Smith, PWC Companies

Project Name: Georgetown Visitor Center, Washington, DC
Architect/Engineer: National Park Service
General Contractor: PWC Companies
The exterior walls were deteriorated and bowing. Bricks were falling out of the wall because the grout had failed. We carefully removed 2 layers of paint and a layer of parging from the historic bricks. The historic mortar was analyzed and matched. Historic bricks were sourced to replace those that could not be re-used. Windows were put in to replace previous doors, brick infill was installed. Because the front door was replaced, a new transom and lentel were installed. The rear door didn’t open, so new transom and brick surround was installed.

Interior Stone & Marble

Donadin Mejia Bonilla, Michael Clark, Ana Hernandez Escobar, Nicolas Hyman, Jose Ordonez, Wilver Zavala Rugo Stone

Project Name: JHU Bloomberg Center at 555 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC
Architect: SmithGroup
General Contractor: Clark Construction Group
Rugo Stone installed over 75,000 square feet of terrazzo stone tile made by Agglotech in Verona, Italy. The initial design called for natural marble which was ultimately deemed too delicate for this application. Rugo Stone implemented a solution involving recomposed cementitious terrazzo tile made from the same natural stone as the original marble. The building’s irregular floor plan meant no two floors or corridors were the same, and extensive handrails and corners interrupted the large-format tile. Rugo Stone optimized shop cuts as best as possible, but numerous field cuts were still required.

Ciro Josue Cardona Granados, Hermes Leo Cardona Granados, Salvador Guerra, Jose Ramos, Mark Sanders, Dora Amaya Sosa Lorton Stone, LLC

Project Name: Cannon House Office Building Renewal Phase 3, Washington, DC
Architect: Shalom Baranes Associates
General Contractor: Clark Christman JV
The interior corridor floors and bathrooms were clad in Georgia and Vermont marbles. As part of the renewal effort, historic marble and stone was salvaged and reused to the fullest extent possible. Where new stone was required, marbles were selected to match the existing historic stone. A full masonry restoration team refinished and regrouted the corridor flooring and performed sensitive historic repairs including patches, crack repairs, and Dutchmen. New carved elements in the corridors include door plinths and pilaster bases, which match the stone types and profiles of the existing marble. In the bathrooms there is new Georgia marble toilet partitions, wainscoting, and vanities, as well as new granite flooring with matching cove molding. Phase 3 is comprised of 5 marble corridors, 10 bathrooms with marble and granite elements, and one marble staircase.

Unit Masonry

Terry Bricker, Imer Diaz, Carlos Hernandez, Kyle Ottman Manganaro Midatlantic LLC

Project Name: Twinbrook Quarter, Rockville, MD
Architect: Torti Gallas + Partners
General Contractor: Clark Construction Group
The tower is comprised of five buildings, each with their own brick, mortar, and cast stone colors and features. These unique facades include approximately two million bricks and over seven thousand pieces of cast stone. Many of the cast stone pieces – some of which weighed close to one thousand pounds – were set in place with the use of a mini crane from the roof. Manganaro Midatlantic’s biggest challenge was creating access to the exterior, having to utilize more than 20 fraco scaffolds around the exterior of the building and over 30 heavyweight swing scaffolds throughout the courtyard. All of these scaffolds were coordinated daily for use with other facade trade partners.

HVAC-Controls & Instrumentation

Matt Gogan, Justin Hare, Susan Myers, Jeff Pfarr, Tyler Phillips Siemens Industry

Project Name: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC
Architect: Shalom Baranes Associates
Engineer: BR+A Consulting Engineers
General Contractor: Clark Construction Group
The 310,00-square-foot, below-grade parking garage is largely covered by 6 acres of green roof. Siemens Industry was responsible for the HVAC controls and Instrumentation scope for the entire new hospital. Siemens did an exceptional job completing graphics early on to allow for commissioning to start early. Siemens was impactful with the client and end user coordination in order to provide sophisticated software compatible with MedStar standards. Siemens provided thorough training to MedStar facilities management and the overall project team.
Star Awards Nominee

HVAC-Piping

Chris Cook, Jose Guerra, Jose Juarez, Markus Lukas, Jeff Stockton, Frank Wynes Shapiro & Duncan, Inc.

Project Name: VHC Outpatient Pavilion & Garage, Arlington, VA
Architect: HDR Architecture
Engineer: AEI Affiliated Engineers
General Contractor: Skanska USA Building
Shapiro and Duncan and associated vendors worked together alongside AEI & VHC during design to help eliminate the need for steam boilers for humidification purposes. Instead, the ‘Go-Fog’ system was introduced and installed to each of the Custom Air Handling Units inside both mechanical rooms. The Go-fog system consists of high pressure piping, operating up to 1,000 PSIG which is used to atomize water into the air stream without the need for any type of heating arrangement. The associated piping is made up of 100% stainless steel, custom bends and long runs. The primary Go-Fog skid is located on the Garden level, feeding into each of the receivers located just outside of the Air Handling Units.

Eddie Cay, Nick Fischer, Keith Hoback, Matt Hoback, Adam Ridgway, Bernhard Ziervogel Southland Industries

Project Name: East Campus Building 3, Fort Meade, MD
Architect: Gensler
Engineer: Southland Industries
General Contractor: Hensel Phelps
The Southland fabrication shop created twenty, 40-ft long by 8.5-ft wide multi-trade racks carrying plumbing domestic water, natural gas, HVAC duct, heating hot water, and chilled water for the basement. The shop also completed 40-ft long cooling tower trench racks incorporating four 24” piping mains and all the necessary accessories. These racks included a custom support frame to carry the weight while also providing walking access around the piping within the confines of the trench. Custom carts, equipped with electronic chain falls were used to move the systems into place through already constructed walls.

Jeffrey Hamilton, Nicholas Hamilton, Robert Menoche, Andrew Sapp, Scott Sisk, Gary Thompson W.E. Bowers

Project Name: QTS MAN1 DC3, Manassas, VA
Architect: Corgan
Engineer: H.F. Lenz Company
General Contractor: HITT Contracting
Bowers was able to maintained a higher quality of install due to the amount of pipe fabrication and assembly of modular components at our off site fabrication locations. Bowers used 35,000 hours of field hours and 20,000 of offsite prefabrication which streamlined the install and improved quality control. The project included 20,000 feet of steel, copper, and stainless piping which required over 5160 weld joints of piping between 4″ and 10″. Additionally included in the offsite fabrication were over 3,200 hangers for field installation. Pump skids were fabricated and assembled off site and flown into place on the roof.

David Blazek, Ricky Eggers, Gordon Mansfield, Ivory Moye, John Scheer, Jason Smith W.E. Bowers

Project Name: IAD2-3, 2-4 and 2-5, Ashburn, VA
Architect: HKS
Engineer: DLB Associates
General Contractor: HITT Contracting
The Construction of IAD02, 03 & 04 consisted of a total of 9 different Data Halls and 3 separate chiller plants. 66 Megawatts in total. Construction of all phases were performed simultaneously with tiered completion dates. The job site is close to the Dulles Airport and required an FAA permit for crane use. There was also noise restrictions for the site due to close proximity to a nearby neighborhood. Due to the site logistics a 770 Ton crane was needed to set the chillers and associated material on the roof. Bowers utilized its CADD and fabrication capabilities to build the project and to minimize the onside risk concerns.

Scott Horstkamp, Christopher Lacasse, Jerry Lackovitch, James Mayo, Kelly Pickle, Ronald Smith Shapiro & Duncan, Inc.

Project Name: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC
Architect: Shalom Baranes Associates
Engineer: BR+A Consulting Engineers
General Contractor: Clark Construction Group
Shapiro and Duncan (S&D) was responsible for installation of the mechanical and plumbing system for the new hospital. Early in the project, S&D participated in coordination meetings with Clark’s virtual design and construction team. This partnership ultimately lead to the successful execution of a three-story mechanical room buildout. S&D planned and safely executed the deliveries of two underground fuel tanks at a total of 40,000 gallon capacity; 12 air handling units involving use of trolley beams; an air cooled chiller; medical gas equipment; and hundreds of pieces of mechanical and plumbing equipment.
Star Awards Winner for Technical Excellence

Daniel Brown, Yunmy Carroll, Scott Corridean, Juan Montague, Mike Oliver, Ryan Thompson W.E. Bowers

Project Name: GCDC, Gainesville, VA
Architect: Corgan
Engineer: KW Mission Critical Engineering
General Contractor: HITT Contracting
The Construction of GCDC consisted of a total of 8 different Data Halls and 4 separate chiller plants. 72 Megawatts in total. Construction of all phases were performed simultaneously with tiered completion dates. Due to the site logistics a 400Ton crawler crane was needed to set the chillers and associated material on the roof. To expedite the process, Bowers utilized its CADD and fabrication capabilities and to minimize the onside safety risk. Bowers maintained a workforce of approx. 60 fitters to install chilled water piping, 56 Chillers, 256 Fan Walls, 8 CRAH’s, 28 Humidifiers and associated pipe and specialties.

HVAC-Sheet Metal

Anthony Brayton, Bryant Engle, Paul Finch, Dewayne Lashley, Michael Parsons, George Roberts III W.E. Bowers

Project Name: Metropolitan Park, Arlington, VA
Architect: ZGF
Engineer: GHT Limited
General Contractor: Clark Construction Group
Bowers was responsible for the complete HVAC and piping scope. A large, full-time coordination team worked through a massive subsoil and underground plumbing system within and under the structural mat slab. Additional team members were added through the garage and towers to model and coordinate many systems of various complexities to TI completion and interior design modifications. The installation portion of the project was an enormous undertaking that took a little over three years and over 400 craft workers to complete. It included more than 71 miles of piping and sheet metal and nearly 3000 pieces of equipment.
Star Awards Nominee

Mourice Cordova, Brian Gardner, Charles Hamilton, Pedro Marquez, James West, Kogok Corporation

Project Name: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC
Architect: Shalom Baranes Associates
Engineer: BR+A Consulting Engineers
General Contractor: Clark Construction Group
Kogok Corporation was responsible for the fabrication and installation of the sheet metal scope for the entire new hospital. Kogok’s organized delivery method and coordination with Clark’s virtual design and construction team was critical in driving the schedule across the entire project. Kogok planned and safety executed complex shaft work with large sections of ductwork, some of which had to be installed at the air handler unit locations. Construction of the mechanical rooms, most notably the 3-story mechanical room, involved multiple layers of ductwork that was precisely coordinated by Kogok.

Elmer Garcia, Brian Gardner, William Hutchison, Mike James, Juan Medrano, Kogok Corporation

Project Name: National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
Architect: Marshall Craft Associates
Engineer: Mueller
General Contractor: Grunley Construction Company
Kogok designed and installed 150,000 Ibs of ductwork with a razor edge margin for error. The design conflicts and harsh realities were ultimately worth it to provide a high end aesthetic fit for a cultural landmark. However the ability to fulfill the design intent speaks to the craftsmanship of the field superintendents, foreman, and mechanics.

Metal Panels

Gerardo Galvez, Yonvanis Gutierrez, Eduardo Hernandez, Jose Saravia, Freddy Umana Del Metro Inc.

Project Name: The Heming Apartments, Tysons, VA
Architect: CallisonRTKL/Arcadis
General Contractor: Skanska USA Building
Del Metro demonstrated attention to detail, organization, and all schedule milestones were achieved. Del Metro 3D-scanned the entire structure prior to fabricating any metal panels. This efficiently provided exact measurements rather than relying on field measurements and shop drawings. Del Metro craftsmen conducted themselves very professionally, adhered to all safety and PPE guidelines and were always punctual. There were many geometric changes on building, including corners, balconies, bump outs. The detailing was very complex and the installation team worked diligently to ensure design was followed, mitigating any challenges.

Miscellaneous Metal Fabrication

Stefan Brin, Jorge Duran, Orlando Gonzalez, Erik Monterossa, Jose Carlos Ramos Navarro, Ronaldo Navarro B&M International Steel Co.

Project Name: Parcel I, Washington, DC
Architect: Perkins Eastman DC
Engineer: SK&A Structural Engineers
General Contractor: HITT Contracting
The Vela project features a structural steel bridge spanning one hundred feet long and two stories tall on the eighth floor of the building. B&M worked countless hours coordinating fabrication and logistics for the construction and erection of the bridge. The bridge comprises two large trusses, one weighing 81,000 pounds, and a second weighing 105,000 pounds. B&M constructed the trusses on-site and utilized a 900-ton crane to hoist into place. Their team delivered strong attention to detail throughout the project, beginning with the submittal process and into their use of BIM to work through coordination. The time spent by the team up front set up the installation for success.

Hiep Dang, Antonio Medrano, Kevin Moore, Justin Pigott, Eder Rivera, Beyong Yoon Emerald Ironworks

Project Name: Metropolitan Park – Center of Energy, Arlington, VA
Architect: NBBJ
General Contractor: Clark Construction Group
Emerald Ironworks was responsible for all of the stairs and railings, including the full scope from structure through ornamental elements. They worked closely with the architect to develop the drawings from an initially aesthetically focused package to a structurally engineered system without sacrificing any of the aesthetic intent. Their scope also included all other ornamental metals, including custom metal doors to the event centers and at the security turnstiles. Emerald also provided all the metal trellises and support steel for millwork in the open dining concepts. The quality of the metals provided by Emerald ensured excellence for the client from the entrance up to the top floor.

Justin DiJiulio, Garrett Fenton, Jake Howell, Jesse Lee, Evan Ross, Brad Tritsch Hercules Fence

Project Name: Confidential Client, Washington, DC
Architect: Mills + Schnoering Architects
Engineer: Wiley Wilson
General Contractor: Grunley Construction Company
This perimeter fencing project required the highest level of both vehicular and pedestrian security. Additionally, it served as an aesthetically pleasing architectural iconic landmark that could only be completed with the utmost precision and care. This project combined a massive structural fence, modeled within 3-D Software, with precise ornamental precision down to the nearest .001 inch. Every weld was fabricated by a certified shop and certified painters from various states and erected by Hercules. These massive panels were then transported on custom made trailers due to the shear size and weight, and set into place with a crane and adjusted with a field metrology device.

Ornamental Metal

Brian Cartwright, Byron Chojolan, Ryan Hanson, Eric Hedge, Mike Pulice, Steven Wooldridge Emerald Ironworks

Project Name: Volkswagen Group of America HQ, Reston, VA
Architect: Gensler
General Contractor: DAVIS Construction
The project is a relocation of Volkswagen’s North American HQ into 7 floors of a newly constructed trophy building at 1950 Opportunity Way in Reston Town Center. Each floor will showcase a different design suited to the individual business groups within VW, such as Audi and Bentley. The project features terrazzo, tile, and wood flooring integrated with 4,000 LF of demountable partitions, extensive high-end millwork package, and three new interconnecting feature stairs. This new space also includes a feature lighting package, thirteen different specialty ceilings and new metal cladding at all elevators across nine elevator lobbies. The project will also include an elegant feature exhibit space on the first floor.

Jeff Biallas, Edgar Chojolan, Brian Kalin, Manolo Lopez, Daniel Strickler, Dave Wantz Emerald Ironworks

Project Name: One Bethesda Center, Bethesda, MD
Architect: FOX Architects
Engineer: Tadjer Cohen
General Contractor: DAVIS Construction
In the reimagined lobby space, FOX Architects went above and beyond, particularly with the curved stair’s interior stringer featuring an impressive five different radii. The floating design of the stair, supported only at the top and bottom connections, showcases stringers as substantial as 20″x8″x5/8″ HSS. Closely spaced stainless steel solid rounds serve as the guard on one side, not only following the curve of the stair but also cleverly slanted to complement the slope of the seams in the adjacent marble wall. Decorative stainless steel rods extend above the guardrail, landing in specific locations above the ceiling to seamlessly integrate with the spaces between millwork baffles.

Manny Ceritto, Javier Gonzalez, Oscar Izara-Loayes, Rudolfo Izara-Loayes, Honorio Mendez, Fredy Navarrete Wagner Roofing Company

Project Name: National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
Architect: Marshall Craft Associates
Engineer: CVM
General Contractor: Grunley Construction Company
Wagner Roofing Company performed a full roof and facade replacement on the historic National Museum of Women in the Arts building. The work nominated includes full replacement of approx. 230 lineal feet of the existing 6th floor sheet metal cornice, to match the original profile constructed back in 1908. Final execution of the cornice consisted of both stamped decorative zinc sheet metal pieces including crests, medallions, and rope molding. Alongside the stamped pieces Wagner shop fabricated many profiles including corona, soffit, bed molding, dentils, frieze panels, water table, pilasters, and flat panels out of galvanneal sheets.

Landscaping

Ismael Guerrero, Oscar Guevara, Santiago Morales, Vielman Moreno Perez, Ryan Van Meers, Omar Vasquez JB Kline Landscaping

Project Name: Foley, Washington, DC
Architect: Gensler
Engineer: LandDesign
General Contractor: D|Watts Construction
The project, amid the challenges of renovating an existing building, faced unforeseen roof conditions, requiring adept solutions to maintain design integrity. Adherence to benchmark elevations, meeting code and ADA standards, and preserving roof infrastructure added complexity. The architects aimed for a minimal-cut paver installation, necessitating precise joint spacing and on-the-fly adjustments. The inclusion of upscale site furnishings, like millwork screen walls and shade structures, added sophistication. Material logistics, crucial for a rooftop project, demanded strategic planning to optimize crane days and avoid exceeding roof load constraints, all contributing to a successful and aesthetically pleasing renovation.

Kim Biche, Cale Bowers, Don Branch, Lou LaBonte, Oswaldo Reyes, Spenser Sheldon Ruppert Landscape

Project Name: Metropolitan Park, Arlington, VA
Architect: ZGF
General Contractor: Clark Construction Group
Ruppert’s contract scope included nearly 70,000 square feet of landscaping, 74,000 perennials, 600 shrubs, and dozens of trees on eight terraces. Additionally, they installed irrigation for all terraces, artificial turf, under drainage, granite boulders, and several amenities. Ruppert worked with the renowned landscape firm James Corner Field Operations and the Amazon Horticulture team, who maintain the elevated gardens, to ensure the project was built to specification. The team was challenged with the installation of plant life on the terraces. Numerous large trees and boulders located on the 19th floor had to be installed while the tower crane was still up.

John Carlson, Morgan Coling, Milo Meza, Oswin Rivera, Suzette Upchurch, Billy Whittington AddLife

Project Name: Metropolitan Park, Arlington, VA
Architect: Gensler
General Contractor: Clark Construction Group
AddLife was responsible for the interior horticulture scope of work that brought the life of the outside into the building at Amazon’s HQ2. AddLife was a trusted advisor to Clark and Amazon, working with them to select and design plantings for long-term sustainability. Their scope of work included installing over 5,000 plants of 37 different species. The team’s careful selection of plants included sourcing them from Virginia, Florida, California, and Hawaii. With a wide range of plant life, there came planting and maintenance challenges. AddLife worked through complications like drainage rock specification and on-site fertilization to meet Amazon’s sustainability and operating guidelines.

Underpinning, Foundations & Excavations

Nathaniel Barksdale, Iassac Dance, Mark Dunn, Enrique Hernandez, Casey James, Thomas Snowden Clark Foundations

Project Name: St. Stephens and St. Agnes Upper School Renovation, Alexandria, VA
General Contractor: DAVIS Construction
Clark Foundations’ scope of work at St. Stephens and St. Agnes Upper School Renovation included the installation of about 5,000 square feet of support of excavation and about 300 linear feet of underpinning. The support of excavation consisted of online drilled soldier piles and timber lagging with one tier of tiebacks. A total of three buildings were underpinned with a combination of traditional hand-dug underpinning pits and bracket piles. The buildings – which were built in the 1960s – consisted of steel frames and masonry infill. Some of the existing walls were already cracked, requiring special care during the installation of the underpinning elements.

Robert Lambright, Robert Mann, Scott Pashkevich, Travon Perkins, Daene Washington, Brandon Wilson Clark Foundations

Project Name: WMATA Northern Bus Garage Rehabilitation, Washington, DC
Subcontractor: Clark Foundations
Engineer: Clark Foundations
General Contractor: Clark Construction Group
The project involved the demolition of the original 1906 structure while preserving and restoring 400 feet of brick façade as well as a separate two-story brick building and a 60-foot-tall tower. The second part of the project involves a new three-story, steel-frame facility. Clark Foundations was responsible for installing the façade support before separating it from the tower. Given the fragility of the building, measures were utilized to minimize damage, including test pitting to locate footings and utilities, precise steel-wood clamping to brace the structure, and rod drilling in tight spaces. Steel members were installed in series, and every weld was closely inspected by the owner and the general contractor’s representatives.

Firing Range

Devin Fiorentino, Harvey Miller, Roman Miller, Samuel Miller, John (Buck) Winters, Menno Yoder HRM Construction LLC

Project Name: Pentagon Support Operations Center, Arlington, VA
Engineer: Savage Range Systems, Inc.
General Contractor: Grunley Construction Company
The Indoor Small Arms Range is a state of the art training facility, constructed to the highest of standards for safety and durability of the equipment. The range allows the “name end user” to safely and effectively conduct small arms training at the Pentagon. The bullet trap, overhead ballistic baffles and range enclosure ensure that bullets cannot exit the facility. The range ventilation system and Wet Snail Trap protect the range staff and users from harmful lead dust, an unavoidable bi-product of small arms training. Equally important, the acoustic treatment of the walls and ceiling construction reduce the noise levels and reverberation time, protecting their hearing.

Historic Preservation

Jose Mejia Aguilar, Reyna Ayala, Santos Canales, Victor Castro, Peter Thuronyi, Yaneth Valencia Lorton Stone, LLC

Project Name: Exterior Stone and Metal Preservation, U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
Architect: Architect of the Capitol
General Contractor: The Christman Company
Hundreds of carved, profile and ashlar Dutchmen were prepped using like to like materials (Aquia Creek Sandstone, Indiana Limestone and a few different granites) and finishes by our highly specialized team of carvers and mason, who worked for seemingly endless hours in extreme conditions to replace deteriorating and failing stone at different areas on the facade of the building. Existing mortars on the building were analyzed in order to formulate repair mortars that matched the original in composition and color, and seamlessly blended with the rest of the stone on the building. Numerous mock-ups were performed before products were approved for use on the building.

Mass Timber

Peter Epp, Cedric Daser, Leif Johnson, Bill Loewen StructureCraft

Project Name: Sycamore and Oak, Washington, DC
Architect: Adjaye Associates
Engineer: StructureCraft
General Contractor: Banneker Communities, LLC
Nominator: Redbrick LMD
Understanding the various levels of exposure of the timber in terms of coatings, drainage, and detailing was critical for the long-term durability of the timber as the building ages. Given the temporary nature of this structure, all connections had to be designed for disassembly. This is becoming more and more common in an effort to re-use mass timber components rather than diverting them to a landfill where they might decay and release the sequestered carbon back into the atmosphere. To achieve this here, we avoided nails and relied on screws, designing the sequencing in such a way that the pre-assembled components could be removed later.
Star Awards Nominee

Rainscreen

Christian Pleiltez C.J. Coakley Company

Project Name: 1900 Crystal Drive – North Tower, Arlington, VA
Architect: Torti Gallas + Partners
General Contractor: Clark Construction Group
CJ Coakley (CJC) rose to the challenge of completing the north tower’s custom rain screen façade, which features a new, custom color of Porcelanosa tile, metal coping, Parklex panels, and custom trim around each window. The building’s design demanded a complex installation: no two floor plans repeat, and the tower steps back continually as it rises. Additionally, there are 125 residential balconies designed with planters, irrigation, downspouts, and painted ceilings each with rain screen on the exterior. For a successful installation on the numerous step-backs and balconies, CJC planned and executed 120 different swing stages across 26 floors.

Andy Barahona, Tony Benavides, Gabriel Castillo, Heber Chrispim, Scott Hoffman, David Leutbecker Pillar Construction

Project Name: Waterfront Station II, Washington, DC
Architect: Torti Gallas + Partners
General Contractor: Clark Construction Group
Pillar Construction was responsible for the installation of a porcelain tile wall system brought in from Valencia, Spain. The design of the building’s structure creates unique features where the porcelain tile system was installed. Each elevation includes soffit work, with the north elevation being the accent and most challenging part. Clark and Pillar Construction, along with the other facade trades, held daily coordination meetings to plan efficient and safe means of access to install each soffit. Using multiple boom lifts over 125 feet tall, the tile was installed while other facade work and sitework proceeded. The remainder of the porcelain that frames the other facade elements was done off 10-15 swing stages.

Scaffolding & Rigging

Jefferson Boro, David Herbert, Aquila Johnson, Alexander Long, Yoni Tobar, Elmer Velasquez Scaffolding Solutions, LLC

Project Name: National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
Architect: Marshall Craft Associates
Engineer: CVM
General Contractor: Grunley Construction Company
Meticulous design integrates seamlessly with the museum’s cultural significance. One of a kind women featured artwork was displayed on both facade scaffolding. Complex scaffolding for stone repair and shoring under the sidewalk demand precise planning and execution, showcasing expertise. Rigging trolley system for lifting 1,000 lb. stone units reflects innovative engineering, while robust specifications highlight technical prowess. The precision access scaffold implies a tailored design that optimally facilitates the restoration work, emphasizing the importance of functionality. Meticulous access to stone repair and unwavering adherence to schedule demonstrate a commitment to quality and professionalism.

Seawalls

Benjamin DeLeon, Fidel Dubon, Noel Flores, Jose Mejia, Oscar Portillo, Juan Romero Lorton Stone, LLC

Project Name: C & O Canal, Williamsport, MD
Architect/Engineer: Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
General Contractor: Kiewit
To reconstruct the failed sections of wall, Lorton Stone salvaged submerged pieces one by one, sorted the stones on a barge, and reinstalled the wall in the wet conditions. The crew needed to learn special skills as to how to install stone blindly in the depths of the river, yet remain within the existing footprint of the wall. Clad in both wet suits and dry suits, the crews worked from barges in all months of the year to repair voids in the wall and reset stones, supplementing the walls with new stone to match the existing limestone. The new design of the walls features a much thicker cross section that what was originally installed, and much larger stones were required for the wall building.

Thermal & Moisture Protection

Chris Brown, Matt Higgins, David Imwold, Ryan Nagel Ruff Roofers, Inc.

Project Name: Belmont-Paul National Monument Rehabilitation, Washington, DC
Architect: National Park Service
General Contractor: HPM, Inc.
As part of a larger rehabilitation project, Ruff Roofers, Inc. was contracted to replace the roof. The general scope was to remove the existing painted steel panel roof and install new standing seam copper. Ruff tapped Chris Brown as the Field Project Manager for the job, given his experience and skill with both historical and copper work. Chris has spent over 20 years working with sheet metal in the roofing industry, starting as a mechanic and working his way up to his current position with Ruff, where he has grown with the company for the past 14 years. Although he takes more of a managerial role with the company these days, he could not resist picking up his tools for a project of this historic nature.

Anderson Acevedo, Inmer Espino, Edgar Hernandez, Rigo Martinez, Wilder Morales, Phen Pan Prospect Waterproofing Company

Project Name: Udvar Hazy Center-Restore Exterior Envelope and Replace Roof, Chantilly, VA
Architect: AECOM/Hartman-Cox Architect JV
Building Enclosure Consultant: Hoffmann Architects
General Contractor: Grunley Construction Company
At 115 feet tall and 1,000 feet long, the design of the hanger’s barrel roof made the work physically challenging for workers. Methods for access to the nearly vertical steep sloped roof sections included aerial lifts, system scaffold, and flexible rope positioning ladders as well as requiring workers to descend from the roof peak. Numerous temporary anchors were installed for fall protection. Materials and equipment were stocked daily as nothing could be left on the roof or scaffold overnight. Components of the reinforced liquid-applied membrane roof system were highly temperature sensitive on both the hot and cold extremes.

Architectural Millwork

Yobany Benitez, Carlos Escobar, Gerson Hernandez, Francisco Maravilla, Aldo Siliezar, Chris Vargas ISEC, Inc.

Project Name: The Embassy of Australia, Washington, DC
Architect: KCCT
General Contractor: Clark Construction Group
ISEC’s consists of wood paneling, architectural batten grilles, custom wood doors, ornamental metals, standing running trim, stair treads and risers, millwork surrounds, casework, and countertops. ISEC’s team worked with Clark and other trades to deliver a high-quality installation. The specified wood for the project was a Eucalyptus native to Australia which had to be sourced from Australian suppliers. The Architect hand selected the raw veneer while ISEC and Clark facilitated video conference calls for the team to witness from afar during the global pandemic. The selected veneer and solid lumber were then shipped to our vendors for fabrication.

Carlos Jordan, Hanh Nguyen, Si Nguyen, Abraham Trejo, Adam Toton, Phonesavanh Vongsavat Jefferson Millwork & Design

Project Name: Metropolitan Park – Center of Energy, Arlington, VA
Architect: NBBJ
General Contractor: Clark Construction Group
The Center of Energy portion of the project include the fit out of five stories of amenity space across two towers, including training and interview rooms, kitchen and dining areas, and event centers. Jefferson Millwork installed the specialty wood walls in a high-end event space. The walls consisted of undulating wood ribs that defined the overall look of the suite. They assisted the architect by developing a concept that was extremely difficult to convey in 2D drawings, including all modeling and mockups required to complete the design. Jefferson also provided all of the curved banquette seating and kitchenettes throughout the Center of Energy space and wall panels.

Sarah Berg, Min Kim, Yong Lee, Eric Ortiz, Paul Tessandori, Andrew Winterstine USAM DC, LLC

Project Name: In-Q-Tel, McLean, VA
Architect: sshape
General Contractor: HITT Contracting
Project highlights included the “Turf Room” which has several complicated seating elements and integrated greenery. The center of this space features a large “Q”-shaped planter banquette. The unique shape and swooping design of this unit created complex and difficult integration that the USAM field and shop team executed seamlessly. Another feature was the stair with reclaimed wood that sits as the centerpiece through all three floors and ends with stadium style seating and a full library. There was extensive coordination done through the shop drawing process to ensure the wood features of the stair aligned with the steel and glass elements provided by the stair contractor.

Josue Chicas, Roberto Chicas, Mike Grimes, Moises Peraza, Ever Quijada ISEC, Inc.

Project Name: JHU Bloomberg Center at 555 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC
Architect: SmithGroup
General Contractor: Clark Construction Group
ISEC coordinated with the design team and other trades to install wood acoustic wall panels that adhered to a three-eighths of an inch alignment requirement with fabric panels and markerboards. The atrium has floor-to-ceiling wood panels, staircase soffit panels, and decorative wood and metal slab edges. The library has custom wood paneling with built-in bookcases and desks, and the theater features specialty acoustical-rated panels and concave sliding panels that open and close to hide an LED screen. In the pantry spaces on each floor, ISEC used a scaffold to install five-story-tall perforated metal panels and 900-pound screen walls.

Sarah Berg, Justin Crouse, Yong Lee, Rodney Richardson, Paul Stidham, Paul Tessandori USAM DC, LLC

Project Name: Foley, Washington, DC
Architect: Gensler
General Contractor: D|Watts Construction
On the 6th floor, there is a large thermo-formed reception desk that is not only very functional, but aesthetically pleasing. The reception desk was very difficult to fabricate and wrap in Corian due to the shapes and angles. There is a veneer ceiling above the reception desk that runs down the hallway and it was specifically engineered to absorb sound while maintaining a beautiful appearance. The 5th floor Coffee Central/Corridor is filled with veneer panels and a very large thermo-formed Corian bench seating area. There are also numerous concrete columns that are all wrapped in veneer.