Advanced American Construction, Inc. Wins Associated General Contractors of America’s Aon Build America Grand Award and Best New Municipal and Utilities Project
LAS VEGAS – Oregon’s Lake Oswego Interceptor Sewer project was the most significant construction project of 2010, the Associated General Contractors of America announced today. As a result, the project’s contractor, Advanced American Construction, Inc., was the grand award winner while 19 other firms received the association’s Aon Build America Awards in other categories.
“These projects require tremendous skill, extraordinary craftsmanship and dogged determination from their contractors,” said Ted Aadland, the association’s president and the CEO of Portland, Oregon-based Aadland Evans Constructors, Inc. “Frankly, they are the kind of projects many of us dread starting and all of us dream of completing.”
The Lake Oswego Interceptor Sewer project, which won for best new municipal and utilities project, is a large and dramatic new system that replaced a 50-year-old corroded and hazardous sewer line. The project required crews to drill 270 feet into bedrock to install anchors for the system. The work was heavily regulated to ensure there was no impact on recreational activities, local business operations and environmental practices for lake residences. The project was completed without any lost time accidents and included more than 1,200 commercial dives.
The Aon Build America Awards recognize the nation’s most significant construction projects. A panel of judges, representing all areas of construction, evaluated over 115 projects this year, assessing each project’s complexity, use of innovative construction techniques and coordination with partners, 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.
Other project winners in the state of Oregon include: Barnard Construction Company, Inc.’s Round Butte Dam Selective Water Withdrawal Project which won for best new environmental construction and Slayden Construction Group, Inc.’s Savage Rapids Dam Removal project which won for best environmental renovation.
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