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Contact: Mike Carrozzo Constructech Magazine Announces Winner of 5th Annual Vision Awards Carol Stream, Ill., November 3, 2004 - Constructech magazine, identifying automation and technology solutions, announced the winners of its 5th annual Vision Awards during a ceremony held at Harry Caray’s Chicago restaurant. The Constructech Vision Awards honor companies that have realized the advantages of advanced technologies to their everyday businesses. Any company involved in commercial, residential, or heavy construction, subcontractors, architectural and engineering firms, corporate owners, facility management companies, government agencies, and land developers could nominate themselves for this award. "This year’s winners emphasize what it takes to operate successful business in the construction industry and related fields. The winners have demonstrated their commitment and understanding of how technology can help them effectively improve and enhance their companies and their bottomlines," says Peggy Smedley, editorial director and publisher. "It was great to meet and greet all of the winners and personally congratulate them on their win.” Entrants were asked to describe the challenges they face within their organization and how they used technology in an innovative way to solve the problems and what benefits were received by choosing this technology solution. Constructech's independent panel of judges – Sally Love, Paragon Worldwide; Brad Holtz and Joel Orr of Cyon Research; Gretchen McComb of FMI; and Christian Burger of Burger Consulting Group – evaluated the entries based on the individual merits of the company and the success each had with applying technology to certain issues within the organization. This year's winners are: General Contractor/Commercial/Industrial ($26 million to $100 million): General Contractor/Commercial/Industrial ($251 million to $500 million): General Contractor/Commercial (more than $500 million): General Contractor/Residential ($26 million to $100 million): Single Family ($26 million to $100 million): Single Family ($26 million to $100 million): Multi Family ($251 million to $500 million): Specialty Contractor ($6 million to $25 million): Specialty Contractor ($26 million to $100 million): Subcontractor ($26 million to $100 million): Construction Management ($26 million to $100 million): Design Build (More than $500 million): Building Management (More than $500 million): Government ($101 million to $250 million): Retail/Wholesale (More than $500 million): Transportation (More than $500 million): Industrial Manufacturing (More than $500 million): This year the Team Award, which recognizes the best project team with the most innovative use of technology on a single project, goes to City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management, Altanta, Ga. The technology enabler used by City of Atlanta is Primavera, Bala Cynwyd, Pa. Technology enablers used by the winning companies were also honored at the awards ceremony, some of the many vendors that won awards included: Argos Systems Inc., CompuBuild Technologies, Deltek Systems, Dexter + Chaney, Heavy Construction Systems Speicalists Inc. (HCSS), InQuest Technologies, iSTARK, Kristine Fallon Associates Inc., Maxwell Systems Inc., Meridian Systems, Microsoft Corp., Nextel Communications Inc., Océ North America Inc., On Center Software, Primavera Systems, site|folio, T. Daniels Corp., Timberline Software Corp., and URS Construction Services. "As an editor it is a great privilege to recognize these companies as technology leaders in the construction industry," says Mike Carrozzo, senior associate editor. "We often times write many stories on the success and downfalls of this industry, but this event was a great chance to see and meet all of the winners–our readers–and congratulate them for their successes.” To learn more about these winning companies and to read a detailed description of their successful implementations, don't miss the Vision Awards supplement article running in both the November and December issues of Constructech. About Constructech Magazine # # # # # Constructech Magazine Copyright (c) 2004 Constructech Magazine |
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