MARATHON, Wis. (Nov. 11, 2004) — The awards went to the builders, but a great deal of the pride belongs to County Materials Corp., which supplied many of the top finishers in the Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin's annual Build Wisconsin awards held Nov. 4 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay.
County Materials supplied four of the five winners in the General Contractor-New Construction category, three of the five in the General Contractor-Renovation class, and the sole victor in the Design Build-Renovation division.
General Contractor-Renovation
Lambeau Field Redevelopment, Green Bay
(Also winner in Specialty Contractor areas of Mechanical, Plumbing and Interior Finishes)
Architect: Ellerbe Becket, Kansas City, Mo.
General Contractor: Turner Construction, Chicago
Mason Contractor: Hein, De Pere; Miron Construction, Neenah
Overview: One of the most storied venues in professional sports, Lambeau Field used nearly 700,000 standard concrete masonry units from County Materials-Appleton as load-bearing backup for walls throughout the stadium. It was all part of a $295 million renovation that debuted for the 2003 football season. Masons used more than 36,000 units of Premier Ultra Burnished in Light Caramel color in the lobby and around the elevators to the skyboxes. Ultra Burnished CMUs also make up a large portion of the stadium's exterior as an attractive and durable accent to the structure's precast concrete panels, most of which are brick-faced and lend a vintage 1930s feel to the facility.
Middleton High School
Architect: Potter & Lawson, Madison
General/mason contractor: J.H. Findorff Inc., Madison
Overview: Finished in August 2003, the 320,000-square foot school used 10,331 units of 4-, 6- and 8-inch Premier Ultra Burnished block in Sahara, Canyon Tan and Morning Dove colors. The $27 million project also used 7,600 units of Soundblox for its acoustical-dampening needs.
ArtsBlock, Wausau
Architect: Van Dijk Pace Westlake, Cleveland, Ohio
General/mason contractor: Miron Construction, Neenah
Overview: The south exterior wall of the Grand Theater consists of 5,346 units of brick veneer supplied through County Materials, as well as 288 bags of mortar colorant.
General Contractor-New Construction
Camp Onaway, Waupaca
Architect: Marathon Engineers, Architects, Planners, LLC, Appleton
General/mason contractor: Miron Construction, Neenah
Overview: County Materials-Appleton supplied the CMUs - and County Materials' locations in Stevens Point and Wisconsin Rapids provided the concrete ready-mix - for the camp's main building, which has a 175-person capacity and two levels. The $1.9 million, 10,500-square foot, eight-month project served 848 campers, 400 volunteers and 83 special-needs campers after it opened for summer 2003.
Prairie Park Senior Housing
Architect: Knothe/Bruce, Madison
General contractor: Stevens Construction, Madison
Mason contractor: Bortz Masonry, Portage
Overview: The 100,000-square foot project consisted of 80,288 pieces of Acme BL 3 Crimson K/S from County Materials-Madison. The $8 million structure was completed on May 20, 2003.
Lawrence University Hiett Residence Hall
Square footage: 89,255 square feet
Architect: VOA, Chicago
General contractor: Boldt Construction, Appleton
Overview: County Materials-Appleton supplied the 89,255-square-foot building with 8-inch smooth naatural gray concrete block for all of its interior walls.
Greenway Station, Middleton
Architect: H.C. Klover Inc., Mission Kan.
General/mason contractor: Kraemer Bros. LLC, Madison
Overview: County Materials Corp. provided 27,098 concrete masonry units for the $60 million project, which covers more than 350,000 square feet. County Materials-Madison also supplied 176,755 Triangle Bessemer Gray Mod clay brick.
Design Build-Renovation
Fond Du Lac Library
Architect: PTD, Fond du Lac
General/mason contractor: C.D. Smith, Fond du Lac
Overview: County Materials supplied about 7,000 standard units of 8-inch block that comprised a load-bearing first level of a two-story entrance to the library.
The Build Wisconsin awards stand as a testament to each member's skill, integrity, hard work, ingenuity and commitment, according to the AGC. Entries are judged by a panel of professionals. And award-winning teams (including general contractors, project owners, architects and engineers) and AGC of Wisconsin subcontractors and suppliers that participated in the project will receive recognition.