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April 28, 2008
GVCA’s 2008 Building Excellence Awards winners
A comprehensive list of winners of Grand Valley Construction Association’s 2008 Building Excellence Awards.
Excellence, Commercial $750,000-$2,000,000
Accelerator Centre
Ball Construction Inc.
Merit, Commercial $750,000-$2,000,000
Hanna America project
Draftcon Calamar Corp.
Excellence,
Commercial $2,000,000-$10,000,000
Tech Town
Maple Reinders Constructors Ltd.
Merit
Commercial $2,000,000-$10,000,000
Waterloo Innovation Park
Melloul-Blamey Construction Inc.
Merit
Industrial $750,000- $2,000,000
ACL Steel Ltd. facility
Collaborative Structures Ltd.
Excellence
Industrial $2,000,000-$10,000,000
Grand River Foods addition
Ball Construction Inc.
Merit
Industrial $2,000,000-$10,000,000
Saputo Foods Ltd. reno. Collaborative Structures Ltd.
Merit
Industrial $10,000,000
Research in Motion building 8
Academy Construction
Excellence
Institutional Up to $750,000
Sainte Marie Among The Hurons
Collaborative Structures Ltd.
Merit Institutional
$750,000-$2,000,000
Delhi District Secondary School
LJ Barton Mechanical Inc.
Excellence
Institutional $2,000,000-$10,000,000
Beausoleil First Nation Centre
Ball Construction Inc.
Merit Institutional $2,000,000-$10,000,000
KCI renewal
The Walter Fedy Partnership
Excellence
Institutional $10,000,000
Maple Hill Creek Apartments
Jamesway Construction Group
Merit
Institutional $10,000,000
Niagara Region Headquarters
Ball Construction Inc.
Excellence
Environmental Achievement
CSL facility
Collaborative Structures Ltd.
Excellence
Conversion
Geosign warehouse
Nith Valley Construction Ltd.
Excellence
Restoration
Hespeler Library
Melloul-Blamey Construction Inc.
Excellence
LEED Silver
Niagara Region Headquarters
Ball Construction Inc.
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