Linbeck Group, LLC Win 2010 Aon Award For Best New Building Project Under $10 Million

April 29, 2011 - PRLog -- Houston, TX –Texas Christian University’s (TCU) Mary Wright Admission Center in Fort Worth was one of the most significant construction projects of 2010, the Associated General Contractors of America announced today.  As a result, the project’s contractor, Linbeck Group, LLC, was one of 20 firms to receive the association’s Aon Build America Award. "We are honored to be acknowledged by our peers in receiving this award," said Harold Hebson, Client Executive and Senior Vice President for the Linbeck Group. "We want to thank TCU for making this project possible and all collaborators who have made it a success."    

The Mary Wright Admission Center, which won for best new building project under $10 million, is a 13,000 square foot facility that serves as an undergraduate recruiting center. The project was completed 23 days early, despite record-breaking heat and rain and mid-project changes to the design. The team, including Cannon Design and Hahnfeld Hoffer Stanford Architects, also delivered a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)-certified Gold facility, although the client anticipated only LEED Silver.

“Led admirably by a team from Linbeck Group, we successfully navigated scheduling issues, design changes, Texas weather anomalies, and cost constraints to complete the project at budget and ahead of schedule,” said Leo W. Munson, PhD, Associate Provost at TCU.

David Stueckler, Division President remarked, “I am proud that TCU entrusts us with the projects on campus that are the most vital to the enhancement of their student’s experience, as well as the projects which are expected to lead the way in project delivery innovation and sustainability. The Mary Wright Admission Center was certainly one of those projects.”

About Linbeck Group, LLC.  Linbeck is a Houston-based, national construction management company offering construction management at-risk, design/build and related construction services. The Mary Wright Admission Center project was managed by Linbeck’s Fort Worth office, established in 1979.  

Since the firm’s inception in 1938, the company culture is based on integrity and trust. Using its integrated, collaborative TeamBuild® approach and lean construction principles, Linbeck helps clients minimize risk & waste through lean construction practices and achieve optimal business outcomes.  Two industry-leading publications, Engineering News Record (ENR) and Building Design & Construction, rank Linbeck among the top construction managers and building contractors in the U.S.

Since 1992, Linbeck has won seven Aon Build America awards and three Aon Build America merit awards.  Linbeck Group was awarded the grand prize for the 2009 top construction project, Dallas' new Bill and Margot Winspear Opera House in the AT & T Performing Arts Center, which was also completed by Linbeck’s Fort Worth team.      www.linbeck.com

About the Aon Build America Award.  As the construction industry’s “Oscars”, the Aon Build America Awards are given in recognition of excellence in the construction industry and recognize the nation’s most significant construction projects.  This year’s panel of judges, representing all areas of construction, evaluated over 115 projects, 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.

For media contact:
William Greek, Senior Vice President and National Sales & Marketing Officer
+1 713 579 9208
Linbeck Group, LLC

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