2024 | 28th Annual Project Team Awards
The Connecticut Building Congress recognizes outstanding building projects that exemplify project team excellence and represent the best practices in teamwork by project owners, architects, engineers, constructors and trades. Each year, CBC recognizes projects whose team members have met or surpassed goals and achieved higher project quality through this close collaboration.
Congratulations to all the winning team members, including Owners, Architects, Engineers, Subconsultants, Contractors, Subcontractors, Service Providers, Suppliers and more! It’s through mutual respect and team work that these teams and projects stand out from the rest.
PTA & Scholarship Awards Event Photos can be viewed here.
Scroll below to view the complete project team winners, a brief description of the project and the team’s approach to the challenges it faced as well as project photos.
Special thanks to the PTA Judges:
Doug Hague, CEO at Architectural Woodwork Institute
Allen Herring, Retired Building Executive, CT DAS
Namhun Lee, PhD, CM-BIM, Professor, Central Connecticut State University
Dan Peruzzi, Principal, Margulies Perruzzi Architects
2024 CBC Project Team Awards
Senior Living
First Place
Bradley Home Renovations | Meriden, CT
Established in 1938, The Bradley Home & Pavilion is a senior living community with a 65-bed Residential Home and 30-bed Skilled Nursing Pavilion in Meriden.
A local legacy located in LaRosa’s hometown, the Home needed a cosmetic update and physical renovation of the units, providing private showers instead of communal ones. While an occupied senior-facility renovation is always challenging, the pandemic restricted access, creating major unforeseen renovations that exponentially increased the budget and schedule. Through extraordinary collaborative efforts between the creative architects, dedicated LaRosa team, talented subs, and supportive CEO/Board, the updated Home can now offer supportive independence and privacy.
| LaRosa Building Group, LLC (Submitting Firm) | Lazarus and Sargeant |
| RZ Design Associates | Central Connecticut Acoustics |
| The Bradley Home and Pavilion | F.F. Hitchcock Co., Inc. |
| E.Haberli Electric, LLC | Jaques Consulting |
| Magna Steel Sales Inc | Burrell Associates LLC |
| Mick Jensen Masonry | International Marble & Granite |
| Everlast Industrial Flooring | Encore Fire Protection |
| American Spray Foam Insulation | Cheshire Woodcraft LLC |
| Country Lumber Inc. | CT Department of Public Health |
| Elite Construction Resources ,LLC | Engineered Coatings, Inc. |
| G.C. Signs LLC | GE Construction LLC |
| Orissa, LLC | Silvestri Construction LLC |
| UL LLC | Ferraro’s Painting |
| Nayelie Drywall Construction |
*Indicates CT CBC Member
2024 CBC Project Team Awards
Large Civic
First Place
Dixwell Community House (Q House) | New Haven, CT
The beloved Dixwell “Q House” Community Center, est. 1924, closed in 2003 due to lack of funding. The new building offers a variety of city-based organizations for all, from PreK to Seniors. A “Team Project” from the outset, Kenneth Boroson Architects and Zared Enterprises collaborated with a diverse mix of community stakeholders including Alders, Advisory Boards, and Steering/Building Committees. Construction, led by A. Secondino & Son, continued throughout the pandemic and utilized atypical methodologies, with fewer large meetings and more frequent small groups. Supply shortages and various other challenges were solved by creative thinking among all team members.
| Kenneth Boroson Architects (Submitting Firm) | City of New Haven |
| Synergy Fire Systems, LLC | Zared Enterprises |
| A. Secondino and Son, Inc. | Diversified Technology Consultants |
| Steeltech Building Products, Inc. | Alvarez Industries, LLC |
| Earthworks Excavating | Acentech |
| Alliance All Trades | AME Plumbing & Heating, LLC |
| WC McBride Electrical Contractors, LLC | Robert H. Lord Co. |
| Cantos Carpentry, LLC | Cherry Hill Glass Co., Inc. |
| Barrco American Wood Products, Inc. | Dalene Flooring |
| MacKenzie Painting Co |
*Indicates CT CBC Member
2024 CBC Project Team Awards
Large Civic
Award of Merit
Bristol City Hall | Bristol, CT
The 60,000 square foot Bristol City Hall renovation project has revitalized Bristol’s Downtown creating a community-based City portal for access to civic services. A multi-faceted team was formulated with both a joint-venture design team, and a two-firm construction team. Supported by additional expertise team members, the holistic team worked to bring diverse skillsets and offered a broad local understanding of Bristol, its residents, and the goals of the client. Close interaction through meetings in both an intimate and full team settings, resolved budget, schedule, and complicated renovation challenges quickly and effectively for a highly successful project.
| QA+M Architecture (Submitting Firm) | Quisenberry Arcari & Malik | |
| City of Bristol | Eagle Environmental, Inc. | |
| Studio Q Architecture | D’Amato + Downes Joint Venture | |
| FF&E Dealer | Long Consulting | |
| Whitestone Associates | Sustainable Engineering Solutions, LLC | |
| FHI Studio | Benesch | |
| PES Structural Engineers | D’Agostino & Associates | |
| M. Frank Higgins & Co., Inc. |
*Indicates CT CBC Member
2024 CBC Project Team Awards
Large Civil
First Place
Innis Arden Golf Club | Greenwich, CT
Constructing Innis Arden Golf Club’s new main clubhouse within the confines of an active golf course and club facilities was a challenging project that was only possible with the high level of cooperation, teamwork, and dedication from Innis Arden, Turner, Rogers McCagg’s design team and Turner’s trade partners.
Throughout the project, the team celebrated milestones and fostered a positive atmosphere of camaraderie. This collaborative effort resulted in the construction of a building that will serve the club for decades to come.
This project team truly takes great pride in the collective effort required to complete this successful project.
| Turner Construction Company (Submitting Firm) | Rocco V. D’Andrea, Inc. |
| Rogers McCagg Architects | WC Rutherford, LLA, LLC |
| DEDC, LLC | William S Dunster Landscape Contractor |
| e2 engineers | Environmental Land Solutions, LLC |
| Clevenger Frable Lavallee | Realm |
| United Steel | Construction Solutions Group |
| L&R Plumbing & Heating LLC | Camsan, Inc. |
| Skylands Testing, LLC | Blackwater Services Group, LLC |
| Centerline Interiors | Norwalk Glass Co., Inc. |
| Scanga Innovative Woodwork | L&P Gate Company, Inc. |
| Treeforms | Rings End, Inc. |
| Dalene Flooring | Cebulski Construction, Inc. |
| Santos Foundations, Inc. | The Spectrum Services Co. |
| Sound Beach Services DBA White Contractors | Armani Restoration, Inc. |
| American Floor Covering | Connecticut Materials Testing |
| Kittredge Equipment Company | MFA Stone Masonry |
| Tull Brothers, Inc. | EcoLogic Energy Solutions |
| Fabcon | Logically |
| Otis Elevator | Schumacher Planning & Design |
*Indicates CT CBC Member
2024 CBC Project Team Awards
Small Healthcare
First Place
Gaylord Specialty Healthcare – Institute of Advanced Rehabilitation | Wallingford, CT
Gaylord Specialty Healthcare engaged Wohlsen Construction Company in preconstruction and construction services for the remarkable renovation of their Institute for Advanced Rehabilitation. The renovations consisted of over 10,000 square feet in the heart of Gaylord’s main campus in Wallingford. The project was delivered in partnership with Gaylord staff, Pomarico Design, CAMA, and Loring Engineering. Their collaboration produced unmatched efficiency in planning, procuring, and installing customized features such as Rulon slat walls and a 2-story atrium chandelier. Expert project management in an occupied hospital environment yielded capacity for the additional scope, which was successfully delivered within Gaylord’s existing budget and schedule.
| Wohlsen Construction Company (Submitting Firm) | Pomarico Design Studio Architecture PLLC |
| Gaylord Hospital | Air Temp Mechanical Services, Inc. |
| C&H Electric, Inc. | Generation Drywall, Inc. |
| The Eugene Steinberg Co. | Petrunti Design & Woodworking |
| SWI Glass & Metal | Director Door Industries |
| Apex Tile LLC | Roberge Painting Company Inc. |
| Nouveau Connecticut LLC | Selective Service, LLC |
| Frank Novak & Sons, Inc. | Encore Fire Protection |
| TradeSource, Inc. | AMICO |
| Security 101 | A & B Concrete LLC |
| Depp Glass Inc. | Tull Brothers, Inc. |
| Benco Inc. | All American Waste, LLC |
| W.B.Mason Co., Inc. | Hat City Maintenance, Inc. |
| Raintech Sound & Communications, Inc. | Draperies Inc. |
| The Eagle Leasing Company | CAMA |
| Loring Consulting Engineers, Inc. |
*Indicates CT CBC Member
2024 CBC Project Team Awards
Large Higher Education
First Place
College Street Renovations | New Haven, CT
With a mission to create a hub for neuroscience and cognition on campus, Yale University set its sights on 100 College Street – an existing 13-story building located on the University’s southern end as the future location of a collaborative space designed to encourage and unify Yale’s community of researchers. Working with multiple designers and Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, Yale underwent the renovation across seven empty floors and transformed hundreds of thousands of square feet into a modern research building across seven floors of 100 College Street to serve as an incubator of research innovation for future generations.
| The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company (Submitting Firm) | Ellenzweig |
| Smith Group | Vanderweil Engineers |
| Lemessurier | McNamara Salvia |
| Babich Acoustics | Green Engineer |
| Yale University | Walter D. Sullivan |
| Tucker Mechanical | Ducci Electrical Contractors |
| ComNet Communications | Conn Acoustics |
| Dinto Electrical Contractors | Encore Fire Protection |
| Environmental Systems Corporation (ESC) | Environmental Testing & Balancing |
| Ernest Peterson, Inc. | ETS-Lindgren |
| Giordano Construction Co., Inc. | H.H.S. Mechanical Contractors, Inc. |
| FST Technical Services | Horizon Services Corporation |
| James T. Kay Co. Inc. | K. Morgan Associates, LLC |
| Kaloutas | Kleeberg |
| Lehrer Cumming | MacKenzie Painting Co. |
| Massey’s Plate Glass & Aluminum | New England Lab |
| New England Yankee Construction, LLC | Orchard Painting |
| Orissa | Polybois |
| Red- Thread | Steeltech Building Products, Inc. |
| Strong Cohen | SystemOne |
| Tomlinson Hawley Patterson | Wilco Sales |
| DICIN Electric Co. | M. Frank Higgins & Co., Inc. |
| Central Connecticut Acoustics | New England Scaffolding & Services |
*Indicates CT CBC Member
2024 CBC Project Team Awards
Large Pre-K-12 Schools
First Place
Cranbury Elementary School |
Norwalk, CT
The success achieved by Cranbury Elementary was the culmination of a mutual respect and support shared by the Design and Construction teams as well as the Owner’s program managers. A multitude of talented design professionals and dedicated tradespeople came together to create this beautiful new facility. Everyone worked together with a common goal of building a thoughtful, well-functioning structure constructed to serve the community for decades to come, and we think it shows in the finished product. Thanks to the efforts of full team, this project is on target to come in on time and well under budget.
| Antinozzi Associates PC (Submitting Firm)* | Newfield Construction | |
| CES | e2 engineers | |
| United Steel Inc. | Stantec | |
| EDI landscaping | Jaffe Holden | |
| Langan | Raymond & Raymond Associates | |
| D’Agostino & Associates | CSG | |
| Enterprise Plumbing & Heating | Paul Dinto Electricial Contractors | |
| American Environmental | Connecticut Acoustics Inc | |
| Acorn Glass | RFJ Associates | |
| RFJ Associates | M. Frank Higgins & Co., Inc. | |
| Professional Painting | J. Iapaluccio Inc | |
| Marguerite Concrete, Inc | Conn Acoustics | |
| Special Testing Labatories INC | IES Services | |
| Young Developers LLC | Net Services LLC | |
| Blackwater Services Group, LLC | Kittredge Restaurant Equipment | |
| Automated Building Systems, Inc. | Kone | |
| Barber Firstop Systems LLC | Northeast Interior Systems of New England | |
| Ram Drafting Ltd. | Atlantic Masonry Products | |
*Indicates CT CBC Member
2024 CBC Project Team Awards
Large Pre-K-12 Schools
Award of Merit
West Haven High School | West Haven, CT
The West Haven High School renovation, a $130 million transformative endeavor, was the largest school project of its time as it revolutionized the City’s only public high school. Collaboratively executed by Gilbane Building Company, Antinozzi Associates, the City of West Haven, and the School District, the project was completed on time and within budget. The 270,000 SF “renovate as-new” initiative modernized the 1963 facility into a state-of-the-art educational space with advanced STEM classrooms, a media center, and community spaces. Managed in four phases, it allowed continuous operation for over 1500 students, integrating new science and athletic facilities. The design emphasizes security, community engagement, and offers after-hours public access, positioning the school as a vital community hub.
| Gilbane Building Company (Submitting Firm) | Proiron LLC |
| Antinozzi Associates PC | Glen Terrace |
| Altieri Sebor Weber | Silktown Roofing |
| DeCarlo & Doll | H. Carr |
| Stantec | Cherry Hill Glass |
| WC McBride | Conn Acoustics |
| Jaffe Holden | Builders Hardware |
| Hygenix | M. Frank Higgins & Co., Inc. |
| RJ Kenny | Professional Painting |
| Colliers Engineering | Kenvo Floor |
| Southern Middlesex Industries | Mackenzie |
| Universal Foundations | Tomlinson Hawley Patterson |
| Connecticut Mason Constractors, Inc. | The Coe & Brown Company |
| Shepard Steel | Connecticut Carpentry |
| Warehouse Store Fixture | Construction Specialties of New England |
| Walker Specialties | RH Lord |
| Northeast Interior Systems of NE | Connecticut Carpentry |
| KONE | MJ Daly, LLC |
| WD Sullivan | Paul Dinto |
| Net Services | K & W Construction, LLC |
*Indicates CT CBC Member
2024 CBC Project Team Awards
Large Transportation
Award of Merit
Rehabilitation of Devon Bridge, Housatonic River | Milford, CT
We believe that the power of collaboration surpasses that of individual effort when it comes to achieving significant accomplishments. M&J Engineering, in proud partnership with collaborators, showcased exemplary teamwork in rehabilitating the century-old Devon Bridge. Overcoming challenges like structural deterioration and logistics, the team ensured success. The bridge, vital for connecting Stratford and Milford, underwent extensive rehabilitation to enhance safety and structural integrity. Innovative use of Ultra High-Performance Concrete (UHPC) and addressing balance issues demonstrated a commitment to excellence, even when unexpected issues arose. The team’s proactive mindset ensured successful project completion, reflecting their shared drive for quality and resilience.
| M&J Engineering P.C. (Submitting Firm) | Connecticut Department of Transportation |
| Suzio (Structural Concrete) | Close, Jensen and Miller P.C. (CJM) |
| Mohawk Northeast Inc. | CT Paving |
| Lafarge-Holcim (UHPC) | TRC Inc. |
| Special Testing Laboratories (UHPC) | CTDOT District 3 Lab /Central Lab |
| Connecticut Advanced Pavement Lab (UHPC) | M&J Engineering P.C. / STV Inc. |
| Hardesty and Hanover |
*Indicates CT CBC Member
