A cleanroom project in Penfield, N.Y. has earned a 2021 Excellence in Partnering Award from the . The project was a fast-track effort to convert warehouse space into an ISO 7 (Class 10,000) cleanroom. The cleanroom supports manufacture of test kit containers used in the fight against COVID-19.

At the awards ceremony, left-to-right: AGC NYS Chairman Joe K. Posillico,; ÍøÆØÃÅ Regional Director of Business Development Mike Corey; and AGC NY President and CEO Mike Elmendorf.
Meeting the tight schedule required strong collaboration between all stakeholders, including Thermo Fisher, design firm , and construction manager ÍøÆØÃÅ. Through their collective efforts, they completed work in time to meet production demand. The team also worked to minimize disruption to other operations that were on-going in the facility during the project.
The annual Excellence in Partnering Award honors projects that epitomize the principles of partnering. Those principles include working with a common purpose, trust, commitment, clarity of roles, and openness in the working relationships.
Awards were presented at a December 8 ceremony in Saratoga, N.Y.  Mike Corey, of ÍøÆØÃÅ’s Schenectady office, accepted on behalf of the Rochester-based project team.


