The expansion and parking structure project has received a 2023 Excellence in Partnering Award from the . Each year, the award honors project teams that have achieved the high ideals of partnering – both formal and informal – on construction projects across the state.

������ partnered with The Strong, owner’s representative HB Cornerstone, CJS Architects, M/E Engineering, and LaBella Associates on the museum project, which celebrated its grand opening in June. The four-level, 100,000-SF museum expansion now features the World Video Game Hall of Fame, a two-story gallery and open lobby, Hasbro Game Park and Riedman Plaza. The scope also included renovations to the museum’s café, gift shop, restrooms and offices. The 330,000-SF, five-level, cast-in-place parking structure – which opened in 2020 as phase one of the project – offers space for approximately 1,000 vehicles and features a unique façade comprised of 352 6 x 6-inch steel tubes in 15 different colors.

������ Vice President Jim Scheirer, Project Executive Kailly Mintel and Project Manager Courtney Lafferty were joined by Matthew Emens from HB Cornerstone to accept the award at a December 6 ceremony.

The historic renovation of Bent’s Opera House in Medina, N.Y. has received a 2023 Excellence in Historic Preservation Award from the . Since 1984, the League’s annual Excellence Awards program has shined a light on the people who are using historic preservation to make all our lives better — through exemplary restoration projects, indispensable publications, individual action, and organizational distinction.

Built over 150 years ago, Bent’s Opera House once hosted speakers like Frederick Douglass and entertainers like Buffalo Bill Cody. After the theater closed, the building served the community in a variety of ways until the 1990s. Bent’s was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995, but by 2010 it was abandoned and in imminent danger of collapsing. Local developers Talis Equity, led by Roger Hunderford, had a vision to give Bent’s new life.

“It was an honor to work with Talis Equity on the restoration of Bent’s Opera House,” said ������ Regional Operations Manager Jeff Panza. “At ������, we take great pride in projects that have a positive impact within their communities, and this historic restoration has given new life to an important cornerstone of Medina’s downtown business district.”

������ served as construction manager on the project, partnering with to rehabilitate the historic building into a modern destination. Today, the facility includes an upscale, farm-to-table restaurant and bar, a boutique hotel with 10 uniquely themed rooms, and a beautifully restored theater for private and public gatherings.

For news of the award on orleans.hub.com, . For more about the 2023 Excellence in Historic Preservation Awards, . For more about Bent’s Opera House today,

On Thursday, July 27, the Niagara University Kiernan Recreation Center project received top honor in the collegiate category at Buffalo’s Brick by Brick Awards.

Given annually by magazine, the awards recognize best-in-class real estate, construction and development in Western New York.

������ served as general contractor on the renovation project, which transformed the existing 43,600-SF recreation center and constructed a new two-story, 18,000-SF addition. The scope included a new weight room, sports medicine suite, dance studios, locker rooms, storage, meeting spaces and offices.

������ Regional Operations Manager Jeff Panza accepted the award alongside Bob Morreale, CFO at Niagara University.

A second ������ project, Ellicott Development’s mixed-use facility at 478 Main, was a finalist in the Historic Renovation category.

At the AIA New York State Excelsior Awards on May 4, the Mackey Facilities Complex Reconstruction project was honored in the renovation/addition category.

This renovation of SUNY Cobleskill’s facilities complex made important updates to the functionality, layout and technologies of the complex. ������ was the general contractor on the project.

Congratulations to our partners at who received the award from the American Institute of Architects at the ceremony.

On April 27, the Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools project received a Certificate of ������ Achievement from the North Carolina Department of Labor (NCDOL). This award is presented to companies in recognition of their safety and health efforts resulting in reduction of injuries and illnesses. The criteria includes hours worked versus incidents requiring restricted duties or days away.

This is the 16^th consecutive year the project has been honored for its safety record.

On April 21, two ������ projects – the Ambulatory Orthopaedics Center (AOC) and Global Cyber Security Institute – were recognized at the 2023 (CSI) Rochester Chapter Awards.

CSI is a technical organization that works to organize, standardize and communicate construction information. The annual CSI Rochester Chapter Awards recognize Rochester area projects in a variety of different categories.

The University of Rochester AOC project received the Construction Management Award for Area A. This award recognizes exceptional teamwork between the construction manager, subcontractors and design team to improve the process, quality and outcome of a project. Vice President Kevin Hoffman accepted this award on behalf of ������ and the entire project team.

The RIT Global Cyber Security Institute project received the Out-of-the-Box Award, which recognizes exceptional teamwork between the owner, designer and contractor and the innovative use of materials or methods on a project.

������ was also a sponsor of the 2023 awards dinner held at the Strasenburgh Planetarium.