ABC of the Carolinas Honors Brasfield & Gorrie for Excellence in Construction

November 22, 2013

Company earns accolades for projects in the Carolinas

Raleigh, N.C. (Nov. 22, 2013) – Brasfield & Gorrie today announced that it is recipient of honors from the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of the Carolinas. During an awards ceremony this week, Brasfield & Gorrie received three first-place Eagle Awards, the Carolinas Green Award, the Free Enterprise Award and the prestigious Project of the Year award.

“This honor really belongs to our project teams, subcontractors, clients and business partners for their significant contributions to these outstanding projects,” said Brasfield & Gorrie Regional Vice President and Division Manager Scott Duckworth.

The three projects recognized by ABC of the Carolinas with first-place Eagle awards are Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital North Tower, Greensboro, N.C.; Carolinas HealthCare System Morehead Parking Deck Vertical Expansion, Charlotte, N.C.; and Mission Health State Employees Credit Union Cancer Center, Asheville, N.C.

In addition to receiving the Eagle award, the Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital North Tower was awarded the prestigious Project of the Year award, which recognizes the project that best exemplifies the contributions of quality construction in the Carolinas. This project also received the Carolinas Green Award for environmentally friendly building techniques.

Brasfield & Gorrie also earned the Free Enterprise Award, which recognizes the general contractor that used the most ABC members on its projects.

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About Brasfield & Gorrie

Brasfield & Gorrie is one of the nation’s largest privately held construction firms, providing general contracting, design-build, and construction management services for a wide variety of markets, including healthcare, commercial, institutional, federal, municipal, industrial, infrastructure, and water/wastewater treatment. We serve clients from offices in Atlanta and Columbus, Georgia; Birmingham, Alabama; Dallas, Texas; Jacksonville and Orlando, Florida; Nashville, Tennessee; and Raleigh, North Carolina. Brasfield & Gorrie has approximately 2,900 employees, and its 2012 revenues were $2 billion. Engineering News-Record ranks Brasfield & Gorrie 31 among the nation’s “Top 400 Contractors” for 2013.

About Associated Builders and Contractors

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) is a national trade association representing 22,000 members from more than 19,000 construction and industry-related firms. Founded on the merit shop philosophy, ABC and its 72 chapters help members win work and deliver that work safely, ethically and profitably for the betterment of the communities in which they work. Visit us at www.abc.org.