Each year, MBA contractors submit dozens of exemplary projects in the MBAâs Building Excellence Awards Competition. Projects are judged on innovative practices, quality design and craftsmanship, meeting difficult challenges, client satisfaction and project teamwork.

^ Project Over $7 Million
PNC Firstside Center
Contractor: Dick Corporation
Architect: L.D. Astorino Companies
Owner: PNC Financial Services Group
From left: George Boehm, Kevin Swain,
Elmer Burger, Dino Persichetti, Michael
Gilmore, Barry Loveday

^ Project Under $7 Million
Baker Hall
Contractor: Jendoco Construction Corporation
Architect: Burt Hill Kosar Rittelmann Associates
Owner: Carnegie Mellon University
From left: Front Row—Tom Murphy, Peg Hart;
Back Row—Scott Harris, Carl Mackenstein,
Joe Greenaway, Dwight Kuhn, Michael Kuhn

^ Excellence in Craftsmanship
Howard J. Burnett Center
Contractor: Harris Masonry
Architect: MacLachlan Cornelius & Filoni
Owner: Washington & Jefferson College
From Left: Andrew Rembert, Lee Harris,
Scott Harris, Rick Moninger

^ Design/Build
Adaptive Reuse of the Allegheny County Jail
Contractor: Mascaro Construction Company, L.P.
Architect: IKM, Incorporated
Owner: Allegheny County
From left: Front Row—Bob Moro, Jon Machen,
Mike Cain; Back Row—Sam Taylor, Lee Lewand,
Jack Mascaro

Your next project could be a winner ÷ Calls for Entries for the 2002 Awards Program are now available. (Projects must be built by an MBA contractor.) Contact Ann Billak at abillak@mbawpa.org or 412-922-3912 or click here for more information.