The Heart of America Chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors presented its 2004 Excellence in Construction Awards at ceremonies held Dec. 2 in Overland Park, Kan. More than 250 contractors, architects and developers attended the awards ceremony.

The 2004 President's Eagle Award, the association's top award for a general contractor, was awarded to the Killian Construction Company of Springfield, Mo., for their work on Hammons Field Baseball Stadium in Springfield.

The Pinnacle Award, the award that recognizes excellence in subcontracting, was presented to Wachter Electric Company of Lenexa, Kan., for the Cerner Corporation Data Center, Phase II, in Lee's Summit, Mo.

The annual "Excellence in Construction" competition judges entries submitted by merit contractors in 11 categories for general contractors and nine categories for specialty subcontractors. Entrants are members of the Heart of America Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), a national trade association for merit contractors with 23,000 construction and construction-related member firms. The Heart of America Chapter serves Missouri and Kansas.

The following ABC member companies received first place in their category in the 2004 ABC Excellence in Construction awards program.

General Contractors

• Commercial (Under $1 Million) — Cannon General Contractors Inc. for Best Express Car Wash

• Commercial ($1–5 Million) — Meyer Brothers Building Co. for The Business Exchange

• Commercial (More Than $5 Million) — Killian Construction Co. for Hammons Field

• Heavy/Site Work/Demolition — Mega Industries Corp. for Atchison Riverfront Park, Phase II

• Institutional (Under $1 Million) — Grayling Inc. for Physicians Group Medical Space

• Institutional ($1–5 Million) — Excel Constructors Inc. for St. Mark's Catholic Church

• Institutional (More Than $5 Million) — Straub Construction Co. Inc. for 7th & 8th Grade Center, Raymore-Peculiar R-II

• Industrial (Under $1 Million) Grayling Inc. for Sprint Integrated Energy Solutions Test Pad

• Metal Building — Fogel-Anderson Construction Co. for KCP&L Johnson County Service Center

• Renovation/Restoration — Lee Mechanical Contractors Inc. for UMC Power Plant Repair, Boiler 10 Economizer Fan & Ductwork

• Specialty/Public Works/Environmental — Mega Industries Corp. for Riverfront Heritage Trail Segment 4F

Subcontractors

• Electrical Commercial/Institutional (Under $250,000) — Affinity Electrical Contracting Co. Inc. for St. Peters Auto Spa

• Electrical Commercial/Institutional ($250,000–750,000) — Heritage Electric for Chateau Avalon

• Electrical Commercial/Institutional (More Than $750,000) — SKC Electric, a division of Faith Technologies Inc. for Visitation Catholic Church

• Electrical Industrial (More Than $750,000) — Wachter Electric Company for Serologicals Corporation, Lawrence Facility

• Mechanical Commercial/Institutional (Under $250,000) — hth companies inc. for UMC Power Plant Boiler 10

• Mechanical Commercial/Institutional ($250,000–750,000) — Keeven Heating & Cooling Inc. for New Auto Dealership for Modern Auto Co.

• Mechanical Industrial ($250,000–750,000) — Lee Mechanical Contractors Inc. for Copper Flotation Expansion

• Specialty Subcontracting — Lithko Contracting Inc. for T-Mobile, Lenexa, Kan.