Skanska Wins Two Awards for Work on Camille Kendall Academic Center at the Universities at Shady Grove
ROCKVILLE, Md. (October 2008) - Skanska USA Building Inc. announced today that it won two awards from the Washington, D.C. chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC). Both awards recognize work on the Camille Kendall Academic Center at the Universities at Shady Grove in Rockville, Maryland.
The 195,000-square-foot academic center won AGC's 2008 Washington Contractor Awards for New Construction ($75-$150 million) and Best Sustainable Project: New Construction.
At the time of the building's completion, the Camille Kendall Academic Center was the largest building in the state of Maryland to achieve LEED® Gold certification and is the first project within the University of Maryland system to attain that level of LEED certification. While the original target was for LEED Silver certification, innovative thinking on the part of the project architect, Cannon Design and Skanska's project team - such as finding more sustainable materials within budget - enabled the higher designation.
Also recognized by the awards was Skanska's workmanship. Coordinating delivery of a variety of special materials was required to keep the project on-time and on-budget. Even with a successful program to manage those issues, construction itself presented challenges,. The building's design included no square corners and none of its elevations were a standard height.
"We were proud to deliver a building of this quality to the Universities at Shady Grove and we are thrilled to be recognized for the work that went into it," said Chuck Brawley, Skanska's Area General Manager. "These awards really highlight the quality of our project teams and the dedication they put into every job."
Skanska USA Building Inc. is a leading national and local provider of construction, pre-construction consulting, general contracting and design-build services to a broad range of U.S. industries including life sciences, healthcare, education, high-tech, aviation, transportation and sports and entertainment. Skanska USA Building also provides pharmaceutical validation services to clients. The company, part of the Skanska AB global group of companies, is headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey, and has approximately 4700 employees.
Skanska is one of the world's leading construction groups with expertise in construction, development of commercial and residential projects and public-private partnerships. The Group currently has 60,000 employees in selected home markets in Europe, in the U.S. and Latin America. Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden and listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, Skanska's sales in 2007 totaled $20 billion.
The Universities at Shady Grove is an innovative model for delivering top-quality college degree programs. USG is not one university; instead it is a collaboration of nine leading public universities in Maryland offering more than 60 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in Montgomery County. Established in 2000, USG serves more than 2,600 full- and part-time students. Participating USM partners include: Bowie State University; Salisbury University; Towson University; University of Baltimore; University of Maryland, Baltimore; University of Maryland, Baltimore County, University of Maryland College Park, and University of Maryland University College. More information on all of the undergraduate and graduate programs is available at www.shadygrove.umd.edu.
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