Honors & Awards

McCarthy's goal — a never-ending one, by the way — is to be The Best Builder in America. Every year we take time to recognize and reward employees who through their work on deserving projects have helped propel us toward that goal.

Below are the internal team awards we bestow to those outstanding projects. The dedication and commitment of our employee owners has also earned us outside recognition for our achievements.

Internal Awards
The Melvin McCarthy Award

Named after our 4^th President, the “Melvin” recognizes excellence in Quality Management. Employees nominate each other's projects based upon the following criteria, and prizes are awarded annually on a Division basis.

• Client Satisfaction
• Project Closeout
• Paperwork Processing
• Architect/Engineer and Subcontractor Feedback
• Schedule Adherence
• Profitability
• Safety Adherence
• Quality Management
• Productivity/Quality
• Innovations

2006 Winners

Midwest Division
Large Winner: Metro Cross County MetroLink Expansion — St. Louis, MO
Small Winner: Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Art — St. Louis, MO

Southwest Division
Large Winner: Lake Pleasant Water Treatment — Phoenix, AZ
Small Winner: Florence Anthem K-8 — Florence, AZ

Southern California Division
Large Winner: UCSD Biomedical Library — San Diego, CA
Small Winner -- Granada Parking Structure — Santa Barbara, CA

Northern Pacific Division
Large Winner: California State University-Sacramento Parking Structure — Sacramento, CA
Small Winner: Hillsborough Unified School District — Hillsborough, CA

Texas Division
Large Winner: Conrad High School — Dallas, TX

2005 Winners

Midwest Division
Large Winner: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — Atlanta, GA
Small Winner:  Sigma-Aldrich Cold Rooms — St. Louis, MO

Texas Division
Large Winner: Knapp Medical Center Outpatient Services — Weslaco, Texas

Southwest Division
Large Winner:  Sandia Hotel and Conference Center — Albuquerque, NM
Small Winner:  ASU Combined Heat and Power Facility — Tempe, AZ

Southern California Division
Large Winner:  Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian — Newport Beach, CA
Small Winner:  Paramount Unified School District Modernization Program — Paramount, CA

Northern Pacific Division
Large Winner:  University of California-San Francisco Parnassus PSSRB — San Francisco, CA
Small Winner:  Oakland Unified School District — Oakland, CA

2004 Winners

Midwest Division
Large Winner: Boeing Hornet Facility — St. Louis, MO
Small Winner: Ranken Jorden Pediatric Hospital — St. Louis, MO

Texas Division
Large Winner: Saint Francis Heart Hospital — Tulsa, OK

Southwest Division
Large Winner: ADOA 1,000 Bed Prison Facility Addition — various AZ locations

Southern California Division
Large Winner: UCSD Cancer Center — La Jolla, CA
Small Winner: Victoria Gardens Parking Structure — Rancho Cucamonga, CA

Northern Pacific Division
Large Winner: Delano Prison II - Bid Pack 3 — Delano, CA

2003 Winners

Midwest Division
Large Winner: Central Bank — Jefferson City, MO
Small Winner: General Motors MVB/SSF Tooling Installation — Wentzville, MO

Texas Division
Large Winner: DFW International Airport Terminal D — Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX

Southwest Division
Large Winner: Spring Valley Hospital — Las Vegas, NV
Small Winner: St. Thomas More Church — Phoenix, AZ

Southern California Division
Large Winner: Sycamore Parking Structure — Santa Ana, CA

Northern Pacific Division
Large Winner: Palo Alto Parking Structure — Palo Alto, CA

2002 Winners

Midwest Division:
Large Winner: Donald Danforth Plant Science Center — St. Louis, Missouri
Small Winner: Rosedale and Greenway Apartments — St. Louis, Missouri

Texas Division:
Large Winner: Port of Houston Authority — Houston, Texas

Southwest Division:
Large Winner: Esplanade Place Condominiums — Phoenix, Arizona
Small Winner: The Amphitheatre at Sandia Casino — Albuquerque, New Mexico

Southern California Division:
Large Winner: Little Company of Mary South Tower — Torrance, California
Small Winner: Sierra Madre Villa Parking & Bus Facility — Pasadena, California

Northern Pacific Division:
Large Winner: Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts — Davis, California

2001 Winners

Midwest Division:
Large Winner: University of Colorado Hospital Anschutz Pavilion — Aurora, Colorado
Small Winner: Glaxo SmithKline TUMS Plant Renovation — St. Louis, Missouri

Southern California Division:
Large Winner: Hollywood & Highland^® — Hollywood, California
Small Winner: Experian Headquarters Parking Structure — Costa Mesa, California

Northern Pacific Division:
Large Winner: Genentech cGMP WAFER — Vacaville, California
Small Winner: Coudert Brothers LLP — Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, California

Southwest Division:
Large Winner: Pueblo of Sandia Casino — Albuquerque, New Mexico
Small Winner: Tequa Festival Marketplace — Sedona, Arizona

Texas Division:
Large Winner: Nortel Networks Phase III — Richardson, Texas

2000 Winners

Midwest Division
Large Winner: Van Andel Institute — Grand Rapids, Michigan
Small Winner: Bull Moose Tube — Elkhart, Indiana

Southern California Division
Large Winner: Anaheim Entertainment Parking Structure — Anaheim, California
Small Winner: Nickey Petroleum — Placentia, California

Northern Pacific Division
Large Winner: Linear Technology Fab 4 — Milpitas, California
Small Winner: Bank of America ADA Compliance — Various

Southwest Division
Large Winner: Heritage Tradition — Sun City, Arizona
Small Winners: Our Lady of Mount Carmel School — Tempe, Arizona
Paseo Outdoor Reception Area — Phoenix, Arizona

Internal Awards
The Roger Burnet Award

The Roger Burnet Award, established in honor of our 6^th President, is presented each year to one Melvin Award winner and its staff that embodies the very finest in integrity, personal service and commitment to quality — qualities which we believe differentiate us from other respected builders.

2005 Winner

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian's Sue and Bill Gross Women's Pavilion – Newport Beach, California
A $132 million, 320,000-sf tower, construction of the Sue and Bill Gross Women's Pavilion set a new standard for hospital building in California.  It's the first OSHPD tower with a steel moment frame (with 54 base isolators which allow the entire structure to move laterally in the event of seismic activity.)  Surrounded by a fully operational hospital, safety was paramount -- with the project earning a .99 recordable incident rate with zero-lost time accidents.  Despite severe weather and the need to process 1,300 IBs and 3,000 RFIs, the project completed 60 calendar days ahead of schedule.  In addition to the "Roger" the project has earned numerous industry awards since completion (including the national AGC Build America award).

2004 Winner

Boeing Company Hornet Facility – St. Louis, Missouri
Immediately adjacent to Lambert St. Louis International Airport's main runway, the project site for this $112 million facility lost 8 days to presidential visits, 52 weather days and 48 days of no crane usage because of FAA-mandated shutdowns. Despite that, the 230,000-sf project was completed on time – and completed with ZERO recordables after completing more than 250,000 manhours of self-perfomed labor.

2003 Winner

Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Terminal D – Dallas, Texas
Overcoming significant design changes and the many security-mandated aftereffects of 9/11, the McCarthy team developed innovative gantry and drive aisle processes, made qualityand safety the highest priorities, and created an on-going training program for the project staff – all while keeping this $18 million addition to the new International Terminal D on track and on budget. McCarthy's portion of the project involved the construction of the concrete superstructure which supports the automated people mover system connecting Terminal D to the rest of the airport.

2002 Winner

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center — St. Louis, Missouri
The centerpiece of the St. Louis area's goal of becoming the nation's “biobelt”, the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is a $57 million, 174,000-sf research facility. The project team contended with and overcame major communication challenges (the lead architect was in London, and the structural and electrical engineers were in San Francisco), while ensuring the punchlist was completed within 60 days on this highly complex project.

Sam Fiorello, the Center's senior vice president for administration and finance, sums its up best when he commented: “to construct a world-class research facility, we called upon a world-class builder.”

2001 Winner

Pueblo of Sandia Casino — Albuquerque, NM
Designed and constructed to reflect the vision and culture of the Pueblo of Sandia, the 210,000-square-foot Pueblo of Sandia Casino was completed on schedule and on budget, despite its fast-track schedule. Complete with an outdoor amphitheater, fine dining areas and a 950-car underground parking structure, this facility is the largest Native American casino in New Mexico.

As Pueblo of Sandia Project Manager Robert Martinez put it, “If there's a better company than McCarthy around, I'm sure not aware of them. A simply outstanding job in every aspect.”

2000 Winner

Disneyland Resort West Parking Structure — Anaheim, CA
Building the nation's largest parking structure at “The Happiest Place on Earth” was no walk in the park. The emphasis was on big! The structure is approximately 3.75 million square feet and has space for 10,242 cars. With direct access to an adjacent freeway, the six-level structure includes two of the largest clear-span escalators ever built and an innovative, mirror-like “as cast” architectural concrete finish that you can literally see yourself in.

Internal Awards
The Iron Mike Award

Named in honor of Michael M. McCarthy, the great grandson of company founder Timothy McCarthy, this annual award is presented to the McCarthy division judged to be the best over a number of criteria including safety results, people development efforts and community involvement. In 1976, Mike became president of the company, and soon after McCarthy began its ascent to national prominence in healthcare construction management, as well as becoming the nation’s largest design/build parking structure builder. An entrepreneur at heart, he assumed the position of chairman of the board in 1984 and led McCarthy’s expansion into semiconductor, biopharmaceutical, educational, R&D and general manufacturing markets, with the company becoming a major player in each. In 2002, as the final McCarthy family member in company management, Mike sold his majority ownership interest in the firm to the employees making McCarthy one of the largest 100% employee owned construction firms in the nation

Check back on this page again to find out more about these awards and the many other honors bestowed upon McCarthy for their great work. View the list of external awards honoring McCarthy's efforts