Engineering News-Record (ENR) Texas and Louisiana has announced the winners of the 2011 Best Projects award program, naming The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Albert B. and Margaret M. Alkek Hospital Expansion in Houston as the region’s Overall Best Project. Completed by the Texas Division of McCarthy in 2011, the Alkek Hospital expansion project was chosen out of more than 100 project entries in 17 categories to win the best overall title. The project is now entered into ENR’s national competition to select the nation’s top project.
Awards & Recognition
McCarthy Expansion Selected as ENR Texas & Louisiana’s ‘Best Project’
Soka Performing Arts Center and Academic Building Achieve LEED Gold Certification
Soka University of America’s new Soka Performing Arts Center and Academic Building project, which opened in September 2011, recently received Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certification from the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). The Soka Performing Arts Center, which is located on 1.9 acres of the Soka University campus in Aliso Viejo, serves as a venue in South Orange County for concerts, theater productions, lectures and assemblies, furthering Soka University’s role as a cultural center and community gathering place.
McCarthy is Top Winner of Regional Better Business Bureau 2011 TORCH Award
Employee-owned company is recognized for excellence in customer service and ethical business practices
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McCarthy Wins 2011 St. Louis Healthiest Employer Award for Firm’s Build for Life Program
McCarthy Holdings, Inc., comprised of McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. and MC Industrial, Inc., was recently recognized as the Healthiest Employer in St. Louis for companies with 1,500-4,999 employees. Healthiest Employers is an innovative awards program recognizing organizations that proactively shape the health of their employees. McCarthy’s receipt of top honors in St. Louis comes on the heels of the builder’s selection as a Healthiest Employer finalist in Sacramento and taking the number two spot in the Bay Area.
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Employee-Ownership Culture Fosters Leadership Development Training at McCarthy
Builder’s Innovative Approach Garners National Recognition from Associated General Contractors of America
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. one of the nation’s oldest and largest privately-held construction companies and a 100 percent employee-owned business, was honored last week with a 2011 Education Excellence Award from the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC).
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