The Excellence in Concrete Awards are presented each year by the Concrete Promotional Group (CPG) to recognize outstanding work in concrete construction. The 2015 awards, presented Nov. 10, 2015, at the College Basketball Experience in Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri, includes awards in 19 different categories. More than 60 companies received awards honoring their involvement in the projects.
CPG is a non-profit trade association representing the concrete industry in the Greater Kansas City area promoting quality concrete construction. The CPG Mission Statement is to support the local construction community in the use of quality concrete construction means and methods. It provides education, reference material and sales/marketing support to the professional community.
The Judges Award went to MacArthur Elementary School
Unified School District #207
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Ft. Leavenworth School District
George J. Shaw Construction
Geiger Ready-Mix Co., Inc.
TitanBuilt, LLC
BCDM Architects
Geotechnology, Inc.
7,555 cubic yards of concrete were used in this unique school which includes concrete piers, footing, traditional formed walls, insulated concrete forms, concrete floors, lightweight concrete suspended floors, a decorative shotcrete retaining wall and sidewalks full of animal paw prints and leaf prints.
