The Build Georgia Awards began in 1989 when the Georgia Branch, AGC recognized General Contractor members and their construction teams for outstanding performances on some of Georgia's most remarkable projects.

In 1997, Georgia Branch established an award for specialty contractor members. The contributions specialty contractors give to the industry are vital to the success of the overall project, for this reason we are proud to include them in the tradition of the Build Georgia Award program.

Build Georgia honors achievements of Georgia's construction firms and the dedicated men and women that make up the state's construction industry. Their skill, integrity and responsibility and spirit of innovation and problem solving are making history in Georgia and improve our state's quality of life.

The Build Georgia General Contractor Award competition seeks to honor excellent construction projects throughout the state. The key judging criteria for the 2007 program included:

• Exceptional project safety performance
• Meeting the challenge of a difficult job
• Innovation in construction techniques and materials
• Application of sustainable building practices and/or green construction methods
• Excellence in project management and scheduling
• Excellence in client service

Each year a panel of industry professional select outstanding construction projects to receive the Build Georgia Award, and the Build Georgia Specialty Award, Georgia Branch, AGC's highest levels of distinction.

Pictured are Representatives of projects that were awarded first place in the General Contractor Division of the Georgia Branch, AGC's 2007 Build Georgia Awards Program.

The recipients of the 2007 Build Georgia Award were:

Alcon Associates, Inc. Healthworks Employee Wellness and Fitness Center Albany, Georgia	Batson-Cook Company Cloister Main Hotel Sea Island, Georgia	The Beck Group His Hands Church Woodstock, Georgia Also took Honorable Mention in the Best Sustainable Building Practices Division
Bowen & Watson, Inc. Union County Middle School Blairsville, Georgia	Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC Plaza Midtown Atlanta, Georgia	Collins & Company The Village at Pinnacle Pointe Buford, Georgia
Cork-Howard Construction Company, Inc. DeKalb Medical Center - Chiller Replacement Decatur, Georgia	Cork-Howard Construction Company, Inc. Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan - Elbert Parr Tuttle Atlanta, Georgia	Garbutt Construction Company Restoration and Renovation of the Macon Volunteers Armory Macon, Georgia
Garbutt Construction Company, The Christman Company, A Joint Venture Bell Hall Milledgeville, Georgia	Integrity Development Group, Inc. Integrity Heights at Highlands Smyrna, Georgia	LUSK & Associates, Inc. Holy Family Catholic Church; Parish Hall Marietta, Georgia
Manhattan Construction Company Ola High and Middle Complex McDonough, Georgia	New South Construction Company, Inc. Emory University Sorority Housing Complex Atlanta, Georgia Also took Honorable Mention in the Best Sustainable Building Practices Division	New South Construction Company, Inc. The Doris and Alex Weber Jewish Community High School Sandy Springs, Georgia
New South Construction Company, Inc. Wesleyan School Athletics Building Norcross, Georgia	New South Construction Company, Inc. Canton City Hall Canton, Georgia	The Potts Company Forsyth County Public Safety Complex Cumming, Georgia
Rogers Construction Company Corporate Office Building for Jackson EMC Jackson, Georgia	Chris R. Sheridan & Company Renovations and Addition to the Security Bank Walnut Street Macon, Georgia	Chris R. Sheridan & Company Georgia Military College Barracks Milledgeville, Georgia
Stroud and Company Horne & Horne Macon, Georgia	Turner Construction Company King & Spalding, LLP Atlanta, Georgia  Also took First Place in the Best Sustainable Building Practices Division	Van Winkle & Company, Inc. Eagle Ranch - Central Campus Building Chestnut Mountain, Georgia
Warren Associates, Inc. Department of Pathology Renovations, 1st Floor Laboratory Renovations Macon, Georgia	J. M. Wilkerson Construction Company, Inc.  Georgia National Cemetary Canton, Georgia

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Pictured are representatives of projects that were awarded Honorable Mention in the General Contractor Division of the 2007 Build Georgia Awards Program.

Honorable Mention Awards were presented to:

Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC Georgia Baptist Convention Duluth, Georgia	Carroll Daniel Construction Company St. John Baptist Church Gainesville, Georgia	Collins and Arnold Construction Company, LLC Kedron Village Expansion Peachtree City, Georgia
Cooper & Company General Contractors, Inc. Bethesda Park Expansion Lawrenceville, Georgia	Freese Constructin Company, Inc. Sage Software Regional Corporate Headquarters Lawrenceville, Georgia	R. J. Griffin & Company Dozie Centre for the Performing Arts Kennesaw, Georgia
Hogan Construction Group, LLC Northpark 500 Roof Garden Atlanta, Georgia	Holder Construction Group, LLC The Glenn Hotel Atlanta, Georgia	New South Construction Company, Inc. Wesley Woods of Newnan/Peachtree City Newnan, Georgia
Nix-Fowler Constructors, Inc. Ronald McNair High School Atlanta, Georgia	Rogers Construction Company Monroe Elementary School Monroe, Georgia	Stroud and Company Lisenby Orthodontics Macon, Georgia
Van Winkle & Company, Inc. Decatur City Hall Decatur, Georgia	Young Contracting Company, Inc. Birmingham Village Alpharetta, Georgia