AIA Honors AUI Contractors with 2005 Quality in Construction Award

AIA Honors AUI Contractors with 2005 Quality in Construction Award
AUI Contractors recently received the 2005 Quality in Construction Award from the Fort Worth Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).

AUI executives Glenn Strother, Doug Alumbaugh and Tony Rader accepted the award at the chapter's Honors and Awards Dinner on Jan. 24.

"AUI is pleased to join a small group of elite contractors that have won this award."

"Receiving this award proves that the architectural design community values our work. We take pride in our projects and the 300 people on the AUI team," commented Alumbaugh, one of AUI's founders.

AUI was spotlighted for construction excellence on major projects that included the Tarrant County Regional Water District headquarters completed in 2003 and the new AUI headquarters in Fort Worth, which was completed in 2004.

Also recognized by AIA with an 2005 Excellence in Architectural Design Award was Greg Ibanez of Gideon Toal, an architectural firm based in Fort Worth.

One of Ibanez's designs includes the AUI headquarters facility, which earned a 2004 Merit Award from the AIA Fort Worth Chapter.

As a full-service general contractor, AUI has served the public and private sector and completed more than 700 construction projects since 1983.

AUI acquired Pyramid Building Systems in 2004 to expand its design/build capabilities and better