2018 Construction Excellence Award Winners


​The Construction Excellence Awards (CEA) is an exclusive competition and industry dinner show that recognizes outstanding drywall and plaster workmanship. Only WACA contracting members can enter this select competition. This year's CEA Show took place June 14, 2018 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose.


​Residential / Lodging Exterior

​Contractor: California Drywall Co.
Project: Russell & Quimby
Supplier: Westside Building Material Corp.
Manufacturer: BMI Products, CEMCO, Dryvit Systems, Inc.
General Contractor: Cahill Contractors 
Architect: BAR Architects
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​Residential / Lodging Interior

​Contractor:  RFJ Meiswinkel Company
Project: The Renoir, renamed San Francisco Proper Hotel
Supplier: Foundation Building Materials
Manufacturer: Georgia Pacific
General Contractor: Cahill Contractors
Architect: Hornberger + Worstell


​Retail Exterior

​Contractor: O'Donnell Plastering, Inc.
Project: Sun Garden Shopping Center
Supplier: Stucco Supply
Manufacturer: Stucco Superior
General Contractor: Devcon
Architect: Devcon


​Retail Interior

​Contractor: Swinerton Builders
Project: SFO Polaris for United
Supplier: Foundation Building Materials
Manufacturer: United States Gypsum Corporation
General Contractor: Build Group, Inc.
Architect: Gruen Associates


​Commercial Exterior

​Contractor: Anning-Johnson Company
Project: Central & Wolfe Campus
Supplier: Foundation Building Materials
Manufacturer: Radius Track Corporation
General Contractor: Level 10 Construction
Architect: KSH Architects


​Commercial Interior

​Contractor: California Drywall Co.
Project: Airbnb San Francisco
Supplier: Foundation Building Materials
Manufacturer: National Gypsum Co.
General Contractor: Novo Construction
Architect: WRNS Studio


​Institutional Exterior

​Contractor: O'Donnell Plastering, Inc.
Project: SCU Charney Hall
Supplier: AMS dba Allied Building Products, Stucco Supply
Manufacturer: BMI Products
General Contractor: Devcon Construction, Inc.
Architect: SCB Architects


​Institutional Interior

​Contractor:  California Drywall Co.
Project: Stanford Hoover Institute Traitel Building
Supplier: Foundation Building Materials
Manufacturer: National Gypsum Co.
General Contractor: Hathaway Dinwiddie
Architect: ​William Rawn Associates Architects, Inc. & Associate Architect Cody Anderson Wasney Architects
Historical Restoration Exterior
Contractor: O'Donnell Plastering, Inc.
Project: Peninsula Golf & Country Club
Supplier: AMS dba Allied Building Products, Pacific Foam
Manufacturer: BMI Products
General Contractor: Vance Brown
Architect: KSH Associates


​Historical Restoration Interior

​Contractor: Patrick J. Ruane, Inc.
Project: 350 Bush
Supplier: Foundation Building Materials, Sunbelt Rentals
Manufacturer: CEMCO Steel, ClarkDietrich Building Systems, National Gypsum, USG, Chemstar, Certainteed, Pacific Fiber & Rope, Larsen & BASF
General Contractor: Hathaway Dinwiddie
Architect: ​Heller & Manus: Jeffrey Heller, Eric Lundquist, Les Young. Historical Preservation Architect: Page & Turnbull: Elisa Skaggs, Jason Wright & Jay Turnbull


​EIFS

​Contractor: Daley's Drywall & Taping, Inc.
Project: Emeryville Marketplace Block B
Supplier: Dryvit Systems, Inc.
Manufacturer: Dryvit Systems, Inc.
General Contractor: Plant Construction
Architect: MCG/Hart Howerton


​Green Building

​Contractor: California Drywall Co.
Project: University of California, Berkeley Chou Hall
Supplier: Foundation Building Materials
Manufacturer: National Gypsum Co.
General Contractor: Vance Brown Builders
Architect: Perkins + Will


​Ceilings

​Contractor: J&J Acoustics, Inc.
Project: NVIDIA
Supplier: AMS dba Allied Building Products
Manufacturer: Georgia Pacific
General Contractor: Devcon Construction
Architect: Gensler Architects


​POY - Interior Under 500K

​Contractor: Giampolini Contractors
Project: SF Games
Supplier: Foundation Building Materials
Manufacturer: ClarkDietrich Building Systems
General Contractor: Principal Builders 
Architect: Gensler Architects


​POY - Interior Over 500K

​Contractor: Patrick J. Ruane, Inc.
Project: 350 Bush
Supplier: Foundation Building Materials, Sunbelt Rentals
Manufacturer: CEMCO Steel, ClarkDietrich Building Systems, National Gypsum, USG, Chemstar, Certainteed, Pacific Fiber & Rope, Larsen & BASF
General Contractor: Hathaway Dinwiddie
Architect: Heller & Manus: Jeffrey Heller, Eric Lundquist, Les Young. Historical Preservation Architect: Page & Turnbull: Elisa Skaggs, Jason Wright & Jay Turnbull


​POY - Exterior Under 500K

Contractor: O'Donnell Plastering, Inc.
Project: Peninsula Golf & Country Club
Supplier: AMS dba Allied Building Products, Pacific Foam
Manufacturer: BMI Products
General Contractor: Vance Brown
Architect: KSH Associates


​POY - Exterior Over 500K

​Contractor: Anning-Johnson Company
Project: Central & Wolfe Campus
Supplier: Foundation Building Materials
Manufacturer: Radius Track Corporation
General Contractor: Level 10 Construction
Architect: KSH Architects
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