Brandon Bias receives 2017 ACE Star Award

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The Alabama Communities of Excellence (ACE) presented the 2017 ACE Star Awards at the Annual Community Reunion on July 14 at the Alabama Power Company – Clanton Conference Center. The ACE Star Awards recognizes individuals who have performed above and beyond the call of duty and embody the principles of the ACE Program, a comprehensive […]

Seneca Water Treatment Plant receives award for sustainability

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Seneca’s Water Treatment Plant Improvements project in South Carolina is the recent recipient of the Envision Silver award from the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI). The water treatment plant is the third infrastructure project in South Carolina to earn an Envision award from ISI, and is the first to earn a Silver award in the […]

Take me out to the ballgame

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Clemson, Coastal Carolina among nation’s top 10 baseball stadiums A survey of college baseball coaches and sports information directors across the nation listed Clemson University’s Doug Kingsmore Stadium as the No. 6 best college baseball park in the country, with Coastal Carolina University’s Springs Brooks Stadium following at No. 9. The list, released by D1Baseball, […]

City of Oxford hits a home run with Choccolocco Park

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At its annual awards banquet on Dec. 2, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio, the National High School Baseball Coaches Association announced the signature baseball field at the City of Oxford’s Choccolocco Park as the National High School Field of the Year. “The Big House,” as the baseball facility is called, was named Regional Field of the […]

Historic courthouse renovation receives recognition

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The Limestone County Courthouse renovation won the Alabama Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America 2017 BuildSouth Award in the renovation under $5 million category. Originally constructed in 1916 in downtown Athens, Ala., the historic courthouse is where Circuit Judge James Horton made the famous decision to set aside the conviction of Haywood Patterson, […]

GMC wins AIA design awards

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The Montgomery Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) announced the winners of the 2016 Design Awards at its annual awards gala earlier this month, with GMC taking home awards for both the Van Antwerp Historic Renovation and University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) New Student Residence Hall. The historic Van Antwerp Building Renovation received […]