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Posted: August 25, 2008
GBC to honor Build New York award winners in October
A new county Judicial Center, built in a busy downtown area; the largest recreational facility ever built in a New York City park; an abandoned industrial building transformed into a new high school; a boathouse designed by a world-famous architect; a major renovation of a college library.
These are the winners of the 2008 GBC Build New York Awards, who were selected recently by an 11 member jury. They will be honored during a gala awards presentation in October at the WILD Center in Tupper Lake, New York (2007 Winner). Our congratulations to:
BBL Construction Services, LLC
Albany County
Judicial Center, Albany
Bovis Lend Lease LMB, Inc.
Flushing Meadows Corona Park Natatorium and Ice Rink, Flushing
Leon D. DeMatteis
Construction Corporation
Bathgate High School
Educational Complex, Bronx
Lehigh Construction Group, Inc.
Frank Lloyd Wright's
Rowing Boathouse, Buffalo
The Pike Company, Inc.
Rehabilitation of Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca
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