The Atrium of Lourdes Hospital was the setting for the GBC's Build New York and Safety Excellence Awards Thursday evening, November 1. A crowd of about 125 enjoyed a reception and the awards presentation, and many lingered for coffee, dessert and conversation afterward. Among the guests at the reception were State Senator Thomas Libous and Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo, both from the Binghamton area. Our congratulations again to the Build New York and Safety Excellence winners, and our sincere thanks to the sponsors who helped make the evening a success. We're pleased to announce that next year's awards presentation will be held on October 4, 2008 at the Wild Center in Tupper Lake. The Wild Center was one of this year's winning projects and it should provide a spectacular venue for next year's awards. It will be fall foliage season and we will encourage participants to make the event a weekend getaway. Congratulations! Our hearty congratulations again to the 2007 GBC Build New York Award winners: William Lane Incorporated (special honoree) Renovation Project Winner - Lourdes Hospital Flood Reconstruction, Binghamton, N.Y. Bette & Cring, LLC New Project Winner - The Natural Museum of the Adirondacks - The Wild Center, Tupper Lake, N.Y. E.W. Howell Co., Inc. New Project Winner - Center for Functional Nanomaterials at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, N.Y. Murnane Building Contractors New Project Winner- Plattsburgh International Airport Terminal, Plattsburgh, N.Y. Plaza Construction Corporation New Project Winner - Astoria Energy, Astoria, New York Congratulations also to the 2007 GBC Safety Excellence winners: BBL Construction Services, LLC BCI Construction, Inc. Darlind Construction, Inc. Charles A. Gaetano Construction Corp. Hunter Roberts Construction Group LECESSE Construction Company LeChase Construction Services LLC Lehigh Construction Group Inc. MLB Construction Services LLC Northeast Construction Services, Inc. Sano-Rubin Construction Co., Inc. Welliver McGuire Inc.