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ST. APKAR NAMED ARIZONA 'BEST WORSHIP BUILDING FOR 2010' BY SOUTHWEST CONTRACTOR MAGAZINE
By Victoria Manoogian
Tert.am
24.12.10
Southwest Contractor Magazine, a publication of McGraw-Hill Companies,
has named the Armenian Apostolic Church of Arizona [consecrated "St.
Apkar"] Arizona "Best Worship Building for 2010" in its December
2010 issue.
The awards were distributed at a breakfast awards ceremony at Sheraton
Downtown Phoenix Hotel on Tuesday morning, December 7th, 2010.
Accepting awards for St. Apkar were Artin Knadjian of Langdon Wilson
International, the Architect of the project, Moline Construction, the
General Contractor; and the Western Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic
Church, as Owner, which was represented by its Parish Priest Rev. Fr.
Zacharia Saribekyan, the Parish Council Chairman Dn. Berj Manoogian,
Interiors Committee Member Dn. Dr. Stepan Ovanessoff, and Parish
Council Vice-Chairman Rafi Hagopian. Mr. Hagopian's company, HRH
Contractors, was a Subcontractor for the construction of the Church
and shared in the recognition as such at the awards ceremony.
St. Apkar, as an award recipient, was among the company of some
very extraordinary structures and building projects completed
between September 2009 and August 2010. The winning projects were
graded by a distinguished panel of judges in each state on Overcoming
Challenges/Teamwork, Safety, Innovation/Contribution to the Industry,
Construction Quality/Craftsmanship and the Function and Aesthetic
Quality of the Design. The design teams and construction companies in
their acceptance speeches described technical difficulties they solved
on the job, time constraints they overcame, budget limitations they
surmounted, and in almost every case, the cooperation and willingness
to put aside personal agendas that team members showed to achieve
success with their projects.
The Arizona jury was Tyler Bohlender, Mortenson Construction; Linnea
Brudenell, A. AIA, LEED AP, Green Ideas; William R. Ferris, Jr., PE,
Stantec; Steve M. Grauer, Hensel Phelps Construction Co.; Kristen
Howard, Rider Levett Bucknall; Cy Keener, ASUL; Vince Leskosky, AIA,
IIDA, Westlake Reed Leskosky; Scott Macpherson, Rider Levett Bucknall;
and Adam Sprenger, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP; DWL Architects + Planners.
Among the other winners this year were: the Prescott Valley Library,
the Val Vista Water Main Rehabilitation CMAR, the Musical Instrument
Museum (MIM), the Indian Bend Road Improvements, the Schuff Perini
Climber at the Children's Museum of Phoenix, the Rio Salado Audubon
Center, the City of Phoenix Arizona State University College of
Nursing & Health Innovation, the White Cliffs Middle School (Kingman
USD), the City of Phoenix's CityScape Phase I, the Sagewood Phase
I Continuing Care/Retirement Community, the Wild Horse Pass Hotel &
Casino, the Banner Ironwood Medical Center, the Tucson Fire Central,
the Paseo Vista Recreation Area (Chandler), the Maricopa County
Security Building Re-Roof, the Blackboard Transact, the El Chorro
Lodge, the University of Arizona Student Recreation Center Expansion,
Scottsdale's Fashion Square, the Flagstaff Family YMCA, the Boys &
Girls Clubs of the East Valley - Compadre Branch, the Tres Rios
Wetlands Restoration, the Chandler CARE Center, and the Blue Cross
Blue Shield of Arizona Townley Campus.
From: A. Papazian
By Victoria Manoogian
Tert.am
24.12.10
Southwest Contractor Magazine, a publication of McGraw-Hill Companies,
has named the Armenian Apostolic Church of Arizona [consecrated "St.
Apkar"] Arizona "Best Worship Building for 2010" in its December
2010 issue.
The awards were distributed at a breakfast awards ceremony at Sheraton
Downtown Phoenix Hotel on Tuesday morning, December 7th, 2010.
Accepting awards for St. Apkar were Artin Knadjian of Langdon Wilson
International, the Architect of the project, Moline Construction, the
General Contractor; and the Western Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic
Church, as Owner, which was represented by its Parish Priest Rev. Fr.
Zacharia Saribekyan, the Parish Council Chairman Dn. Berj Manoogian,
Interiors Committee Member Dn. Dr. Stepan Ovanessoff, and Parish
Council Vice-Chairman Rafi Hagopian. Mr. Hagopian's company, HRH
Contractors, was a Subcontractor for the construction of the Church
and shared in the recognition as such at the awards ceremony.
St. Apkar, as an award recipient, was among the company of some
very extraordinary structures and building projects completed
between September 2009 and August 2010. The winning projects were
graded by a distinguished panel of judges in each state on Overcoming
Challenges/Teamwork, Safety, Innovation/Contribution to the Industry,
Construction Quality/Craftsmanship and the Function and Aesthetic
Quality of the Design. The design teams and construction companies in
their acceptance speeches described technical difficulties they solved
on the job, time constraints they overcame, budget limitations they
surmounted, and in almost every case, the cooperation and willingness
to put aside personal agendas that team members showed to achieve
success with their projects.
The Arizona jury was Tyler Bohlender, Mortenson Construction; Linnea
Brudenell, A. AIA, LEED AP, Green Ideas; William R. Ferris, Jr., PE,
Stantec; Steve M. Grauer, Hensel Phelps Construction Co.; Kristen
Howard, Rider Levett Bucknall; Cy Keener, ASUL; Vince Leskosky, AIA,
IIDA, Westlake Reed Leskosky; Scott Macpherson, Rider Levett Bucknall;
and Adam Sprenger, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP; DWL Architects + Planners.
Among the other winners this year were: the Prescott Valley Library,
the Val Vista Water Main Rehabilitation CMAR, the Musical Instrument
Museum (MIM), the Indian Bend Road Improvements, the Schuff Perini
Climber at the Children's Museum of Phoenix, the Rio Salado Audubon
Center, the City of Phoenix Arizona State University College of
Nursing & Health Innovation, the White Cliffs Middle School (Kingman
USD), the City of Phoenix's CityScape Phase I, the Sagewood Phase
I Continuing Care/Retirement Community, the Wild Horse Pass Hotel &
Casino, the Banner Ironwood Medical Center, the Tucson Fire Central,
the Paseo Vista Recreation Area (Chandler), the Maricopa County
Security Building Re-Roof, the Blackboard Transact, the El Chorro
Lodge, the University of Arizona Student Recreation Center Expansion,
Scottsdale's Fashion Square, the Flagstaff Family YMCA, the Boys &
Girls Clubs of the East Valley - Compadre Branch, the Tres Rios
Wetlands Restoration, the Chandler CARE Center, and the Blue Cross
Blue Shield of Arizona Townley Campus.
From: A. Papazian