2009 HNA Project Awards

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Commercial Winners

 Combination

 1,000 – 10,000 Square Feet

Villa Roma Hotel Fountain
Lighthouse Design & Development
Smithtown, New York

As an entry feature to a large hotel in upstate New York, this fountain represents the final touches to a complete building and site makeover after a fire. Challenges included reconciling a 4 ft grade difference across the site which resulted in a level pedestrian area around the fountain. This classic fountain design greets guests entering the hotel and grounds.
 10,000 – 50,000 Square Feet

Vinings Mountain Condominiums
Site Scapes, LLC
Lawrenceville, Georgia

Taking Atlanta living to new heights at the highest elevation in the area, this condo project offers great views of the city skyline. Working under a compressed schedule with plan revisions, the project includes interlocking concrete pavers as part of an intricate and detailed site design. While the laying pattern was straightforward, many pavers required hand work to shape them to fit the architect’s exacting plans.
 More than 50,000 Square Feet

Renaissance at Colony Park
Site Tech
Roswell, Georgia

This high-end shopping and entertainment center features over 220,000 square feet of pedestrian and vehicular pavers with 8,000 square feet  of tumbled, segmental concrete retaining walls. All reinforce the Mediterranean design theme. Since subgrade soils were marginal, they were stabilized to support an 8 in. thick compacted aggregate base under a 4 in. thick asphalt base. All segmental pavements received a joint sand stabilizer. This fountain presents a delightful integration of stormwater management and segmental concrete retaining walls.

 Concrete Paver

 1,000 – 10,000 Square Feet

Outdoor Employee Synergy Zone
Singing Hills Landscape, Inc.
Aurora, Colorado

The challenge was creating a unique company logo to greets those who enter the company parking lot presenting an impressive message to company employees and to visiting customers. A cardboard template marks pavers for cutting and exchange with those matching to corporate logo colors. The resulting logo centerpiece contributes to a welcoming space for employees and visitors.
 10,000 – 50,000 Square Feet

F Street Connectivity
Davis Constructors & Engineers, Inc. paver installer, Keith Whalen of East Penn Pavement Company
Anchorage, Alaska

This project is part of downtown Anchorage’s revitalization in a place with heavy pedestrian use. The challenge was heated paver surfaces keeping them snow free to help showcase Alaskan native art in surrounding new buildings. A liquid (hydronic) heating system placed in the bedding sand layer provides snow melting for this high pedestrian use project.
 More than 50,000 Square Feet

Towne of Ave Maria Aquatics Sports Park
Perfect Pavers, Inc.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

This enormous project includes concrete pavers around an Olympic-sized lap pool, a children’s play pool, water slide, fountain, Jacuzzi and sunbathing areas. The project includes sand-set and thin-set (mortar) pavers with bullnose coping and risers, tactile pavers and segmental retaining walls. The large project scale as well as the execution of details at the smallest scale made this water park project rise above other commercial paver projects.

 Clay Brick

 1,000 – 10,000 Square Feet

NCSU Wolf Sculpture Plaza
Fred Adams Paving Company, Inc.
Morrisville, North Carolina

The owner wanted to create a new plaza area to enhance the natural gathering place for students. The challenge was to install in an area that tied into five points that had a pre‐existing elevation. They had to meet these elevation points while still maintaining different slopes so that they could direct any water that hit the pavers off the pavement and into several different planting beds. Their crew used craftsmanship to gradually change the angle of the existing areas so that they seamlessly blended with the new plaza. The outcome was an attractive plaza that the owner will be able to proudly display sculpture for visitors and students alike to admire.
 10,000 – 50,000 Square Feet

Promenade Circle
Church Brick South, LLC
Thorofare, New Jersey

Promenade Circle is the nucleus of the Riverwalk Promenade at Port Imperial, Spanning two miles along the Hudson River waterfront with striking views of Midtown Manhattan. The massive fountain lined circle is paved in four distinct earth tone colors of clay brick pavers that create an intricate pattern most appreciated from high above. Many fortunate residences own a coveted birds‐eye view of Promenade Circle and its million dollar view of the Hudson River into Manhattan.
 More than 50,000 Square Feet

The Meadows at Lake Saint Louis
ROSCH Company
St. Louis, Missouri

The Meadows at Lake Saint Louis is a brand new Lifestyle Center development located within one of the fastest growing suburbs of Saint Louis, MO. More than 61,000 square feet of clay brick pavers were used in the overall site plan to connect the pedestrian areas of this outdoor shopping complex. Planters, benches, decorative lighting, and ornamental wrought iron adorn the streetscape and provide a human scale for shoppers to linger and enjoy the experience. The landscape and site work are a garden in itself worth visiting and enjoyable for all ages.

 Segmental Retaining Wall

 1,000 – 10,000 Square Feet

Knollwood Military Retirement Residence
Terra Structures
Skippack, Pennsylvania

The site required retaining walls up to twenty feet tall to create needed building area. The problem: the site for the addition was surrounded by beautiful mature trees. This specially engineered project employed a top/down construction process in which soil anchors were driven under and around the tree roots as the wall site was excavated in five-foot lifts. Each anchor was tensioned per the engineered design and a temporarily steel plate was attached to stabilize the soil. The process used,  required only a three-foot cut behind the wall, which saved hundreds of trees.
 10,000 – 50,000 Square Feet

Briarcliff Village
BC Hardscapes, LLC
Claycomo, Missouri

This impressive project is 14,000 square feet of Weathered Versa-Lok Mosaic block, standing 18feet at its tallest point with average grid length of 10 foot. Global Stability became an issue due to the walls location along a hillside. Test pits had to be dug along the footprint of the wall just prior to construction to expose a rock ledge that the whole project sits on. There were many long days in temperatures not typically conducive to work but all schedules were met.

 

Residential Winners

Combination

Under 1,000 Square Feet

Kildeer Residence
Poul’s Landscaping & Nursery, Inc.
Long Grove, Illinois

The challenge was to create three distinct outdoor spaces—a living room, dining room and kitchen. An elevation change, two paving patterns and an overhead cedar trellis helps define each space. The living room fireplace supports a flat screen TV and the trellis ceiling while the lighting integrated with the columns, steps and trellis warms the setting while increasing safety.
 
1,000 – 5,000 Square Feet (tie)

Toth Residence
Impact Landscaping & Irrigation, Inc.
Norton, Ohio

A generous raised patio includes a pool, fireplace with deck, kitchen and eating area, all facing a beautiful private lake. The fireplace rests on a raised deck overlooking the swimming pool. A barbeque and fridge fill out the kitchen and eating area.
 
1,000 – 5,000 Square Feet (tie)

Wingert Residence
Tinberg Turf
Bonner Springs, Kansas

A wooded area provides a backdrop for the fireplace and living area of this multi-level patio. Working on steep grades, a shaded backyard and two house exits at different levels, the contractor integrated pavers, retaining walls and natural stone to create a three level patio. A fire pit surrounded by a low wall made with retaining wall units on end and cap stones provides a sitting area. Dramatic night lighting welcomes users to enjoy this backyard environment.
 
More than 5,000 sq. feet

Tolan Residence
Wallace Custom Hardscapes
Pensacola, Florida

The paver color and texture for the driveway and entry walkway fit with the color and texture of the brick enclosure. Note the low retaining wall at the front entrance helps reduce the scale of the house, making the entrance friendlier A three-piece paver pattern tops this raised pool area.
 

Concrete Paver

 Under 1,000 Square Feet

Zakow Residence
Harmony Hill Landscaping, Inc.
Fishkill, New York

This modest backyard project addresses the client’s need for outdoor space for cooking, entertaining and relaxing. The project includes low voltage lighting and an audio system. The barbeque area uses bullnose pavers to soften the countertop edges and some decorative inlays to add visual interest.
 
 1,000 – 5,000 Square Feet

Hanley Residence
Landis Construction
Lebanon, Pennsylvania

A non-descript backyard is transformed into a comfortable outdoor living space. Distinct eating and living areas are enclosed by trellises and accented by level changes. There is a 5’ fire pit along one side of the patio for an additional area to entertain. There are three exits to the yard around the patio, along with a 4’ sidewalk leading to the driveway. There is lighting and outlets throughout the entire area.
More than 5,000 Square Feet

Gaudio Residence
The Deck and Patio Company
Huntington Station, New York

The challenge with this project was handling over 3500 cubic yards of clay soil from excavating, backfilling and grading along with directing runoff into 13 drywells some 70 ft deep. Thirty tons of boulders add to the waterfalls and spillways adding to the natural appearance. The complete integration of soft and hardscaping attracts the eyes and ears with relaxing sensations. Besides the backyard makeover, curb appeal is enhanced with a concrete paver driveway.

 Clay Brick

 1,000 – 5,000 Square Feet

Kessman Residence
Island Associates
Massapequa, New York

This project needed to meet the needs of a young and expanding family who enjoys frequent social gatherings and wanted to keep with the formal traditional style of the home. Clay brick was chosen to match the front facade of the home. Bluestone dry‐stacked stone, thermal dimensional Bluestone, Long Island boulders, and granite accents were used to give the project variety and enhance the beauty of the clay brick.
 
 More than 5,000 Square Feet

Albergo Residence
Couch Brick Pavers
Odessa, Florida

Hardscaping plays an integral part in creating an inviting entrance and poolside entertaining space in this Bay Area Residence. Clay pavers ranging from creamy off‐white to light grays and tans were blended on site capturing the subtle ranges of the brick cladding and stucco. The pavers' vivid colors catch the eyes of passers by and help establish the home's presence among neighboring houses.

 Segmental Retaining Wall

 1,000 – 5,000 Square Feet

Jahns Residence
MDC Contracting
Charlevoix, Michigan

Built in one of the most elite resort areas in the Midwest, this retaining wall needed to maintain the natural aesthetics of the Lake Michigan shoreline while providing engineered structural benefits. This particular project includes tiered walls, the tallest at 11 feet, and more than 180 of the company’s weather-hewn steps provide access to Lake Michigan. One wall is 10 feet tall and has a swimming pool right behind it, leaving no room for geogrid tie backs in the upper six feet. The engineering and installation of this wall required creativity and innovation, allowing this product to rise to the occasion.