2024
Future Leader Award
Ambre Schaffer – Baltimore, MD Chapter 135 – Northeast Region
Member of the Year Award
Jillian Penkin – Buffalo Niagara, NY Chapter 388 – Northeast Region
Lifetime Achievement Award
Chris Wigginton, CIT – Spokane, WA Chapter 143 – Pacific Northwest Region
Carol A Kueker Construction Education Visionary Award
Shanen Aranmer
NAWIC Recruiter
Rebecca L. Heustess – Midwest Region
Tiffany Wondrow, WBE, SBA – Southeast Region
Karen Edmonston – Pacific Southwest
Melissa Guertin, OSHA 30 – Northeast
2024
Excellence Awards
Civil/Heavy Highway
Knik Construction
Project: Northern Region Western Coastal Storm Repairs Front Street & Nome Council Highway
Commercial
Layton Construction Company, LLC
Project: Wai Kai Waterfront Recreation Facility
President’s Choice: Education
Big-D Construction
Project: Salt Lake Community College + University of Utah Juniper Academic Building
Institutional
Ahtna Environmental, Inc.
Project: EPA Western Ecology Division Laboratory Modernization Renovations
Residential
Big-D Construction
Project: Post District Mixed-Use Development
Safety & Health Award Winners
General Contractor
Skanska Civil
Subcontractor
Interstates
Emerging Professionals Award Winners
Autumn Frazier – Coastal Georgia Chapter 360 – Southeast Region
Julie Grauf – Southwest Missouri Chapter 366 – Midwest Region
Codi Cox – Metropolitan Denver Chapter 112 – Pacific Southwest Region
DEI award winners
Small Company – Lydig Construction
Large Company – McKinstry
Champion of Progress – Diahnna Nunez
Act. Achieve. Inspire – Atlanta, Boston, Triangle of NC
Outstanding Committee Members – Meykia Mittag, Natalye Jackson, Andrea Girón, Lisa Thibodeaux
