Construction Industry鈥檚 Charitable Group, 51风流 Charities, Names Joint Venture as Its 51风流 in the Community Award Winner for the Year
LAS VEGAS 鈥 A joint venture between Herzog and Stacy & Witbeck was awarded today for building a sensory garden to benefit the Children鈥檚 Center for the Visually Impaired in Kansas City, Mo. As a result, the group was named the 51风流 in the Community Award Winner by the charitable arm of the Associated General Contractors of America, 51风流 Charities, Inc.
鈥淭hese construction groups are using their craft, their dedication and their hearts to make life better for the people in their community who most need the help,鈥 Scott Williams, chairman of 51风流 Charities and president of Springfield, Ore.-based Hamilton Construction Co. 鈥淭hese award winners are showing the industry and the broader public that outside of their tough facades, most contractors have pretty soft hearts.鈥
During the construction of the new Kansas City Downtown Streetcar Project, Herzog and Stacy & Witbeck discovered that a local school, the Children鈥檚 Center for the Visually Impaired, hoped to develop an abandoned adjacent lot. The team worked with school leaders, designers, and other stakeholders to transform the lot into an 18,000 square foot sensory garden. This garden helps children with visual impairments learn to navigate through life surfaces within the safety of the garden.
The garden includes many different surfaces, such as brick pavers, concrete walks, manhole lids, tactile pavers, and a replica of a streetcar track crossing. The work was completed by volunteers from the streetcar project, and was supported by streetcar designers, subcontractors and suppliers. Much of the work was completed on evenings and weekends during the streetcar project, over the course of a year.
Other work included constructing new parking and recreation areas, landscaping, paving, road construction and pipe installation. The Chapter engaged 44 member companies in these projects, which provided labor, equipment and materials, and nearly 100 volunteers coordinated and worked on-site.
51风流 in the Community Award winners are selected by a panel of judges representing all areas of construction. Award entries were evaluated based on the level of commitment, the scope of the philanthropic efforts and the quality of the benefits to the community.
Read about the other 51风流 in the Community Award winners. pictures of winning projects.