Erland Construction recognized for excellence for Springfield College project

Erland Construction, Inc. was named the recipient of a first place Excellence in Construction Award from the Massachusetts Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC). Erland won the award in the annual statewide competition's "Renovation" category for repairs to a tornado-damaged Springfield College dormitory. Erland is one of only 13 contractors selected as recipients of ABC's 2012 Excellence in Construction Awards. "Erland's work represents the state-of-the-art in construction," said Massachusetts ABC president Greg Beeman. "They should be justifiably proud of this achievement. Work of this caliber is helping to raise the standards of excellence throughout the construction industry." The company completed what would normally be a 34-40 week project in 12 weeks so hundreds of students would have housing at the start of the school year. Even thought insurance company limited the job to "replacing and/or repairing," Erland improved energy efficiency with its choice of materials. Jablonski Devriese Architects were recognized along with Erland Construction as part of the project team. The award winners were selected by an independent panel of expert judges based on execution of design, craftsmanship, attention to detail, safety and other considerations. The judges were Domenic D'Eramo of Tetra Tech Rizzo; Russel Feldman of TBA Architects, Inc.; Leslie Haines of Parsons; George Khouri of George J. Khouri & Associates and Vernon Woodworth of AKF Group LLC.