Chicago Building Congress
Merit Awards 50th Anniversary

The top award for New Construction-Suburbs was awarded for the Orland Park Library. Receiving their awards were: Front row: Sharon Wsol, Library Director; Mary Ann Ahl, Library Trustee; Kimberly Warzynski, W.E. O'Neil Construction; Bob Rux, Chris P. Stefanos Associates. Second Row: Mike Wessman, W.E. O'Neil Construction; Glenn Johnson & Floyd Anderson, Lohan Anderson Architects. Third Row: Oleh Karawan, W.E. O'Neil Construction; Ron Gall, Owner Services Group, Inc.; Michael Barnes, Lohan Anderson.

Accepting the award for Rehab Construction for the Cook County Domestic Violence Courthouse: Front 4 people; Elizabeth Melas, Cook County Department of Capital Planning & Policy; Jamie Rahn, George Sollitt Construction; Augustine Afriyie, Oakley Construction; Baru Wangombe, UBM, Inc. Mid row-6 people; Katie McGlasson, Folgers Architects; Anthony Kwateng, Oakley Construction; Jim Tazelaar, George Sollitt Construction; Scott Cyphers, Booth Hansen; Howard Strong, George Sollitt Construction; John Pridmore, George Sollitt Construction. Back 4 people: Mike Lamont, Cook County Department of Capital Planning & Policy; Steve McGlasson & Ken Folgers, Folgers Architects; George Halik, Booth Hansen.

The New Construction award was given for the Conservation and Relocation of the U-505 Submarine. Pictured are: Dick Klarich & Marty Glover, Jones Lang LaSalle; Len Koroski & Michael Kaufman, Goettsch Partners; Joel Asprooth, Museum of Science and Industry; Dean Psarros, W.E. O'Neil Construction.

Accepting the award for Construction Under $10 Million for the Rogers Park Montessori School: Geoff Walters, OWP/P Architects; Lanie Adair & Debbie Senoff-Langford, Rogers Park Montessori; Betsy Downs, OWP/P Architects; Larry Wiley, Berglund Construction.

Charles Lewis & Jeffrey Hamera, Jenkens & Gilchrist; Steve Wasilowski, FitzGerald Associates.

Fred Berglund, Berglund Construction, event chairman; Jim McShane, CBC President.

Elizabeth Melas, Cook County Capital Planning & Policy; Shannan Blagg & Kelly Benedict, Pepper Construction.

Joe Guzzo, Barbara Krause, Candy Schultz, Karen Volkmer & David Schultz, Chicago Building Congress, (CBC) staff.

David Reeves & Patrick Cermak, Wight Co.; Csaba Szekelyhidi & Scott Lumsden, PSA Dewberry.

Tim Tracey, Krueck & Sexton; Jan Rogatz, Cotter Consulting; Terence Frigo, Illinois Institute of Technology.

George Halik, David Mann & Scott Cyphers, Booth Hansen.

Michael Horst, Horst & Co.; Larry Karlson, Magnusson Klemencic Associates.

Ross Bay, Mary Tressman, Sheridan Turner & Dave Judy, Kohl Children's Museum.

Dean Psarras, Kimberly Warzynski, Oleh Karawan & Michael Wessman, W.E. O'Neil Construction.

Patrick Loughran, Goettsch Partners; Gunny Harboe, Harboe Architects.

Dina Lawrence, Berglund Construction; Csaba Szekelyhidi, PSA Dewberry.

Dwayne Dionne & Meesay Her, F.H. Paschen, SN Nielsen.

Lauren Smith, M.A. Mortenson Co.; Sloan Watson, Bulley & Andrews.

Dan Fitzgibbons, Gibson Electric; Jacqueline Dohmen, EMCOR Construction; Scott Rowe & Carmen Manno, Gibson Electric.

Chad DeWeese, PSA Dewberry; Linda Devee & Marilyn Daley, Edwards Hospital; Michael Swann, Berglund Construction.

Matthew Doucet, Fifth Third Bank; Dan Neswold, Titan Electric; Jeffrey Steigelman, Fifth Third.

Terence Frigo, IL Institute of Technology; Anne Edwards-Cotter, Cotter Consulting, CBC director; Joseph Buri, Illinois Institute of Technology.

Glenn Johnson, Michael Barnes & Floyd Anderson, Lohan Anderson.