Building Team Awards Tip Sheet

Keep this tip sheet handy when preparing your Building Team Awards entry, as these are some items on which your project will be judged. Note: Your project may not touch on all these items. This is meant to be a checklist to guide your submittal.

Design, Engineering and Construction Considerations (50%)

Land use planning, zoning, codes, regulations, etc.
Overall quality of the design
M/E/P innovations, fresh approaches
Energy/environment breakthroughs
Sustainable design, green building design, LEED
Structural engineering issues and solutions
Innovative construction methods, solutions
Construction safety (extraordinary factors)
Construction & demolition waste recycling efforts
Unusual scheduling or timing demands (and solutions)
Inventive use of materials; use of unusual or new materials
Craftsmanship, detailing, elegance of execution
Use of innovative technology, methods, tools
Patents or inventions resulting from project
Cost/budget issues – and evidence of resolution
Evidence of performance-based design
Security issues, unusual approaches, results
Wayfinding; ADA considerations
Commissioning results
Post-occupancy evaluation; evidence of owner/user satisfaction
Overall project quality and functionality
Social or cultural relevance of project
Other measures of success (job creation, neighborhood renewal, ADA, etc.)
Project complexity: Was it especially challenging? In what way?
Unusual owner/client requirements
Site planning, parking, landscaping, user access

SUMMARY: How did the project push the envelope?

Building Team Collaboration + Involvement of Community, End Users & Stakeholders (50%)

Evidence of extraordinary efforts to meet owner needs
Involvement of surrounding community, neighbors, affected stakeholders
Involvement of public officials, public agencies
Charettes, planning sessions with community, end users, other relevant stakeholders
Attention to surrounding environment, historic areas, community sensitivities
Attention to environmental issues: wetlands, open space, recreation areas, etc.
Extensive surveying, polling, or other techniques to gauge public opinion or gather ideas
Unusual “gaming” or innovative tools to assess client or end-user needs
Evidence of involvement of ‘less-empowered end-users’ (students in school project, nurses in hospital, minorities, disabled, etc.)
Overcoming unanticipated changes in the program
Overcoming natural disaster (flood, hurricane), man-made disaster (loss of power supply), materials shortages
Unusual team-based solutions to budget restrictions, value engineering
Unusual team-based solutions to keep project schedule on time
Extraordinary effort in hiring women- or minority-owned firms
Special social or cultural relevance of the project
Additional measures of community-related success (jobs, neighborhood renewal, etc.)
Special aspects related to user-occupant-tenant needs