Congratulations
to the 2023 ACI Construction Career Awards Winners!
After careful consideration, the winners for the 2023 ACI Construction Career Awards have been selected. We are honored to recognize excellence in the Cincinnati Region’s commercial construction industry.
Organizational Excellence
Safety Innovation
Awarded to an organization or employer that is leading in the areas of employee safety and health.
WINNER: Dugan & Meyers, LLC.
ESI Electrical Contractors
J. Feldkamp Design Build
Organizational Excellence
Workforce Development
Awarded to an organization or employer dedicated to developing new talent and upskilling the workforce.
People Working Cooperatively
WINNER: The Nelson Stark Company
Triversity
Organizational Excellence
Workforce Education
Awarded to an educational institution that is dedicated to attracting and developing the commercial construction workforce.
Holmes High School
Great Oaks Career Campuses
University of Cincinnati
WINNER: Warren County Career Center
Safety Leadership Champion
Awarded to an individual who demonstrates a commitment to inspiring change and improving safety, through the creation/revision of a safety program, product, or process.
Martin Evans
Danis Building Construction Co.
Al Heckmann
Heckmann Sales & Leasing
WINNER: Jonah Holbrook
Pioneer Cladding and Glazing
Workforce Development Champion
Awarded to an individual who makes a significant contribution to construction-based outreach, culture, education, and/or training.
Tonya Beesley
Baker Concrete Construction
Donna Lauver
Hamilton County Educational Service Center
Brad Staggs
People Working Cooperatively
Justin Taulbee
Valley
WINNER: Jake Wolfer
Valley
Workforce Inclusion Champion
Recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions to expanding the commercial construction industry workforce to include women, veterans, minorities, and other underrepresented groups.
Isaias Gamboa
Easterseals
Hans Robben
The Nelson Stark Company
WINNER: Kristen Smitherman-Voltaire
Turner Construction
ACI Skilled Trade Awards
Awarded to 10 outstanding craft persons in the first five years of their careers.
Logan Shinkle
cHc Fabricating Corp
WINNER: Ben Wells
cHc Fabricating Corp
Austin Taylor
Dalton Roofing Co.
Bryce Baker
Danis Building Construction Co.
WINNER: Dawson Warner
Danis Building Construction Co.
WINNER: Brayden Eversole
Dugan & Meyers, LLC
WINNER: Michelle Vieson
ESI Electrical Contractors
Matthew Nunley
ESI Electrical Contractors
Edwin Hunt
Mayers Electric
Samuel Dasenbrock
Messer Construction
WINNER: Gabriella Dibble
Messer Construction
WINNER: Alauntae Jones
Monarch Construction Co.
WINNER: Ryan Grey
The Nelson Stark Company
Kennan Johnson
Riverside Electric
WINNER: Alex Day
R.J. Beischel Building Company
Keagen Gulley
Trade31
Trent Grigsby
Valley
WINNER: Landen Rutledge
Valley
WINNER: Bryan Porter
ZW Telecom
Early Impact Champion
Recognizes an outstanding under-40 individual who has demonstrated leadership in attracting, retaining, and championing talent in the Cincinnati region’s commercial construction industry. An emerging talent who embodies the qualities of a future leader and serves as an inspiration to others.
Erin Hammer
Dugan & Meyers, LLC.
Vince Morabito
Jostin Construction
Ben Ryan
cHc Fabricating Corp
WINNER: Amber Stiens
Skanska USA Building Inc.
Industry Icon
Awarded to an outstanding, experienced individual in the commercial construction trades who possesses not only technical expertise but personal qualities that make them highly effective. The ACI Industry Icon is an exemplary industry citizen who produces stellar work and inspires others to do the same.
Giles Galbraith
Dugan & Meyers, LLC
Mike Irby
Danis Building Construction Co.
WINNER: Joe Wade
Trade31
Mark Woodruff
Valley