Building 103
WINS THE GEORGIA CHAPTER AMERICAN CONCRETE INSTITUTE
"2002 OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR LOW RISE BUILDINGS"
For Immediate Release
Valdosta, Georgia
--- Kun-young
Chiu, P. E., F. ASCE, Vice-president of Kun-young Chiu & Associates, Inc. (KYCA), Consulting Engineers based in Valdosta,
Georgia, announces that they received the “2002 Outstanding Achievement Award
for Low Rise Buildings” from Georgia Chapter of American Concrete Institute
(ACI). The annual award ceremony was held in the Sheraton Buckhead Hotel in
Atlanta, Georgia, on January 30, 2003. Jeffrey S. Chiu, P.E., the Project Engineer, received the award on behalf of the firm. Nearly
400 people from the construction industry attended the award ceremony banquet.
Dr. Terry
Holland, PhD.,
President of ACI International, which is headquartered in Farmington
Hill, Michigan, presented the award.
A total of 65 concrete structural
projects completed in 2001 and 2002 from all over the state entered the
competition in 11 different categories. Laboratory Building 103,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Chamblee Campus was
submitted by KYCA. The four story
building replaced six existing, outdated laboratories housed in WWII barracks.
Other than addressing global health concerns, the function of the building is
anonymous, for security concerns. The advanced technical
sophistication and sensitivity of the precision laboratory instruments required
a building of sufficient rigidity to minimize the vibration of the structure.
High level clean rooms were also required to prevent contamination of specimens
and the external environment.
“To design a state-of-art
structure that accommodates modern, cutting-edge, scientific instruments is a
tremendous challenge," said Kun-young Chiu about the $23 million project. “With our problem solving
abilities and creativeness, we are proud and pleased to be recognized for our
accomplishment. With this award, we carry on our firm’s and
the community’s heritage and tradition as part of Winnersville, U.S.A .”
For
additional information, please e-mail kyca@surfsouth.com
Dr. Terry Holland presented Jeffrey Chiu
the ACI Outstanding Achievement Award for Low Rise Buildings