Fort Worth Chapter of American Institute of Architects Honors AUI Contractors with 2005 Quality in Construction Award

FORT WORTH, Texas--Feb. 1, 2006--AUI Contractors recently received the 2005 Quality in Construction Award from the Fort Worth Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). AUI executives Glenn Strother, Doug Alumbaugh and Tony Rader accepted the award at the chapter's Honors and Awards Dinner on Jan. 24, 2006.

"AUI is pleased to join a small group of elite contractors that have won this award. Receiving this award proves that the architectural design community values our work. We take pride in our projects and the 300 people on the AUI team," commented Alumbaugh, one of AUI's founders.

AUI was spotlighted for construction excellence on major projects that included the Tarrant County Regional Water District headquarters completed in 2003 and the new AUI headquarters in Fort Worth, which was completed in 2004.

Also recognized by AIA with an 2005 Excellence in Architectural Design Award was Greg Ibanez of Gideon Toal, an architectural firm based in Fort Worth. One of Ibanez's designs includes the AUI headquarters facility, which earned a 2004 Merit Award from the AIA Fort Worth Chapter.

As a full-service general contractor, AUI has served the public and private sector and completed more than 700 construction projects since 1983. AUI acquired Pyramid Building Systems in 2004 to expand its design/build capabilities and better serve its commercial/industrial clients.

AUI serves civil, municipal, transportation (trucking and rail), industrial and retail customers. AUI also is engaged in projects that include office buildings, streetscapes, interior renovations and finish-outs, historic renovations and rehabilitations. AUI's commercial services include design-build construction, construction management services, and facilities development. The company's civil services include site development, road construction, heavy civil contracting projects, parks and trails development.

Headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, AUI has approximately 300 employees and annual revenues of $120 million. AUI is a member of The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), The Texas Building Branch of the AGC; The Texas Heavy, Highway, Utility, and Industrial Branch of the AGC; Quoin, The Dallas/Fort Worth/East Texas Branch of the AGC; Associated Builders & Contractors; Society of Commercial Realtors; the Better Business Bureau; and many other business and professional organizations.

For more information on AUI, please visit www.auicontractors.com.

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