March 2005

(San Antonio, Texas) - Texas Construction magazine recently named Zachry’s work for Calpine at the Shell Deer Park Energy Center as one of Texas’ top two construction projects completed in 2004. An independent panel reviewed 90 projects submitted by 46 firms throughout the state. The panel selected the Calpine project as one
of two projects given the Judges’ Award for most outstanding entry. Nominees in the eighth annual contest were scored on construction and design innovation, solutions to challenges, project management, client service and safety.

Additionally, the first two Zachry projects ever submitted for consideration for the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Excellence in Construction Awards have both received regional recognition —a high achievement in the construction industry. Zachry’s construction of the new Student Services and Administration Building at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio (UTHSCSA) and renovation of the existing office building (EOB) at the corporate headquarters received Excellence in Construction awards from the South Texas chapter of
ABC.

“Both projects presented significant challenges. The renovation of the Zachry office building was a particularly extraordinary effort,” said Charlie Winget, ZCC’s business development manager for the Commercial Building Division.

“With an older building like that, it would have been easier to level it and build an entirely new structure. The vision, however, was to maintain original architectural features and the general historical ambience, so great pains were taken to modernize the location’s amenities and preserve its character.”

The renovation of the EOB took more than a year and a half to complete after the project began in August 2002.

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