SAINT PAUL, MN — The International Concrete Repair Institute (ICRI) announces the winners of its 2019 Project Awards. The Ile-aux-Tourtes Bridge Rehabilitation was chosen as the ICRI 2019 Project of the Year. This year, three finalists were chosen, and the winner was announced at an awards ceremony.

ICRI awarded seven additional 2019 Awards of Excellence and seven Awards of Merit. The following projects won awards in the Dixie Contractor area:
This St. Petersburg, Florida-based project was submitted by R.L. James, Inc. Signature Place Condominium consists of a 36-story residential and two five- and seven-story multi-use condominium buildings and a five-story garage and recreational plaza deck and pool. Soon after construction ended, there were water intrusion issues on the concrete masonry unity constructed walls, and cracks in the stucco began to develop in consistent locations at floor-to-wall transitions. The repair included replacing the thinly applied balcony waterproof membranes and painting the exterior envelope of all the buildings as well as addressing some roof coating issues.
This Naples, Florida-based project was submitted by Tadjer-Cohen-Edelson Associates, Inc. The Ritz-Carlton Naples is a luxury beachfront resort with 450 guest rooms, numerous restaurants, ballrooms, meeting rooms, spa and fitness facility, swimming pools, tennis courts and beachfront amenities. Damaging storms and prolonged exposure to the elements over many years subjected the façade to coating failure, caulking deterioration, corrosion of metal stucco corner beads and control joints, stucco cracking and stucco delamination. In addition, the prolonged water migration caused deterioration of the cold-formed steel wall studs and the reinforced concrete balcony slabs experienced cracking and spalling slab edges. A repair program was developed to restore structural and water resisting components and included façade repairs, lobby door and window replacement, roof replacement and waterproofing repairs.

ICRI, a nonprofit association with more than 2,400 members worldwide, is a resource for education and information to improve the quality of repair, restoration and protection of concrete and other structures in accordance with consensus criteria.