OMAHA, NE — The Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute has awarded the HDR-designed Hubbard Center for Children Parking Garage with a biennial Design and Construction HONORS Award in its 2022 awards program. The project won in the Transportation category.

Only seven projects receive the HONORS Award from CRSI recognizing design and construction achievements by owners, architects, engineers, and construction managers across North America. Each selection demonstrates excellence in leveraging reinforced steel as an inherent building material around the world.

The Hubbard Center for Children Parking Garage is a seven-story, steel-reinforced concrete parking garage at the Hubbard Center for Children that consists of 761 spaces for hospital staff and features a perforated metal skin to provide fall protection and help keep out the elements.

The expanded on-site parking garage features a large digital media screen as well as a perforated skin that showcases shifting colors, creating a new face for the campus. The interior complements the colorful exterior, incorporating color schemes and motifs from the existing buildings into the new spaces to unify the architecture and give the Hubbard Center for Children a dynamic and playful appearance.

The HDR team collaborated with construction manager Kiewit Building Group, concrete contractor Daedalus Construction Company, and rebar contractors CMC Rebar and JCJ Structural Group, LLC. The new facility is the most visible and colorful part of Children’s, fronting Omaha’s busiest corridor and integrating architecturally with the existing facilities.