Recipients of 2004 National Marketing Communications Awards Announced

Press Release

The annual SMPS National Marketing Communications Awards (MCA) recognize outstanding marketing pieces created by architectural, engineering, design, and construction firms. Awards are presented in 18 categories; if applicable, a small-firm award winner is named in each category. This year's MCA recipients are:

(Click on to view image of winning entry.)

Best of Show-Large Firm-Gould Evans (Target Market)

Best of Show-Small Firm-Dunn Associates (Web Site)

People's Choice Award-Astorino (Direct Mail)

Advertising
1st Place-HITT Contracting Inc,Fairfax, VA
2nd Place-Degenkolb Engineers, San Francisco, CA
3rd Place-WilsonMiller, Inc., Naples, FL

Annual Report
1st Place-Gensler, San Francisco, CA
2nd Place-URS, New York, NY
3rd Place-HDR, Omaha, NE

Book/Monograph
1st Place-The Boldt Company, Appleton, WI
Small Firm-Elliott & Associates, Oklahoma City, OK
2nd Place-Gensler, San Francisco, CA

Brochure
1st Place-Miller Construction Company, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Small Firm-The HLA Group Landscape Architects & Planners Inc., Sacremento, CA
2nd Place-Frost Miller Group, Bethesda, MD
3rd Place-T.Y. Lin International, San Francisco, CA

Corporate Identity
1st Place-FDI, Phoenix, AZ
Small Firm-Edward Howard & Co./ schmidtcopelandparkerstevens, Cleveland, OH
2nd Place-HITT Contracting Inc, Fairfax, VA
3rd Place-Mohagen/Hansen Architectural Group,
Wayzata, MN

Direct-Mail Campaign
1st Place-Venture Design Group, Houston, TX
Small Firm-Astorino, Pittsburgh, PA
2nd Place-Anshen + Allen Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
3rd Place-Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates, Atlanta, GA

Feature Writing
1st Place-Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo, Honolulu, HI
2nd Place-Clough/Harbor Associates, Albany, NY
3rd Place-EYP Mission Critical Facilities Inc., Albany, NY

Holiday
1st Place-Butler Rogers Baskett, New York, NY
Small Firm-Digital Brewing Company, San Francisco, CA
2nd Place-Glatting Jackson Karcher Anglin Lopez Rinehart, Inc., Orlando, FL
3rd Place-Shannon & Wilson, Inc., St. Louis, MO
Honorable Mention-FOX Architects, Vienna, VA

Internal Communications
1st Place-Mulvanny G2 Architecture, Bellevue, WA
2nd Place-William A. Berry & Son, Inc., Danvers, MA
3rd Place-Alpern Rosenthal, Pittsburgh, PA

Magazine
1st Place-HNTB Corporation, Kansas City, MO
2nd Place-FMI Corporation, Raleigh, NC
3rd Place-Gensler, San Francisco, CA

Multimedia and 3-D Design
1st Place-Turner Construction Company, New York, NY
2nd Place-Syska Hennessy Group, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
3rd Place-Turner Construction Company, New York, NY

Newsletter - External
1st Place-The Beck Group, Tampa, FL
2nd Place-Urban Environments, Inc., Columbus, OH
3rd Place-HNTB Corporation, Kansas City, MO

Newsletter - Internal
1st Place-Brasfield & Gorrie, Birmingham, AL
2nd Place-Gresham Smith Partners, Jacksonville, FL
3rd Place-Woodard & Curran, Portland, ME

Promotional Campaign
1st Place-McGraw-Hill Construction, New York, NY
2nd Place-Progressive AE, Grand Rapids, MI

Special Event
1st Place-Nadel Architects Inc., Los Angeles, CA
Small Firm-Margulies & Associates, Boston, MA
2nd Place-AE2S, Grand Forks, ND
3rd Place-Gould Evans, Kansas City, MO

Specific Project Marketing
1st Place-EDAW Inc., San Francisco, CA
Small Firm-TEECOM Design Group, Alameda, CA
2nd Place-Gresham Smith Partners, Jacksonville, FL
3rd Place-Suffolk Construction Company, Boston, MA

Target Market
1st Place-Gould Evans, Phoenix, AZ
Small Firm-The Lentz Group, Houston, TX
2nd Place-Butler Rogers Baskett, New York, NY
3rd Place-The Flintco Companies,Tulsa, OK

Web Site
1st Place-Klipp, Denver, CO www.klipparch.com
Small Firm-Dunn Associates, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT www.dunn-se.com
2nd Place-Shiel Sexton Company, Inc., Indianapolis, IN www.shielsexton.com
3rd Place-Valerio Dewalt Train Associates Inc.,
Chicago, IL www.vdtainc.com
Honorable Mention-The Boldt Company, Appleton, WI www.boldt.com

First-place winners in all categories are considered for the Best of Show Award. Representatives from major national trade publications and media leaders judged the entries eligible for Best of Show during the 2004 SMPS/PSMA National Conference in New York City, and this winner was announced at the Awards Gala on August 13. In addition, all MCA winners are eligible for the People's Choice Award. Winning MCA entries were displayed at the conference, and conference attendees were invited to vote for their favorite. These winners will be announced on the SMPS web site in mid-August and in the October issue of Marketer.

Open to SMPS members and nonmembers alike, the MCA program offers professional service firms an opportunity to showcase their best marketing efforts each year and to receive feedback from a jury of experts representing various roles in the A/E/C industry. This year's program was chaired by Donna Corlew, FSMPS, CPSM, Director of Marketing for Gould Turner Group in Nashville, TN.