Recipients of 2005 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:

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Best of Show-Large Firm-Degenkolb Engineers (Holiday Piece)

Best of Show-Small Firm-Archimania www.archimania.com (Web Site)

People's Choice Award-Degenkolb Engineers (Holiday Piece)

Advertising
1st Place-CHONG PARTNERS ARCHITECTURE,
San Francisco, CA
Small Firm-The Church Insurance Agency Corporation,
New York, NY
2nd Place-T.Y. Lin International, San Francisco, CA
3rd Place-TSP, Inc., Sioux Falls, SD

Annual Report
1st Place-Gensler, San Francisco, CA
2nd Place-URS, New York, NY
3rd Place-Turner Construction Company, New York, NY

Book/Monograph
1st Place-Payette, Boston, MA
2nd Place-EDAW, San Francisco, CA
3rd Place-HNTB Corporation, Kansas City, MO

Brochure
1st Place-Ohlson Lavoie Collaborative / Bianca e Nero, Denver, CO & New York, NY
2nd Place-HMC Architects, Ontario, CA
3rd Place-The Freelon Group, Research Triangle Park, NC
Honorable Mention-HOK, St. Louis, MO

Corporate Identity
1st Place-SMMA SYMMES MAINI & McKEE ASSOCIATES, Cambridge, MA
2nd Place-Yantis Acoustical Design, Seattle, WA
3rd Place-Wilson Butler Architects, Boston, MA

Direct-Mail Campaign
1st Place-The Frause Group, Seattle, WA
Small Firm-ah'be' landscape architects, Culver City, CA
2nd Place-Gensler, San Francisco, CA
3rd Place-BSA LifeStructures, Indianapolis, IN

Feature Writing
1st Place-WALTER P. MOORE, Houston, TX
Small Firm-Elliott + Associates Architects,
Oklahoma City, OK
2nd Place-BSA LifeStructures, Indianapolis, IN
3rd Place-HNTB Corporation, Kansas City, MO

Holiday
1st Place-Degenkolb Engineers, San Francisco, CA
Small Firm-Collins Cooper Carusi Architects, Inc.,
Atlanta, GA
2nd Place-SMMA SYMMES MAINI & McKEE ASSOCIATES, Cambridge, MA
3rd Place-HICKOK WARNER COLE ARCHITECTS, Washington, DC

Internal Communications
1st Place-RTKL Associates Inc., Baltimore, MD
2nd Place-Sparling, Seattle, WA
3rd Place-Gensler, San Francisco, CA

Magazine
1st Place-Gensler, San Francisco, CA
Small Firm-NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION, Ft. Worth, TX
2nd Place-BROWN AND CALDWELL, Walnut Creek, CA
3rd Place-CARTER & BURGESS, INC., Ft. Worth, TX

Multimedia and 3-D Design
1st Place-Donley's, Cleveland, OH
Small Firm-Pappas Mac Donell/TIAA-CREF Retirement Presentation, Southport, CT
2nd Place-HNTB Corporation, Kansas City, MO
3rd Place-Ware Malcomb, Irvine, CA

Newsletter - External
1st Place-Skanska USA Building Inc., Parsippany, NJ
Small Firm-Dunn Associates, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT
2nd Place-Gilbane Building Company, Providence, RI
3rd Place-BROWN AND CALDWELL, Walnut Creek, CA

Newsletter - Internal
1st Place-WK Dickson & Co., Inc., Charlotte, NC
2nd Place-MBH Architects, Alameda, CA
3rd Place-Ware Malcomb, Irvine, CA

Promotional Campaign
1st Place-Fox Architects, Vienna, VA
Small Firm-Goodmans Interior Structures, Phoenix, AZ
2nd Place-Progressive AE, Grand Rapids, MI
3rd Place-ka architecture, Cleveland, OH

Special Event
1st Place-HICKOK WARNER COLE ARCHITECTS,
Washington, DC
Small Firm-Interactive Resources, Point Richmond, CA
2nd Place-The Flintco Companies,Tulsa, OK
3rd Place-CHONG PARTNERS ARCHITECTURE,
San Francisco, CA

Specific Project Marketing
1st Place-Gould Evans, Kansas City, MO
2nd Place-HNTB Corporation, Oakland, CA
3rd Place-MBH Architects, Alameda, CA

Target Market
1st Place-Flack + Kurtz, San Francisco, CA
2nd Place-CBT/Childs Bertman Tseckares, Inc.,
Boston, MA
3rd Place-The Freelon Group, Research Triangle Park, NC

Web Site
1st Place-EDAW, Inc., (www.edaw.com) San Francisco, CA
Small Firm-Archimania, ( www.archimania.com) Memphis, TN
2nd Place-Sasaki Associates, Inc., (www.sasaki.com) Watertown, MA
3rd Place-Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates, (www.tvsa.com) Atlanta, GA

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 J. Rossi, Chief Marketing Officer for Burt Hill in Philadelphia.