Recipients of 2006 National Marketing Communications Awards Announced

2006 MCA 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-Edaw (Multimedia & 3-D Design)

Best of Show-Small Firm-The Lentz Group (Brochure)

People's Choice Award-Gensler (Internal Communications)

Advertising
1st Place-Arup, San Francisco, CA
2nd Place-T.Y. Lin International, San Francisco, CA
3rd Place-Carter & Burgess, Ft. Worth, TX

Annual Report
1st Place-Arup, San Francisco, CA
2nd Place-Stantec, Edmonton, Ontario, Canada
3rd Place-HDR, Omaha, NE

Book/Monograph
1st Place-Stantec, Vancouver, BC, Canada
1st Place Small Firm- Elliott + Associates Architects, Oklahoma City, OK
2nd Place-Cannon Design Group, Grand Island, NY
3rd Place-Arup, San Francisco, CA

Brochure
1st Place-KS Associates, Elyria, OH
1st Place Small Firm- The Lentz Group, Houston, TX
2nd Place-Infrastructure Engineering Inc., Chicago, IL
3rd Place-HDR, Omaha, NE

Corporate Identity
1st Place-Hickok Cole Architects, Washington, DC
1st Place Small Firm-RedCarpet Creations, Alexandria, VA 2nd Place-Flack & Kurtz, San Francisco, CA
3rd Place-Konover Construction Corp., Farmington, CT

Direct-Mail Campaign
1st Place-ThenDesign Architecture Ltd., Willoughby, OH
1st Place Small Firm-Crosby Group, Redwood City, CA
2nd Place-Hnedak Bobo Group, Memphis, TN
3rd Place-HDR, Omaha, NE

Feature Writing
1st Place-Hillier Architecture, Princeton, NJ
2nd Place-RTKL Associates, Inc., Baltimore, MD
3rd Place-WALTER P. MOORE, Houston, TX

Holiday
1st Place-Degenkolb Engineers, San Francisco, CA
1st Place Small Firm-Quantum Consulting Engineers, Seattle, WA
2nd Place-Harriman Associates, Auburn, ME
3rd Place-Brasfield & Gorrie, Birmingham, AL
Honorable Mention- Otak, Inc., Lake Oswego

Internal Communications
1st Place-Gensler, Santa Monica, CA
2nd Place-RTKL Associates, Inc., Baltimore, MD
3rd Place-URS, New York, NY

Magazine
1st Place-Carter & Burgess, Ft. Worth, TX
2nd Place-Arup, San Francisco, CA
3rd Place-HNTB Corporation, Kansas City, MO

Multimedia and 3-D Design
1st Place-Edaw, Inc., San Francisco, CA
2nd Place-Ware Malcomb, Irvine, CA
3rd Place-DFD CornoyerHedrick, Phoenix, AZ

Newsletter - External
1st Place-Skanska USA Building Inc., Parsippany, NJ
1st Place Small Firm-Biohabitats, Baltimore, MD
2nd Place-The Beck Group, Tampa, FL
3rd Place-Schoor DePalma, Inc., Manalapan, NJ

Newsletter - Internal
1st Place-Arup, San Francisco, CA
2nd Place-TVS, Atlanta, GA
3rd Place-Little, Charlotte, NC

Promotional Campaign
1st Place-Edaw, Inc., Alexandria, VA
2nd Place-Interface Engineering, Portland, OR
3rd Place-Reilly Communications and The Freelon Group, Boston, MA

Special Event
1st Place-TSP, Inc., Sioux Falls, SD
Washington, DC
1st Place Small Firm-Archimania, Memphis, TN
2nd Place-HOK, St. Louis, MO
3rd Place-WALTER P. MOORE, Houston, TX

Specific Project Marketing
1st Place-Austin Commerical, Dallas, TX
2nd Place-The Lentz Group, Houston, TX
3rd Place-HDR, Omaha, NE

Target Market
1st Place-Linbeck Group, Houston, TX
1st Place Small Firm-A/E/C Marketing Solutions, Charlotte, NC
2nd Place- The Freelon Group Architects, Research Triangle, NC
3rd Place-Schirmer Engineering Corporation, Deerfield, IL

Web Site
1st Place-BAR Architects, (www.bararch.com)
San Francisco, CA
1st Place Small Firm-Amenta/Emma Architects, (www.amentaemma.com) Harford, CT
2nd Place-Jones Lang LaSalle, (www.joneslanglasalle.com) Boston, MA
3rd Place-Poulin + Morris Inc., (www.poulinmorris.com) New York, NY

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 Barbara Shuck, CPSM, Director of Marketing for EMC2 Group Planners Architects in Phoenix, AZ.