R.H. Grabau Construction project wins Masters Award
The Dobson Organ Building addition in Lake City, Iowa was awarded the Masters award for projects under $1 million at the Master Builders of Iowa Annual Convention held in Des Moines Feb. 8 at the Des Moines Convention Center.
The award recognizes the planning and building process it takes to take a building project from its planning stage to finished construction. It recognizes the teamwork involved including the planning stage, design stage, budgeting, as well as the actual construction of the project.
Dobson Organ Company located in Lake City produces high-end cathedral style pipe organs for cathedrals and churches throughout the United States. Grabau Construction was selected to do the planning and design work as well as the construction of an addition to their shop facility. Construction began in the spring of 2007 and was completed in the early fall.
Accepting the award were team members from Grabau Construction including vice president Eric Hammer, Mary Youngblood CFO and Kevin Porter vice president of field operations. Also part of the team were Gary Nystrom of Pritchard Brothers, Tony Summerfield of T & S Electric from Lake City and Kirk Russell CFO for Dobson Organ. Lynn Dobson, owner of Dobson Organ was unable to attend. |