The Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership continues to be recognized for its distinctive nature. Most recently, general contracting and construction management firm, Miller-Davis Co., which constructed the center, has received the 2014 Associated General Contractors of America Build America Award.
The award honors the nation’s most outstanding construction projects. It goes to those construction projects that help build a better nation and improve the quality of life. The award takes into consideration: state-of-the-art advancement, project management, innovation in construction techniques or materials, safety record, client service, community relations, environmental sensitivity and partnering excellence.
Miller-Davis Company has also received the Build Michigan and Build Michigan Grand awards for the Arcus Center.
The building is a one-of-a-kind $5 million, 10,000 square foot, Y-shaped, steel-frame, single-story pavilion. The design was intended to embody the college’s commitment to be a catalyst for positive social change and will serve as the hearth for social justice globally.
The building was constructed using cordwood masonry — which combines logs laid widthwise, instead of bricks, with mortar to build a wall, a nontraditional construction processes. The building's designed to reflect the work of economic, social and environmental justice done there and the builders are seeking LEED Gold certification for it.
"We are thrilled to be recognized for the construction of this new building, uniquely devoted to the advancement of leadership in social justice and human rights,” says Rex Bell, Miller-Davis Co. President.
Source: Miller-Davis Co.
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