North Star Project Wins Top Honors

















The State of Delaware and the Delaware Contractors Association recently named Bancroft’s North Star Elementary School the winner of the 2006 Construction Excellence Award.
  The Construction Excellence Award applications were judged by four criteria: design and craftsmanship, excellence in project teamwork, innovation in construction techniques or materials and meeting the challenges of a difficult job.
  The North Star Elementary School Project Team includes Senior Project Manager Greg Sawka, Project Engineer Craig Moore, Superintendent Dave Breakiron, and Project Coordinator Michele Heckler-Garcia.
In just 13 months, Bancroft successfully completed this 15-month job in order to support the start of the 2005-2006 school year, even after the Red Clay Consolidated School District’s decision to add a 2,500 square foot kindergarten addition halfway through the project.
Members of the Project Team
accepted the award on Wednesday, October 25, at the DCA annual meeting. The guest speaker,
former Philadelphia Eagles Head Coach, was Dick Vermeil.
“The Construction Excellence Award symbolizes the many facets of construction including dynamic design, quality craftsmanship, superior management and innovation,” said DCA Executive Vice President John J. McMahon, Jr. “We believe these awards provide a great opportunity to showcase contractors’ quality work to the construction industry and the general public.”
Congratulations to the North Star Team on this award-winning
project!
(Photo Left to Right) Mike Petka, Nash Childs, Dick Vermeil, Dave Hatfield, Greg Sawka

BANCROFT WINS 2006 CURT AWARD
The Construction Users Roundtable (CURT) award was presented to Bancroft during the National Construction Conference in Tucson, Arizona.  Dave Hatfield, Safety Manager and Nash M. Childs, Executive Vice President accepted this award on behalf of all Bancroft employees.
In the Standard Industry Code (SIC) Group 15, the “Building Construction: General Contractors and Operative Builders” category, Bancroft Construction, a member of ABC’s Delaware chapter, was recognized for its outstanding achievements in safety.
Dave Hatfield said, “I want to thank everyone for working together to maintain a safe workplace for all Bancroft employees, subcontractors, clients, and visitors.”

BANCROFT WINS 2006 STEP AWARD
Bancroft recently received both the 2006 Safety Training and Evaluation Process Award (STEP) from Associated Builders and Contractors National and the Construction Users Roundtable CURT award for our exceptional safety practices and programs.
This marks the sixth year that Bancroft has received the national STEP award, we also won 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003 and 2005.
Edward J. Capodanno, President of the ABC Delaware Chapter, “Bancroft has shown outstanding credentials in 20 key elements of a safety program, including safety policies, management commitment, safety inspections, employee participation, EMR rate and more.”

BANCROFT WINS ABC EXCELLENCE IN CONSTRUCTION AWARD
Bancroft received the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Excellence In Construction Award for North Star Elementary School. Greg Sawka, Senior Project Manager (shown left in photo) and Dave Breakiron (shown right in photo), Superintent from the project team accepted this esteemed award during the Awards Banquet held November 16th, at the Chase Center on the Riverfront. Entries were judged on project complexity, attractiveness, unusual challenges, completion time, workmanship, innovation, safety and budget.