AGC Keystone Awards

The AGC of Missouri, the state’s largest and oldest general contractor business organization, is saluting Electrical Connection members with three AGC Keystone Awards.   Guarantee Electrical Co. and Kaiser Electric were each honored at the Nov. 8, 2018 celebration of construction excellence at the Ameristar Casino Resort Spa in St. Charles.  Since 1997, more than 30 projects built by Electrical Connection member contractors have earned AGC Keystone Awards.  More than 90 have been honored as finalists.  The Electrical Connection is a partnership of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1 and the St. Louis Chapter of the National Electrical Contractor Association (NECA).

NECA contractor Guarantee was named Electrical Specialty Contractor of the Year and earned a Keystone Award for its work on the BJC Campus Renewal Project Phase I for BJC HealthCare.  Kaiser earned a Keystone Award for its emergency generator project at St. Mary’s Hospital for SSM Health.

Electrical Connection members saluted as finalists included PayneCrest Electric, Inc. for its work on the Ranken Jordan Inpatient Addition in Maryland Heights.  Guarantee was also honored as a finalist for its work on the Peter Sachs Museum for the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Museum of the Westward Expansion at the Arch for the U.S. Department of Interior.

For a list of all Electrical Contractor members honored over the past 22 years, visit this link.

The prestigious AGC Keystone Awards celebrate excellence in projects for safety, proficiency in overcoming challenges and the quality of delivery, including maintaining budget and schedule.  For more information, visit www.agcmo.org.

The total number of Electrical Connection member projects saluted over the last 21 years by the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Missouri now exceeds 100 with word that five were selected as finalists for this year’s AGC Keystone Awards. Since 1997, the prestigious construction awards program has honored projects for safety, proficiency in overcoming challenges and the quality of delivery, including maintaining budget and schedule.

This year, three projects from Guarantee Electrical Co. and one each from PayneCrest Electric Inc. and Kaiser Electric were selected as finalists for the awards.  All are members of the Electrical Connection, a partnership of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1 and the St. Louis Chapter of the National Electrical Contractor Association (NECA).

Guarantee is being honored for its work on the Peter Sachs Museum for the Missouri Botanical Garden, the BJC Campus Renewal Project Phase I for BJC HealthCare, and Museum of the Westward Expansion at the Arch (pictured above) for the U.S. Department of Interior.

PayneCrest’s earned a finalist selection for its work on the Ranken Jordan Inpatient Addition in Maryland Heights while Kaiser is saluted for its work on its emergency generator project at St. Mary’s Hospital for SSM Health.

Winners of the 2018 AGC Keystone Awards will be announced and celebrated at the AGC’s Construction Awards Gala scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 8 at the Ameristar Casino Resort Spa in St. Charles.  For more information, visit www.agcmo.org.