Little Caesars Arena Construction Management Team Earns Top Honors
The innovative and successful construction management team for Little Caesars Arena has won top honors from the nation’s leading construction industry association.
The Washington D.C.-based Association of General Contractors awarded Barton Malow/Hunt-White with the 2018 Construction Risk Partners Build America Award for Best New Construction Management Project for management of the innovative sports and entertainment venue during an AGC annual convention event in New Orleans on Feb. 27. The award acknowledges the team’s successful management of the most challenging and complex construction projects of the year, using skill, technology and collaboration.
“The Construction Risk Partners Build America Awards recipients represent the perfect integration of creative design, construction mastery and flawless execution which is inspiring to us all”, said Rob Rapp of Construction Risk Partners. “CRP and JLT would like to congratulate all of the award winners and nominees for their amazing ingenuity, perseverance and accomplishment on their respective projects.”
The Michigan-Made, Detroit-Built venue—home to the Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Pistons and the anchor of The District Detroit—opened in September 2017. State-of-the-art amenities for the arena’s 20,000-seat bowl include a jewel skin projection screen, best-in-class acoustics, dynamic LED lighting and the largest seamless centerhung scoreboard in the NHL.
The Barton Malow/Hunt-White team this year also won the AGC’s “Construction Management – New” category and earned the top award for the association’s Michigan chapter.
About The District Detroit
The District Detroit is one of the largest sports and entertainment developments in the country. Located in the heart of Detroit, this 50-block, mixed-use development led by the Ilitch organization unites eight world-class theaters, five neighborhoods and three professional sports venues in one vibrant, walkable destination for people who want to live, work and play in an exciting urban environment. Home to the Detroit Tigers, Detroit Red Wings, Detroit Pistons and Detroit Lions - The District Detroit represents the greatest density of professional sports teams in one downtown core in the country.
Current data from the University of Michigan demonstrates that The District Detroit will account for an economic impact of more than $2 billion by 2020 and create more than 20,000 construction and construction-related jobs and 3,000 permanent jobs.