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Each year, AIC recognizes individuals and organizations that exemplify the values of the American Institute of Constructors and the Constructor Certification Commission. Our values include construction excellence, achievement, professionalism, and public service to the industry.
These awards are an important aspect of the activities of AIC. More importantly, the awards serve to support the goals and ideals of recognizing our peers in the industry for outstanding achievement and commitment.
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Individual and Corporate Awards
The AIC Dugan/Liska Lifetime Achievement Award
The Lifetime Achievement Award. A maximum of one award is given each year to an individual who has demonstrated a profound effect on construction education over a lifetime of achievements or activities that promote the core values of AIC and support the development of the next generation of professional construction leadership in the United States. The Award is named in honor of Francis R. Dugan, FAIC and Roger Liska, Ph.D., FAIC, CPC, who have embodied the achievements this Award is intended to recognize. Throughout their careers, many industry professionals, educators, and students have benefited from their generous contributions and tireless efforts in support of ethics, improving the professionalism of the construction industry, and higher education in construction.
The Walter A. Nashert, Sr. Constructor Award
This award is for a talented person who has gained high visibility in the construction industry. The recipient need not be an AIC member. However, the recipient should have established a reputation of integrity and fair dealing. It may be that recipient is head of a contractor’s association, executive of a large construction company, someone who was a team leader of a successful high-profile mega-project, etc.
The AIC Young Member Award
This award is to honor AIC’s young members who have distinguished themselves by their conduct in their work life, their dedication to their profession and their effort on behalf of the American Institute of Constructors in local/chapter and/or national operations of the Institute.
The Jack Kinnaman AIC Leadership Award
The purpose of this award is to honor company/corporation leaders who have by voice and action encouraged colleagues/employees to join and support the American Institute of Constructors and who have taken a visible leadership role in the American Institute of Constructors.
The W.A. Klinger Construction Education Award
This award is for construction educators/academicians who have distinguished themselves in teaching, research and/or service in the advancement of the construction profession, the nominees’ institution of learning, the construction industry and their country.
The Constructor Certification Commission Stephen P. Byrne Award
The Stephen P. Byrne Achievement is for an individual who has actively supported and promoted Constructor Certification within their respected organization and the industry at large. The individual does not need to hold a certification or membership within the AIC but may only win the award once.
The Construction Certification Commission National Company Award of Excellence
The National Construction Company Award of Excellence is awarded to a company that promotes and rewards Constructor Certification within the organization in the personnel recruiting, hiring, evaluation and personnel development processes and has at least one CPC employed in the company. The same company can only receive the award for no more than two consecutive years.
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Deadline to nominate is November 15, 2025.
2023
Award Winners
AIC Liska Dugan Lifetime Achievement Award – Dave Mattson, Sr., FAIC, CPC
The Jack Kinnaman AIC Leadership Award – Hugh Cronin, FAIC, CPC, LEED AP, PMP
AIC WA Klinger Construction Education Award – Penny Knoll, MS, FAIC, CPC
AIC Constructor Certification Commission Stephen Byrne Award – Rick Lawrence, FAIC, CPC
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2022
Award Winners
AIC Liska Dugan Lifetime Achievement Award – Andrew Wasiniak, FAIC, CPC
AIC Member Award – Easy Foster, AIC, CPC, RTSBA, LEED AP BD+C
AIC Constructor Certification Commission Stephen Byrne Award – Garry Claflin, CPC
AIC Constructor Certification Commission National Company Award of Excellence – Bert Turner Department of Construction Management, Louisiana State University
AIC WA Klinger Construction Education Award – Hugh Cronin, FAIC, CPC, LEED AP, PMP
The Jack Kinnaman AIC Leadership Award – Tanya Matthews, FAIC, ISP
AIC Walter Nashert, Sr Constructor Award – Martin Garza, CPC
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2021
Award Winners
AIC Liska Dugan Lifetime Achievement Award: Jim Nissen, CPC
AIC Award: Murray Papendorf, MBA, FAIC, CPC
AIC Constructor Certification Commission Stephen Byrne Award: Dennis Bausman, Ph.D., FAIC, CPC
AIC Constructor Certification Commission National Company Award of Excellence: Conroe Independent School District Planning and Construction Staff
AIC WA Klinger Construction Education Award: Lana Coble, Ph.D., FAIC, CPC
The Jack Kinnaman AIC Leadership Award: Gregg Bradshaw, FAIC, CPC
AIC Walter Nashert Constructor Award: Charles Berryman, Ph.D., FAIC, CPC
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2019
Award Winners
AIC Award: Bruce Demeter, FAIC
W.A. Klinger Award: Mike Tramel
CCC Company Awards: Turner Construction Company and Fulcrum
Walter Nashert Constructor Award: Bruce Demeter, FAIC
Stephen P. Bryne Award: Dennis Bausman, Ph.D., FAIC, CPC
Founder’s Award: Bruce Demeter, FAIC
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