StarNet Announces Design Award Winners

Ridgefield, CT, June 2, 2006–StarNet Commercial Flooring Cooperative announced its eighth Annual Design Award recipients at its recent annual meeting in Bal Harbour, Florida.

The Design Awards Grand Prize was given to StarNet member AIC Contracting, Inc., headquartered in Hamilton, Ohio, and known for years of experience in all phases of flooring projects, as well as a constant awareness of new materials, equipment and products.

The winning project was Cincinnati Mills in Cincinnati with architects and designers from FRCH Design Worldwide. Flooring materials included those from Armstrong, Daltile, Johnsonite, Lees, Mannington Carpet and Roppe. The project also co-won in its individual category of hospitality/public space.

The competition evaluates creative use of floor covering, flooring design concept and how well designs meet client objectives, and special challenges. Winners are chosen in six categories, with one grand-prize winner acknowledged: large corporate, education, small corporate, healthcare, hospitality/public space and unique installations.

Large Corporate Winner
Duffy & Lee Carpet Company; headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Bank Atlantic Corporate Center
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Education Winner
Universal Metro, Inc.; headquartered in Santa Fe Springs, CA
South Central Los Angeles High School
Los Angeles, CA

Small Corporate Winner
Potomac Floor Covering Inc.; headquartered in Dulles, VA
Toyota Government Affairs
Washington DC

Healthcare Winner
Commercial Carpet Specialists, Inc.; headquartered in Norcross, GA
Children’s Medical Group, P.C.
Suwanee, GA

Hospitality/Public Space Winner (tied)
Bonitz Flooring Group, Inc.; headquartered in Greenville, SC
Hughes Main Library
Greenville County, SC

Hospitality/Public Space Winner (tied) & Grand Prize winner
AIC Contracting; headquartered in Hamilton, OH
Cincinnati Mills
Cincinnati, OH

Unique Installation Challenge Winner
Legacy Commercial Flooring, Ltd.; headquartered in Columbus, OH
Cincinnati Reds Team Shop
Cincinnati, OH

Lori Dowling, president and CEO of StarNet, said, “StarNet’s Design Awards honor installations which feature the industry’s best products, technologies and service providers, epitomized in each of this year’s winning entries. Congratulations to all of our StarNet members, as well as the architects, designers, clients and vendors partners, for their outstanding work.”

Highly-esteemed judges included: Maurie Welsh O’Neill, president of Maurie Welsh Design Studios and associate publisher of Floor Focus Magazine; Kelly Warfield of Gensler, Dallas; Marcia Vanden Brink of HDR Architecture, Chicago; and Jennifer Thiele Busch, editor in chief of Contract Magazine.