Industry Recognition Gala Past Honorees

1996-2022 Honorees

1996

GUESTS OF HONOR

Edward J. Cleary • President, New York State AFL-CIO John L. Tishman • Chairman & CEO, Tishman Realty & Construction Co., Inc.

 

1998

GUESTS OF HONOR

Irwin G. Cantor, P.E. • Consulting Engineer

George A. Fox, P.E. • Past Chairman, New York Building Congress; CEO, Grow Tunneling Corporation

Robert E. Boyle • Executive Director, The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

 

2000

GUESTS OF HONOR

John A. Cavanagh • Vice Chairman, Morse Diesel International

The Farley-Pennsylvania Station Redevelopment Project

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Joel A. Miele Sr., P.E. • Commissioner, New York City Department of Environmental Protection

 

2002

GUESTS OF HONOR

Jack Rudin • Chairman, Rudin Management Company Edward J. Malloy • President, Building & Construction

Trades Council of Greater New York

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Robert S. Peckar • Esq., Senior Partner, Peckar & Abramson, P.C.

 

 

 

 

2004

GUESTS OF HONOR

Charles A. DeBenedittis • Senior Managing Director, Design & Construction, Tishman Speyer Properties, Inc.

Jeffrey M. Levy • Former Chairman, New York Building Congress

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Joseph D’Angelo • Executive Secretary, New York Electrical Contractors Association

 

 

 

2006

GUESTS OF HONOR

Peter S. Kalikow • Chairman, Metropolitan Transportation Authority; President, H.J. Kalikow & Company, LLC

Richard Seth Hayden • Managing Principal, Swanke Hayden Connell Architects

Frank J. Sciame • Former Chairman, New York Building Congress; Chairman & CEO, F.J. Sciame Construction Company, Inc.

SPECIAL REC OGNITIO N

Maryanne Gridley • Executive Director, Dormitory Authority of the State New York

 

2008

GUESTS OF HONOR

Maureen A. Henegan • Chairman & CEO, Henegan Construction Co., Inc.

Dominick M. Servedio, P.E. • Chairman & CEO, STV Group, Inc.

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

David J. Burney, FAIA • Commissioner, New York City Department of Design and Construction

GEORGE A. FOX PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD

Richard L. Tomasetti, P.E. • Honorary AIA, Founding Principal, Thornton Tomasetti; Chairman, New York Building Foundation

 

2010

GUESTS OF HONOR

Stuart E. Graham • Former Chairman, New York Building Congress; Chairman, Skanska USA Inc.

GEORGE A. FOX PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD

Milo E. Riverso • President, STV Group, Inc.

 

 

 

2012

GUESTS OF HONOR

Peter A. Marchetto • Former Chairman, New York Building Congress; President, Americas, Tishman Construction Corporation — An AECOM Company

George J. Pierson • President & CEO, Parsons Brinckerhoff

GEORGE A. FOX PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD

Richard Ravitch • Former Lieutenant Governor of New York

 

 

 

 

 

 

2014

GUESTS OF HONOR

Charles L. Harrington • Chairman, CEO & President, Parsons Corporation

Bradford Perkins, FAIA, AICP, MRAI C • Chairman, Perkins Eastman

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Paul T. Williams Jr. • President & CEO, D ASNY

GEORGE A. FOX PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD

Raymond Quartararo • Vice Chairman, Jones Lang LaSalle

 

 

 

2016

DISTINGUISHED LEADERSHIP AWARD

Richard T. Anderson, FAICP FCIOB NAC Hon AIANY • President, New York Building Congress

GUESTS OF HONOR

Ralph J. Esposito • President, New York, Lend Lease ( US) Construction LMB Inc.

Charles F. Murphy • Senior Vi ce President, Turner Construction Company

Thomas Z. Scarangello, P.E. • Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Thornton Tomasetti

 

2018

GUESTS OF HONOR

Lynne P. Brown, Ph.D. • Senior Vice President for University Relations and Public Affairs, New York University

Michael S. Zetlin • Co-Founding Partner, Zetlin & De Chiara LLP

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Hon. Charles E. Schumer • Democratic Leader, United States Senate

GEORGE A. FOX PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD

Joseph Malandro and the General Contractors Association of New York

1997

GUESTS OF HONOR

Eric Y. Eichler • Chairman & Principal, LCOR, Inc. John F. Hennessy III, P.E. • Chairman & CEO, Syska Hennessy, Inc.

 

1999

GUESTS OF HONOR

Frank Ross Sr. • Chairman & CEO, HRH Construction Corporation

Charles H. Thornton, PH.D., P.E. • Co-Chairman, The Thornton-Tomasetti Group, Inc.

 

 

2001

REMEMBRANCE AND RECOGNITION DINNER

The Firefighters of New York City

The Police Officers of New York City

The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Emergency and Construction Workers of New York City

 

 

 

2003

GUESTS OF HONOR

Richard L. Tomasetti, P.E. • Co-Chairman, The Thornton- Tomasetti Group, Inc.

Gerard A. Neumann Jr., P.E. • Project Executive, Modern Continental Construction, Inc.

James H. Jones, P.E. • President & Co-Founder, TDX Construction Corporation

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Raymond G. McGuire • General Counsel, Contractors’ Association of Greater New York, Inc.; Partner, Kauff McClain & McGuire LLP

 

2005

GUESTS OF HONOR

Marilyn Jordan Taylor, F AIA • Former Chairman, New York Building Congress; Partner, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP

Eugene R. McGrath • Chairman, Consolidated Edison of New York, Inc.

Philip Altheim • Chairman & CEO, Forest Electric Corp. Howard Hirsch • President, Forest Electric Corp.

SPECIA L RECOGNITION

Patricia J. Lancaster, FAIA • Commissioner, New York City Department of Buildings

 

2007

GUESTS OF HONOR

Mary-Jean Eastman • Principal & Director, Perkins Eastman Architects

Susan L. Hayes • President & CEO, Cauldwell Wingate Company, LLC

John M. Dionisio • President & CEO, AECOM

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Mysore L. Nagaraja • President, MTA Capital Construction Company

 

 

2009

GUESTS OF HONOR

Edward Cruz • CEO, E.E. Cruz & Company, Inc.

Robert E. Selsam • Senior Vice President, Manager New York Region, Boston Properties, Inc.

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Janette Sadik-Khan • Commissioner, New York City Department of Transportation

GEORGE A. FOX PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD

Frank J. Sciame • Chairman & CEO, F.J. Sciame Construction Company, Inc.

 

 

2011

GUESTS OF HONOR

Raymond P. Daddazio • President & CEO, Weidlinger Associates, Inc.

Jeffrey E. Levine • Chairman, Douglaston Development Thomas F. Prendergast • President, MTA New York City Transit

GEORGE A. FOX PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD

Cherrie Nanninga • COO, CBRE Tri-State Region

 

2013

GUESTS OF HONOR

Gail Grimmett • Senior Vi ce President—New York, Delta Air Lines

Anthony P. Schirripa, FAIA IIDA • Chairman & CEO, Mancini • Duffy/TSC

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

The Port Authority Of New York & New Jersey Accepted by Patrick J. Foye, Executive Director

GEORGE A. FOX PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD

J. Robert Mann Jr. • Chairman, E-J Electric Installation Co. Anthony E. Mann • President and CEO, E-J Electric

Installation Co.

 

 

2015

GUESTS OF HONOR

Jay Badame • President & COO, Tishman Construction, An AECOM Company

A. Eugene Kohn, FAIA RIBA JIA • Chairman, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Lorraine Grillo • President and CEO, NYC School Construction Authority

GEORGE A. FOX PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD

Association of Contracting Plumbers of the City of New York, Inc.

 

2017

GUESTS OF HONOR

Sabrina Kanner • Executive Vice President, Design & Construction, Brookfield Property Partners

Suri Kasirer • Chief Executive Officer, Kasirer LLC Gregory A. Kelly, P.E. • Chief Executive Officer, WSP USA

GEORGE A. FOX PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD

Rick Cotton • Executive Director, The Port Authority of NY & NJ

 

2019

GUESTS OF HONOR

Victoria J. Cerami • Chief Executive Officer, Cerami & Associates

Mitchel W. Simpler, PE, FACEC • Partner, Managing Partner Emeritus, Jaros, Baum & Bolles

GEORGE A. FOX PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD

ACE Mentor Program of America • Accepted by
Peter J. Davoren, Chairman, ACE National Board
President and Chief Executive Officer, Turner Construction Company

 

2020 VIRTUAL CELEBRATION

CENTENNIAL BALL (2021)

2022 

GUESTS OF HONOR

George E. Leventis, P.E., F. ASCE • Managing Principal, Langan, Managing Director, Langan International 

Jennifer L. Stone, AIA • Partner, Robert A.M. Stern Architects, LLP 

Elizabeth Velez • President , Velez Organization 

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Louis J. Coletti  • President & CEO, Building Trades Employers Association 

 

 

 

 

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