ST. LOUIS, MO September 24 -- The Decorative Concrete Council (DCC), a specialty council of the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC), St. Louis, Mo., has announced the winners of its 13th annual Decorative Concrete Awards competition. The winners were recognized at ASCC’s Annual Conference, September 23, 2021.

Ruttura & Sons Const. Co., Inc., West Babylon, NY won the WOW! Award, best overall project, for Little Island @ Pier 55, Manhattan, NY. Little Island is a $250 million Hudson River Park Trust project which takes the idea of piers and parks to a new level. The most visible portion is the pots, fabricated giant cups put together with pieces called petals. 39 sets of formwork were made after extensive 3D computer modeling to create the 132 pots.

While the pots were modeled, cast, and assembled, marine contractors drove the pilings in stages, up to 200 ft. below the river. The project includes a total of 267-cylinder piles, each supporting approximately 250 to 350 tons.

The “jewel” of the project, according to Kevin Zimont, a project executive with construction management firm Hunter Roberts Construction Group, is the 700-seat amphitheater. “Architectural concrete designed for a 100-year life cycle made it difficult to satisfy the architect’s wishes,” says D. Thomas Ruttura, Ruttura & Sons Const. Co.\

Other winners are:

Cast-In-Place Stamped, Over 5,000 SF, 1^st Place, Bomanite Artistic Concrete, El Paso, TX, for El Paso Zoo Chihuahua Desert Exhibit.

Cast-In-Place Stamped, Over 5,000 SF, 2^nd Place, Alchemy Concrete, Inc., Amherst Junction, WI, for Nelson: Witenblauw.

Cast-In-Place Stamped, Under 5,000 SF, 1^st Place, Salzano Custom Concrete, Aldie, VA, for National Harbor Showcase Intersection.

Cast-In-Place Stamped, Under 5,000 SF, 2^nd Place, Kaufman Construction, Inc., Casselton, ND, for the Voss Residence.

Polished Concrete & Overlays, Over 5,000 SF, 1^st Place, Floor Seal Technology, Milpitas, CA, for Skyline Community College.

polished Concrete & Overlays, Under 5,000 SF, 1^st Place, Hyde Concrete, Pasadena, MD, for 6721 Columbia Gateway.

Polished Concrete & Overlays, Under 5,000 SF, 2^nd Place, Surfacing Solutions, Inc., Temecula, CA, for Alila Marea.

Cast-in-Place Special Finishes, Over 5,000 SF, 1^st Place, T.B. Penick & Sons, Inc., San Diego, CA, for UC San Diego Mesa Housing Pedestrian & Bicycle Bridge.

Cast-in-Place Special Finishes, Over 5,000 SF, 2^nd Place, Bomanite International Ltd., Bury, United Kingdom, for OCT Harbour Plus Rose Square.

Cast-in-Place Special Finishes, Under 5,000 SF, 1^st Place, Musselman & Hall Contractors, Kansas City, MO, for St. Louis Aquarium at Union Station.

Cast-in-Place Special Finishes, Under 5,000 SF, 2^nd Place, Bomanite of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, for Choctaw Cultural Center.

Vertical/Facades, Over 5,000 SF, 1^st Place, Coloscapes Concrete, Loveland, CO, for Confluence.

Concrete Artistry, Over 5,000 SF, 1^st Place, T.B. Penick & Sons, San Diego, CA, for 3rd Street Improvements, Phase 2.

Concrete Artistry, Under 5,000 SF, 1^st Place, Fisher Companies, Midland, MI, for Kalkaska Trout Inlay.

Concrete Artistry, Under 5,000 SF, 2^nd Place, Scott L. Aker, Architect, LLC, Philadelphia, PA, for June 5 Memorial Park.

Multiple Applications, Over 5,000 SF, 1^st Place, Trademark Concrete Systems, Camarillo, CA, for SoFi Stadium.

Multiple Applications, Under 5,000 SF, 1^st Place, Colorado Hardscapes, Greenwood Village, CO, for Red-Tailed Hawk Inclusive Playground.

Multiple Applications, Under 5,000 SF, 2^nd Place, Tom Ralston Concrete, Santa Cruz, CA, for Santa Cruz Chinatown Monument.

Stained, & Dyes Over 5,000 SF, 1^st Place, Bob Harris, SSI, Waxahachie, TX, and Lee Ann Harris, Decorative Concrete Institute, Temple, GA, for Harris Re-creation of the Church of San Salvador.

Architectural Cast-in-Place Concrete Structures Over 5,000 SF, 1^st Place, Ruttura & Sons Const. Co., West Babylon, NY; Long Island Concrete, Queens, NY; and Fort Miller Co., Inc., Greenwich, NY for Little Island @ Pier 55.

Architectural Cast-in-Place Concrete Structures Over 5,000 SF, 2^nd Place, Ruttura & Sons Const. Co., West Babylon, NY, for Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Cementitious Overlays, Over 5,000 SF, 1^st Place, Beijing Orangestone Hardscape Co. Ltd., Beijing, Beijing China, for Zhuhai ChimeLong Hengqin Island Theatre.

Cementitious Overlays, Over 5,000 SF, 2^nd Place, Concrete Coatings, Grand Prairie, TX, for Lakeshore Amenity Center.

Cementitious Overlays, Under 5,000 SF, 1^st Place, Captivating Concrete, Prescott, MI, for Self’s Reclaimed Basement.

Countertops/Furniture/Firepits, 1^st Place, Lamberson Construction Concrete by Design, Horton, KS, for Happy Bassett Barrel House.

Countertops/Furniture/Firepits, 2^nd Place, Hyde Concrete, Pasadena, MD, for Mason & Rook Mobile Bar.

Decorative Resinous Coatings, Under 5,000 SF, 1^st Place, Knox Concrete LLC, Lewiston, ID, for Brandon Beier.

Decorative Resinous Coatings, Under 5,000 SF, 2^nd Place, Birmingham Decorative Concrete, Leeds, AL, for P&M Mechanical.

The DCC is composed of contractors, manufacturers, and suppliers of decorative concrete products. The Council is dedicated to improving the technical and business expertise of the contractors that pursue this specialty market.