Koontz Electric receives award

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of Arkansas recently announced that Koontz Electric Company Inc.’s work on the Harahan Bridge LED Lighting Project has earned the company first place in the category of  Heavy Infrastructure: All Contract Amounts.

Koontz Electric accepted the award during the annual ‘Excellence in Construction’ celebration in Fayetteville.

The Harahan Bridge is located between West Memphis and Memphis.

ABC Arkansas designed the Excellence in Construction program to recognize excellent performance in the merit shop construction field. The award honors all construction team members, including the contractor, owner, architect and engineer. This year’s competition was open to all construction projects completed by ABC member firms during 2016. The winning projects were selected from entries submitted from across the state and were judged on complexity, attractiveness, unique challenges overcome, completion time, workmanship, innovation, safety and cost.