22 finalist candidates in the 2020 Catalonia Construction Awards

cicconstruccion.com / 15-09-2020

The jury of the XVII edition of the Catalonia Construction Awards has chosen 22 candidates as finalists that will compete for the awards in their six professional categories. The objective of these awards that is convened by the Barcelona Surveyors Association (CAATEEB) is to recognize the efforts of teams of professionals and businessmen who, with their work, contribute to improving quality, management, sustainability, innovation and safety. of the construction. The awards have the support of the Council of CAATEEB and Arquinfad.

The number of candidatures presented in all the categories in this edition has been 129. The jury made a first selection, from which the 22 that will finally compete for the awards have been chosen. There are four finalists in each of the categories of Construction Execution Management, Safety Coordination and Construction Innovation, while in Integrated Project Management the jury has chosen three finalists. The Rehabilitation category will be the largest, with seven finalists, divided into two subcategories: Heritage Rehabilitation, with four nominations, and Functional Rehabilitation, with three.

A good part of the works are located in Barcelona, ​​but also in other Catalan towns such as Gratallops, Peralada, Sant Esteve d'en Bas, Puig-Reig, Sant Hipòlit de Voltregà, Sant Joan Despí or El Prat de Llobregat. The type and size of the works is very diverse and they represent a good sample of the activity carried out by the technical teams of CAATEEB during the years 2018 and 2019.

In this XVII edition of the awards, a final degree project award will also be awarded to students from schools of technical architecture and building. In this category there will be four finalists of the 11 submitted from schools across the country. Finally, the jury will award a Special Prize for Professional Career.

Quality of the work

The Catalonia Construction Awards go beyond the architectural values ​​of reference projects and emphasize the quality of the built work, the execution methods and processes, and the professional work carried out by technical teams, who often have a multidisciplinary composition.

The jury will assess the finalist nominations to determine the winners of this edition, the identity of which will be announced in autumn. The prizes of these prizes consist of the reproduction of a sculpture designed by the poet Joan Brossa.

The jury for this 17th edition is made up of Marcos Barjola, technical architect and director of works execution; Conxita Balcells, architect; Jan Dinarès, technical architect in liberal practice; Santiago Ayuso, technical architect and security coordinator; Elisabeth Magán, technical architect and production director of Maheco Constructora; David Garcia, doctor architect and structural consultant and Celestí Ventura, president of CAATEEB and president of the jury.

Interested professionals and the general public will be able to follow the process of evaluating the candidatures through the CAATEEB website.

Finalist nominations for the 2020 Catalonia Construction Awards

• Direction of execution of the work

 -Clos Pachem winery at Gratallops (Priory)

Carles Bou Bañeras

-Johan Cruyff Stadium in Sant Joan Despí

Josep Hierro Julià

-Parc Glòries office building at 22 @ in Barcelona

Víctor Forteza, Daniel Forteza, Pol Bachs and Alberto Escudero

-Banquet pavilions and kitchen area in Castell de Peralada

Daniel Fernández Muñoz and Xavier Pérez Benítez

• Integrated project management

 -Works in the Castell de Montjuïc in Barcelona

Lluís Camí Casellas and David Ortega Pittaluga

-Set of offices in the Marina neighborhood of Barcelona

José Antonio Gutiérrez, Alejandro Catuara, Enrique Velasco and Lusine Vardanyan

-Luxa office complex in 22 @ in Barcelona

Víctor Forteza, Daniel Forteza, Javier Chaves and Pol Bachs

• Health and safety coordination

-Theatre l'Artesà in El Prat de Llobregat

Jesus Fernandez Antolin

-Institute of Medical Research of the Hospital de Sant Pau in Barcelona

Elvira-Pilar Altadill Keychain

-Urban project "Canòpia Urbana" in Plaça de les Glòries in Barcelona

Mònica Pascual Folch

-Office building UP-01 in Barcelona

Teresa Maria Cano Rodriguez

• Innovation in construction

-Denvelops: new fabric and construction system for coatings

Jaume Colom Talló, Jordi Riba Torras and Pere Riba Torras

-Institute of Medical Research of l’Hospital de Sant Pau in Barcelona

Felip Pich-Aguilera Baurier and Carles Gelpí Arroyo

-Transformation of warehouse in social housing and equipment at Fabra & Coats in Sant Andreu (Barcelona)

Mercè Berengué and José Miguel Roldán

-Provisional proximity accommodation for housing emergency (APROP) in Barcelona

David Juarez Latimer-Knowles, Jon Begiristain Mitxelena and Yaiza Terré Alonso

• Heritage rehabilitation

-Theater of l'Artesà in the Prat de Llobregat

Albert Lacasa, Joan Ramon Soldevila, David Ortega and Maria Santiago, Joan Forgas and Dolors Ylla, Manel Bosch, Antoni Sànchez-Fortún and Montserrat Nogués

-Integral refurbishment of a residential building on Calle Princesa in Barcelona

David Garcia Martinez

-Rehabilitation of the Torre de les Aigües del Besòs and Casa de Vàlvules in Poblenou

Antoni Vilanova Omedas, Eduard Simó González, Joan Olona Casas and Mercè Tatjer Mir

-Recovery of the Merola Tower in Puig-Reig (Berguedà)

Carles Enrich Gimenez

• Functional rehabilitation

-New corporate headquarters of Doctors without Borders in Barcelona

Enric Batlle, Joan Roig, Albert Gil and Diana Calicó

-Restoration of El Mallol as a municipal facility in Sant Hipòlit de Voltregà (Osona)

Carles Crosas Armengol and Gemma Domingo Solsona, Josep Baquer, Miquel Autet, Marta Hombravella and Sílvia Colomer

-Terraces: reform of a town house in Sant Esteve d'en Bas (Garrotxa)

Eduard Callís Freixas Guillem Moliner Milhau, Jesús Bassols Geli and Jesús Bassols Geli

• Award for the final degree project

-Cocheras del Tranvía Azul: survey, diagnosis and intervention proposal

Montserrat Fernández Fernández and Belen Gort Garcia (EPSEB)

-Analysis and implementation: green roof web application

José Rodríguez Lizarde (EPSEB)

-Construction and architecture of the Badalona Maignon Market

Marc Solé Ferrer (EPSEB)

-Art, architecture and construction of the Instituto de Flamenco Flora Albaicín in Barcelona

Carla Garcia Pagès (EPSEB)

-Restoration work on the Puerta de los Apóstoles of the archpriest church of Morella

Carme Carbó Cortés (EBSEB)