MAPA created Design 09 to honor architects and students who employ precast concrete to achieve the design and performance objectives of in-design or completed projects. The Design 09 awards program, the first of many to come, showcases innovative and effective use of precast concrete in the mid-Atlantic region. There is NO COST for submitting a nomination.

Making a nomination

Anyone may nominate any project that meets the eligibility requirements. Nominees may be completed buildings or projects in design. Design 09 includes two separate competitions: one for projects designed by professional architects and one for students. MAPA created a simple and FREE nomination process that enables all materials to be submitted online in a matter of minutes.
Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for Design 09, a project must satisfy each of the following requirements:

1. Must make significant use of precast concrete in the design or completed structure.
2. Must be located in states served by MAPA: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington, D.C.
3. Must have been completed within the past five years (i.e., since January 1, 2004).
4. In the professional competition, a MAPA producer member must have been—or be—involved in the project.
5. In the student competition, students must attend an accredited architecture or engineering design school in one of the states served by MAPA.
6. Projects nominated for PCI Design Awards are also eligible for Design 09, provided that a MAPA producer member was involved, but they must be submitted separately to MAPA.
7. All nominations must be received by Friday, September 4, 2009, at 5:00 p.m.

Categories

Projects may be nominated in any of the following categories:

• Commercial
• Institutional
• Government
• Housing
• Parking Structures
• K-12 Schools
• Arenas
• Correctional
• Civil
• Bridges
• Sustainable design
• Decorative/Signage/Landscape

http://www.mapaprecast.org/design09.asp