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2004 Nominations
2004 NOVA Award Winners
The NOVA Award Jury
selected six Winners of the 2004 NOVA
Awards, which were presented at the NOVA
Award Banquet on April 29, 2004. Click on the hyperlinks below to
download the original nominations, or click on NOVA Winner to go to each nomination
description on the Winners and Finalists page.
List of 2004 NOVA Award Nominations
The 33
nominations for the 2004 NOVA
Award Nominations are listed in the order in which they were
received. Each is given a short-title for easy identification. Click on
the nomination's short-title to view the nomination. (For
help, see Viewing, Downloading, and Printing
Nominations.)
| 1 |
POLYSTYRENE
INSULATED HOLLOW CORE precast concrete wall panels |
| 2 |
GIANT CAST BUDHA
of nickel-aluminum bronze is designed for 1000 year life |
| 3 |
PERSONAL MOBILE
CRANE SIMULATOR is now used to train crane operators.
NOVA
Winner |
| 4 |
PLASTIC STORMWATER
SYSTEMS use subsurface detention chambers |
| 5 |
NEW PRECAST BRIDGE
DECK PANELS maintain transverse pretension across panels |
| 6 |
PRESTRESSED STEEL
STRAND BRIDGE SUPERSTRUCTURE supports long span bridges |
| 7 |
MICRO-COMPOSITE
RESTEEL provides high strength and corrosion resistance.
NOVA Winner
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| 8 |
PROJECT REWORK
REDUCTION TOOL – PRRT improves commitment and efficiencies,
reduces overruns |
| 9 |
MORTARLESS MASONRY
WALL SYSTEM erects faster concrete block walls |
| 10 |
CABLE-BASED WATER
LEAK DETECTION helps protect mission-critical areas |
| 11 |
CROSSED BARREL
VAULTED ARENA ROOF of structural steel, post-tensioned concrete |
| 12 |
CONCRETE
MATURITY, TEMPERATURE LOGGING calculates real time in-situ
strength: (2 Nominations).
NOVA Winner
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| 13 |
NURSING HOME WITH
COMFORTS OF HOME has individual baths, privacy, personal space |
| 14 |
BRIDGE PRECAST
SUBSTRUCTURE UNITS increase quality and save time |
| 15 |
ISO 9001:2000 IN
STATE DOT provides standard of systems to agency systems,
processes |
| 16 |
PERFORMANCE BASED
SEISMIC DESIGN for Torre Mayor: tallest tower in Mexico |
| 17 |
HELIX SHAPED
STEEL FIBER REINFORCING controls cracks, absorbs energy |
| 18 |
TANKLESS,
ON-DEMAND WATER HEATER provides continuous service, saves energy |
| 19 |
FORD ROUGE
ASSEMBLY BUILDING GREEN ROOF is earth and sedum covered.
NOVA
Winner |
| 20 |
ELEVATED HAND
TOOL SUPPORT for chipping hammers, drills, rivet guns |
| 21 |
ROUGE COMPLEX
SUSTAINABILITY PROJECT remediates Ford’s Rouge Complex.
NOVA
Winner |
| 22 |
INTEGRATED
PRECAST CONCRETE DECK PANELS in composite with CIP topping |
| 23 |
CONCRETE TUNNEL
JACKING ON CENTRAL ARTERY required multiple innovations.
NOVA Winner |
| 24 |
FORMALDEHYDE-FREE
FIBER GLASS insulation improves air quality |
| 25 |
OBJECT GENOME
SYSTEM, object based description of construction, design
components |
| 26 |
STRUCTURAL GENOME
SYSTEM, object based rules, description, design of structures
|
| 27 |
BLAST THREAT
ANALYSIS aids comprehensive building security planning
|
| 28 |
CORDLESS IMPACT
DRIVERS AND WRENCHES decrease tool size and increase torque |
| 29 |
DOUBLE ELECTRICAL
TOOL INSULATION, internal double insulation for metal hand tools |
| 30 |
CONSTRUCTION
SAFETY NEWSLETTER provides safety information to construction
workers |
| 31 |
WOMAN WORKER
TRAINING, SUPPORT breaks down barriers, opens opportunities |
| 32 |
HIGHWAY MEDIAN
TRUCK ACCESS RAMP, construction vehicle access without congestion |
| 33 |
FUME FREE HOT MIX
ASPHALT eliminates odor using AS Cherry admixture.
NOVA
Winner |
2004
NOVA Award Nomination Summaries
Coming soon
Viewing, Downloading, and
Printing Nominations
Nominations are stored and downloaded as pdf files. You
can view a nomination in your browser by clicking on its short-title, and
you can print the nomination once you have it in your browser.
(You need the
Adobe
Acrobat Reader to view and print pdf files.)
To download and save a file on your disk drive, click on it in whatever
manner works for your browser and operating system. (For example, in
Internet Explorer 5, right click your mouse on the short-title and select
"Save Target As" to download the file.) This will save the pdf file onto
the disk drive and directory you specify, with the name you specify. (We
recommend you retain the pdf suffix.) Nomination files are now named
according to their number. For example,
MICRO-COMPOSITE RESTEEL, which is
Nomination 7, is file Nom07_04.pdf.
You are welcome to distribute the summaries, entire set,
or individual nominations either as computer files or in printed form. You may also photocopy nominations, but photocopying
loses much of the detail, particularly in the graphics.
For more information contact the
Construction Innovation Forum, Inc. |
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