Studiobuild designed and built 52 Awards for KC Home Design’s 2009 Design Excellence Awards.  The design consist of a custom concrete base with a solid Walnut cap, the color and lettering are custom vinyl.   The custom concrete mix and fabrication was completed by Professor John Kevern and a few of his students  in the Civil Engineering Materials Group at UMKC.   A special concrete mixture was designed that achieves over 4000 psi in 4 hours and will have an ultimate strength above 20,000 psi.  Two special Ed Tanner Awards were constructed for the top Residential Firm and top Commercial Firm.  Those awards were constructed using recycled solid Mahogany and a 100% crushed glass aggregate with a blend of slag and fly ash. Since there is no cement, the slag was heat activated to achieve the desired strength.

Completed Gold, Silver, and Bronze Awards.  Photographed by Bob Greenspan Photography.