The 24th Annual
Celebration of Construction Gala
Saturday, October 26, 2019
Reception begins at 5:30 p.m.,
Dinner will follow promptly at 7 p.m.
After Dinner Jazz Party with The Remains
at the Duke Energy Convention Center
Each Fall, the Spirit of Construction Foundation hosts a black-tie dinner and gala event that celebrates the "noble industry" and honors a number of individuals, including scholarship winners, posthumous honorees, and Lifetime Career Achievement Honorees.
The Celebration of Construction Gala celebrates the construction industry and recognizes individuals for their lifetime contributions to the industry and to the civic, aesthetic, and economic well being of the Greater Cincinnati Region.
For questions or more information, call or email Tony Brunsman
513.382.4315
2019 Lifetime Achievement Award Nominees
Jon Prus, Prus Construction
Bernie Suer, Messer Construction
Jim Briggs, Peck Hannaford Briggs
Phil Neumann, Universal Contracting Corporation
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2019 Gala Chair
Michele O'Rourke
The 24th Annual
Celebration of Construction Gala
Saturday, October 26, 2019
Reception begins at 5:30 p.m.,
Dinner will follow promptly at 7 p.m.
After Dinner Jazz Party with The Remains
at the Duke Energy Convention Center
Each Fall, the Spirit of Construction Foundation hosts a black-tie dinner and gala event that celebrates the "noble industry" and honors a number of individuals, including scholarship winners, posthumous honorees, and Lifetime Career Achievement Honorees.
The Celebration of Construction Gala celebrates the construction industry and recognizes individuals for their lifetime contributions to the industry and to the civic, aesthetic, and economic well being of the Greater Cincinnati Region.
For questions or more information, call or email Tony Brunsman
513.382.4315
2019 Lifetime Achievement Award Nominees
Jon Prus, Prus Construction
Bernie Suer, Messer Construction
Jim Briggs, Peck Hannaford Briggs
Phil Neumann, Universal Contracting Corporation
2019 Gala Chair
Michele O'Rourke
25th Celebration of Construction Gala will be held in October of 2021
(Event is canceled for 2020)
For questions or more information, call or email Tony Brunsman
513.382.4315
Michele (2019 Chair) and Mike O'Rourke
Each Fall, the Spirit of Construction Foundation hosts a black-tie dinner and gala event that celebrates the "noble industry" and honors a number of individuals, including scholarship winners, posthumous honorees, and Lifetime Career Achievement Honorees.
The Celebration of Construction Gala celebrates the construction industry and recognizes individuals for their lifetime contributions to the industry and to the civic, aesthetic, and economic well being of the Greater Cincinnati Region.
2019 Lifetime Achievement Awardees
Joseph M. Prus | Prus Construction
Bernard P. Suer | Messer Construction
James G. Briggs, Jr. | Peck Hannaford Briggs
Phillip J. Neumann | Universal Contracting Corporation
Lifetime Achievement Award Winners
2019 Winners
James G. Briggs, Jr.
Joseph M. Prus
Phillip J. Neumann
Bernard P. Suer
2018 Winners
George C. Webb
Dale S. White, Sr.
Raymond L. Evers, Posthumous
Joseph F. Mirlisena, Posthumous
2017 Winners
Timothy Beischel
Howard A. Mayers
Evans N. Nwankwo
Robert J. Henderson, Posthumous
2016 Winners
William John “Jack” Albrecht
Tonya M. Beesley
B.G. Danis, Posthumous
Raymond Viox, Posthumous
William Teepe, Posthumous
2015 Winners
William J. Harmeyer
Lawrence H. Schumacher
Thomas J. Wiesman
James E. Imbus, Posthumous
Raymond J. Prus, Jr., Posthumous
2014 Winners
Richard P. Homan
Thomas M. Keckeis
William H. Krul, Ii
Jim Perin, Posthumous
2013 Winners
Wendell R. Bell
August B. Bruewer
Fred J. Mccoy
Joseph Bayer, Posthumous
2012 Winners
Richard F. Kohls
Patrick J. Mclaughlin, Jr.
Michael J. Schneider
Edward Hagins, Posthumous
2011 Winners
Kathleen C. Daly
Greg F. Moratschek
Robert Jackson “Jack” Scott Iii
Arthur C. Avril, Posthumous
2010 Winners
E. Grant Hesser
Harry R. Hoerr
Raymond R. Huseman
Patrick O'rourke, Posthumous
2009 Winners
Garfield W. Hartman
Thomas H. Humes
James W. Ludwig
William(Bill) Besl, Posthumous
2008 Winners
Dennis Denier
Elda Marshall
George “Dewey” Newport
Thomas L. Neyer, Sr.
Joseph Glassmeyer, Posthumous
2007 Winners
Daniel L. Baker
Peter S. Strange
R.J. Beischel, Posthumous
Allen Paul, Posthumous
2006 Winners
William Cargile Iii
David Swedes
Jack Wieland
Alan Wolf
2005 Winners
Michael Mangeot
Jerome (Jay) Meyers, Jr.
Matthew Toebben
2004 Winners
Wayne Carlisle
Lawrence A. Keckeis
W. R. Manteuffel
2003 Winners
Robert Jay Buchert
Joseph V. Frey Jr.
Schuyler John Smith
2002 Winners
Carl Bimel Jr.
Robert W. Dorsey
Larry P. Rayburn
2001 Winners
Eugene J. Imbus Jr.
Howard L. Knauf
Michael Kocheck
Joseph W. Schwarz
2000 Winners
Neil K. Bortz
James P. Jurgensen
Jerry L. Lindsey
Frank G. Moratschek
1999 Winners
William R. Geiler Jr.
Paul W. Hemmer Sr.
William R. Ryan
J. William Strawser
1998 Winners
Thomas A. Buzek
Raymond A. Neyer
John F. Steele
1997 Winners
Robert Griffin Carlisle
Ralph Drees
Francis R. Dugan
James J. Neumann
1996 Winners
Alfred C. Berndsen
Orville Brown
Howard Denier
Richard Goettle
Victor Smith
Alan Zaring III