April 2012
Lenfest Hall Wins ACI Excellence in Concrete Design Award
At its annual Excellence in Concrete Design awards banquet held 26 April 2012, the Eastern Pennsylvania & Delaware Chapter of the American Concrete Institute awarded the Cast in Place Structural Framing Award to Lenfest Hall at the Curtis Institute of Music. Keast & Hood Co. provided structural engineering for the project designed by Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates, Inc.
The awards program recognizes excellence in conception, originality, and applicability of concrete in the built environment, and promotes an appreciation of excellence in concrete design and construction among the industry and general public.
Keast & Hood Co. provided structural design for two additional projects cited as finalists in the program: the Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building at Drexel University and the Mercer Museum.