Awards

2024 Excellence Awards

Call for Entries!

The Excellence Awards, established in 2005, recognize South Carolina's Best in Class school solutions. Past winners exemplify some of the finest school construction projects in South Carolina.

Entries must meet the following criteria:
  • Schools must be located in South Carolina.
  • Construction must have been completed after 1/1/2020.
  • Award submittals may be made by the Owner, Architect, Engineer, General Contractor, or Construction Manager. The entity submitting the project must be a member of Association for Learning Environments SC.
  • Entries must be submitted under one of the following categories:
    • New Construction
    • Addition / Renovation

Submittals are due on or before February 22, 2024.

Download the submittal guidelines.
Download the Excellence Awards Submission Form. Send this form and your design award submittal to Scott Powell at [email protected].

The entry fee is per submittal.
Member: $250 | Non-Member: $300

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If you have any questions contact: Scott Powell at 864.242.0761 or [email protected].

Jurors

Todd Bell Todd Bell currently serves as the Executive Director of Finance and Operations for Kentwood Public Schools. Todd has experience in Finance, Business Operations, Architecture, Facility Scheduling and Use, Fleet Management, Human Resources and Construction Management. He serves as one of four members of the Superintendent’s cabinet responsible for the management of Kentwood Public Schools, a 9200 student, diverse district located in Western Michigan.

Irene Nigaglioni Irene Nigaglioni, AIA, ALEP, LEED AP BD+C offers varied experience in educational and institutional facilities. As President of IN2 Architecture, Irene is involved in all aspects of a project, including visioning, programming, master planning, schematic design, design development, construction documents and contract administration.

She has earned the A4LE Lifetime Achievement Award for her contributions to the world of educational facility design and planning and is a A4LE Fellow. She is also an instructor in the Advanced Academy for Educational Facility Environments and serves on the executive committee of the Collaborative for High performance Schools (CHPS).

Roy Sprague Roy Sprague, AIA, ALEP, LE FELLOW is a registered Architect and Interior Designer in the state of Texas with 42 years of experience in facilities and construction. He recently retired as the Chief Operations Officer for Cypress-Fairbanks ISD (CFISD), the third largest school district in the state of Texas providing leadership for eight divisions with over 3500 employees. He managed the successful completion of the design and construction of six Bond Programs totaling over $3.7 billion of new construction and renovations of K-12 educational facilities and most recently, the $1.762 billion program passed in May 2019. He recently joined Prolego Consulting Services, a program management company, as Senior Vice President leading and advancing Prolego’s initiatives in the K-12 education sector.

Melissa Turnbaugh Melissa Turnbaugh, AIA is a partner at PBK and brings over 17 years of experience in educational facility planning, design and management. Driven by a belief that all students should have equitable access to innovative indoor and outdoor learning environments, she leads as National Education and Innovation Leader, promoting research-based, student-centered learning spaces.

Julius Williams Julius Williams has more than 25 years of experience in environmental health and safety and facilities management in university/higher education, K-12, government and commercial settings. In his current role as Administrative Coordinator of Environmental Services with Prince William County Schools Office of Facilities Services, Julius is a leader and key collaborator with division leadership and stakeholders such as maintenance staff, school administrators, risk management, community residents and local, state and federal regulatory officials. As a principle expert in his field, he is an active contributor to policy and procedure development for asbestos, lead, indoor air quality, mold remediation and a division-wide Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System stormwater management program.

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