The winners of the 2016 Pinnacle Awards were announced at the MIA+BSI Awards luncheon at TISE 2017 in Las Vegas, NV. For the 9th year, a Grande Pinnacle Award was presented to the best overall project. The 2016 Grande Pinnacle Award was presented to the six companies responsible for the Minnesota State Capitol renovation: Polycor, Twin City Tile and Marble, Italmarble Pocai, Tennessee Marble Co., Cutting Edge Stone, and Bonstone. This marks the first time in the program’s history that multiple companies have been honored with this award.
The Minnesota State Capitol restoration is one of the largest and most complex restoration projects in the U.S. The project architects used the same White Georgia marble selected by the building’s first architect, Cass Gilbert, 115 years ago. Success in communication between all stone team members resulted in less than a 1% fabrication error rate and kept the stone schedule on time and within budget.