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2008 AIA Triangle Design Awards
AIA Triangle received 72 project entries in this year’s Design Awards program. The submittals represented work from architectural firms throughout the Triangle region. These projects varied in scope from a large institutional mental health campus to a Bus Shelter. As always, the range of styles vary - from ultra modern to more traditional- highlighting the diversity and talents of the architectural expressions that are created within our area. The one common thread throughout all the projects is the high quality of the work presented for the jury’s review. This year’s awards were presented to the winners at an Awards Reception held at CAM in Raleigh on April 10, 2008.
AIA Triangle Design Awards Jury
The Jury for the 2008 AIA Triangle Design Awards was made up of a group of architects from New Orleans and Tulane University. The jury was:
2008 AIA Triangle Isosceles Award - Tim and Tick Clancy, Clancy & Theys
Each year the Isosceles Award is given to an individual, association or company who, in collaboration with AIA Triangle members, have made significant contributions to the improvement of the built environment or the architectural profession.
It is with great pleasure that the AIA Triangle Design Awards Committee presents the 2008 Isosceles Award to Tim and Tick Clancy, president and executive vice president, Clancy & Theys Construction Company.
Tim and Tick Clancy grew up in the construction business started by their father, E.I. Clancy, and Uncle John Theys. The two founders had many strong friendships with local architects, many who were the pre-eminent designers among a forward-thinking school of North Carolina design professionals. So it was natural for Tim and Tick to develop the same respect for the architects and architecture that was already a part of Clancy & Theys Construction Company’s culture.
In 1986, the structure changed at Clancy & Theys. Mr. Theys and his son Jeff sold their share of the company to the Clancy family. Mr. E.I. Clancy became chairman, and handed day-to-day control of the company over to his sons. Tim became president, and Tick became executive vice president. The company has grown steadily since that time, from roughly $30 million in annual revenue to $563 million last year. Regional offices opened in Newport News, Charlotte and Orlando to join the Wilmington office that had opened in 1984. The company’s projects also became larger, more complex, and more demanding.
Two things have remained constant during the growth and change. First, the company’s projects are still guided by the spirit of cooperation with the design team and owner that founders Clancy and Theys valued as an outgrowth of their friendship with and respect for architects. Today, that cooperative approach has taken on systematic expression as Clancy & Theys’ business model. Literally all of the company’s Triangle projects are delivered by some form of team approach to design and construction, either Team-Build (a term coined by Clancy & Theys), or the highly systematic delivery called Construction Management at-Risk. Tim and Tick, and the whole company, just prefer to do things as a team rather than as potential adversaries.
Second, the respect for the profession of architecture remains. Clancy & Theys evaluates potential construction opportunities as business decisions, yes, but the company’s leaders also spend time thinking about the architectural and historic value of what is being built or renovated. When a company is as big and strong as Clancy & Theys is, large commercial and institutional projects go with the territory. Clancy & Theys, however, still cherishes those opportunities to work on projects—often smaller-scale ones—that involve fine craftsmanship, greater design expression, historical significance, or importance to the community.
So the Clancys commit the company’s resources to build the community’s places of worship and non-profits, and to renovate or adapt valued older buildings. It would be difficult to drive through the core of Raleigh without passing by a significant older building touched by Clancy & Theys, such as: the State Capitol, Memorial Auditorium, the N.C. Executive Mansion, Goodwin House, Old Main at Peace College, Tucker Carriage House, Smedes Hall at Saint Mary’s, Estey Hall at Shaw University, Edenton Street United Methodist, Christ Church, First Presbyterian, the Hudson, the [old Pine State] Creamery, the old CP&L Powerhouse, to name a few. Many of the Triangle’s churches were built by Clancy & Theys.
Tim and Tick have been generous with their time and money in a wide range of public and private organizations, boards, and cultural and community causes. They have also been generous by giving employees the latitude and flexibility to play significant roles in the community. To cite just one example, the AIA approached the company last year to solicit some help with the Triangle Chapter’s commitment to coordinate the construction of a storage shed for the Tammy Lynn Foundation. Clancy & Theys not only volunteered to help, the took the reins of the project, committed a project manager and superintendent to its completion, gathered and donated materials, and meshed the contractors with AIA volunteers to get the job done.
Another recent example: the company donated time, materials, equipment, labor and supervision to help the N.C. Firefighters Association complete the Fallen Firefighters Memorial on Nash Square in downtown Raleigh. The Clancy’s quietly supported this project without notice or fanfare from the media or community—in cooperation with the designer—just to be able to help. And that’s exactly how they prefer it.
2008 Honor Awards
2008 Merit Awards
2008 Isosceles Award
2008 Isosceles Award
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