Can you identify this project, which was cleaned, inside and out with PROSOCO products? More than 50 readers of last issue's PROSOCO News got it right in that edition's installment of the "Can You Identify This Project" contest.
It’s Union Station, Kansas City, Mo.
You probably already knew that.
We run the “Can You Identify This Project” contest in each edition of our flagship newsletter the “PROSOCO News.” Sometimes I put easy ones in there like — well, like Union Station, or Frank Lloyd Wright buildings (love that Prairie Style). Other times they’re more obscure, like the national headquarters of some big corporation or other.
PROSOCO News -- This cover story won an "honorable mention" for writing in a Publications Management newsletter contest in 2005, but I just like the design. Click on the image to go our archive of PROSOCO News newsletters.
One thing all the mystery projects have in common — contractors used PROSOCO products, natch, to clean, protect and/or maintain the buildings in some way.
When our readers, who are the elite of the construction industry, imho, equalled only in brilliance by the readers of this blog, e-mail, fax or call me with the correct answer, I publish their names and companies in the “Can You Identify This Project” winner’s column in the very next issue.
I ask permission first of course. In all the years I’ve been running the contest, only one person asked me to not put his name into print.
Winners also get some sort of fabulous prize — usually a PROSOCO ball cap. Even better, they get the “You sure know your stuff” certificate.
The "You sure know your stuff" certificate, awarded to winners of the "Can You Identify This Project" contest constitutes absolute documented proof that the holder knows his or her stuff.
This valuable certificate can come in pretty handy. Let’s say you’re in an argument with some rude person who declares “You don’t know what you’re talking about!” You just whip out the certificate, which clearly states that you sure know your stuff. Argument over.
The certificate template was created by our graphic designer Stephen Falls, and each winner’s award is filled out by Systems Support & Training Specialist Candy Monroe. Candy really did correctly identify the Medtronics HQ as stated in the certificate; it’s not just done for example’s sake.
The only drawback to the Can You Identify This Project contest is that sometimes I get more correct responses than I have room to print in the PROSOCO News. The last time it happened was for a Frank Lloyd Wright building near Chicago. I think the entire state of Illinois responded to that one.
So we printed as many winners as we could in the newsletter, alphabetically by first name, and published the full list on a special webpage. That was in the days before blogs. Now that we’re in the days OF blogs, I can publish the full list of last issue’s winners right here, since there’s far too many to put in the print edition of PROSOCO News.
And truly it’s an honor to have the names of these architecturally aware and constructionally knowledgeable building professionals gracing this blog. Here they are for last issue’s “Can You Identify This Project” — Union Station, KCMO. I wouldn’t be surprised if you spot someone you know in their ranks.
Andy Vohs
Chamberlin Contracting
Kansas City, MO
Angela Myler
Univar USA
Kansas City, MO
Bill Morris, AIA
Augusta, KS
Bill Neville
Chamberlin Contracting
Kansas City, MO
Billy Vicic Jr., RLA
Newman, Jackson, Bieberstein
Dallas, TX
Brian Pape
Historic Preservation & Green Architect
New York, NY
Chelsie Booker
RIM Architects
Anchorage, AK
Ching-Ya Yeh
Historic Preservation & Green Architect
New York, NY
Connie Watkins
Scott Rice Office Works
Lawrence, KS
Daryl Carter
ACI/Boland
Kansas City, MO
Doug Kouba
Kouba + Knoop Associates
St. Louis, MO
Elliott E. Dudnik
Elliott Dudnik + Associates
Evanston, Ill.
Frank Halsey
Mid-Continental Restoration
Fort Scott, KS
Gary Becker
Hesston, KS
Gerald Morgan
University of Missouri
Mexico, MO
Gerard Alba
Studio 804
Lawrence, KS
Gerri Kielhofner
Butler Rosenbury & Partners
Springfield, MO
Howard Langner
Texas Historical Commission
Austin, TX
Jack O’Roark
BAC Local #15 MO/KS
Overland Park, KS
James W. Rhodes, FAIA
PRESERVATION DESIGN
Croton-on-Hudson, NY
James Warren
New York State Historic Preservation Office
Waterford, NY
Jessica Gates
Sherwin Williams
Independence, MO
Jim O’Neill
Contractors Supply
East Providence, RI
John E. Heckman, AIA
Heckman & Associates, P.A. Architects
Independence, KS
Jonas Packer
AECOM
Chicago, IL
Jonathan Brooks
PBA Architects, P.A.
Wichita, KS
Joseph Le Pique
New York City Department of Design + Construction
Long Island City, NY
James R. (JR) Baron Jr., RA, CSI
Norcross, GA
Karen MacCannell
The McIntosh Group
Tulsa, OK
Kathleen Alberding, AIA, CSI, LEED AP
Heller & Metzger, PC
Washington, DC
Keith Anderson
WRA Architects, Inc.
Dallas, TX
Ken Kaiser
Ken Kaiser Restoration
Des Moines, IA
Kevin L. Jarman, AIA
Johnson Cartwright Jarman Architects, P.A.
Tampa, FL
Kimball L. Hales, AIA, LEED AP
Hufft Projects
Kansas City, MO
Kirk Delzer, AIA
Integrated Design Solutions
Troy, MI
Larry Lisbona
Lisbona Architects, Inc.
Shawnee, KS
Lurita Blank
Walter P Moore
Kansas City, MO
Mark Critchfield
Columbia,MO 65203
Mary Beth Oberlin, AIA, LEED AP
Bond Wolfe Architects
St. Louis, MO
Michael Morley
Sipsmart Building Systems
Lawrence, KS
Milton Grenfell
Milton Grenfell Architecture
Washington, DC
Norman Sneed
Allen & Hoshall
Memphis, TN
Paul J. Sanders, Associate AIA, Project Designer, LEED AP
Burns & McDonnell
Kansas City, MO
Phillip Schuler, AIA, CDT, LEED AP
Cannon Design
Boston, MA
Rebecca Davis
RBS Design Group Architecture
Owensboro, KY
Rich McGuire, PE
Structural Engineering Associates
Kansas City, MO
Richard J. Schuetz, AIA
Arlington, VA
Robert Dye, FSCI
Overland Park, KS
Scott Slimp
Intrepid Enterprises, Inc.
Harvey, LA
Shannon Pollard
hollis & miller architects
Lee’s Summit, MO
Terri Heitzman
Station Nineteen Architects, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
Thomas McKenzie
Agile Pursuits Franchising, Inc.
Olathe, KS
Timothy G. Carlson
HGA Architects & Engineers
Minneapolis, MN
William J. Richardson, AIA
URBAN DESIGN GROUP
Dallas, TX
If you would like to receive the PROSOCO News and participate in the “Can You Identify This Project” contest, just shoot me an e-mail and I’ll get you signed up.
gary
