Merit’s commitment to quality construction has been recognized by awards from within the construction industry that include:

400 & 500 Block of Gay Street

  • 2014 Keep Knoxville Beautiful Orchid Award

Advantage Place

  • 1985 Associated Builders and Contractors Award of Excellence Commercial Construction

Alcoa High School

  • 2015 TSBA 1st Place, New High School of the Year
  • 2015 TSBA People’s Choice Award
  • 2015 Governor’s Environmental Stewardship Award: Land Use
  • 2016 AGC Build Knoxville Award – Institutional
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Beardsley Community Farm

  • 2016 AIA East TN Honor Award
  • 2017 Brick Industry Association Gold Award

Bijou Theatre Restoration

  • 2001 Keep Knoxville Beautiful Orchid Award
  • 1999 MPC Excellence Award – Renovation/Restoration
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Calhoun’s Bearden Hill

  • 1995 Keep Knoxville Beautiful Orchid Award

Carpenters Elementary School

  • 2006 American Buildings Company Excellence in Design
  • 2007 AIA East TN – Award of Excellence for New Construction
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Caryville Elementary School

  • 2008 TSBA – 3rd Place, School of the Year, Elementary School Division

Chilhowee Park

  • 2000 AIA East TN – Award of Excellence for New Construction
  • 2000 AIA East TN – Award of Excellence for Masonry Construction

Calhoun’s Restaurant and Cherokee Grill

  • 1997 City of Gatlinburg Beautification Award Colony Place

Chilhowee Park bandstand

  • 2014 Knox Heritage Preservation Award

Colony Place

  • 2005 Keep Knoxville Beautiful Orchid Award

Cornerstone Office Building

Coulter Grove Intermediate School

Eagleton Elementary School

  • 2002 American Buildings Company Excellence in Design

Frito Lay Distribution Center

Fort Loudoun Middle School

Gastrointestinal Associates

Gettysvue Commercial Center

  • 1999 MPC Excellence Award

Gibbs Elementary School

Grace Baptist Student Ministries

  • 2017 Worship Facilities Solomon Award
  • 2018 AIA Citation Award

Grainger High School

  • 2008 TSBA – 3rd Place, School of the Year, High School Division
  • 2008 TSBA – People’s Choice Award
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Greenback K-12 School

Halls Branch Library

  • 2004 Keep Knoxville Beautiful Orchid Award

Hardin Valley Academy

  • 2008 TSBA – 1st Place, School of the Year, High School Division
  • 2009 Masonry Institute of Tennessee Excellence in Masonry Merit Award
  • 2010 Orchid Award from Keep Knoxville Beautiful
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Holston Gases

KCDC Phase II

LeConte Center at Pigeon Forge

Lenoir City High School

  • 2000 TSBA School of the Year – Renovation

Lenoir City Utility Board Operations Center

  • 2018 AGC Build Knoxville Award – New Industrial Construction
  • 2018 AIA People’s Choice Award
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Maryville Municipal Center

  • 2007 AGC/ABC Excellence in Construction Award

McCamy/Barre 3 Building

McFee Park, Phase 3

Medical Arts Building

  • 2014 Knox Heritage Preservation Award
  • 2014 Keep Knoxville Beautiful Orchid Award
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Mortgage Investors Group Office Building

  • 2000 Keep Knoxville Beautiful Orchid Award

Mountain Commerce Bank

  • 2016 AGC Build Knoxville Award – Commercial

Norris Middle School

  • 1988 TSBA – Unique Renovation Design of a Historic Structure

Pat Summitt Plaza

  • 2015 Tennessee Concrete Association Best Specialty Project

PetSafe Village

Pips Technology

ProNova Solutions

  • 2016 AGC Build Knoxville Award – Industrial

Providence Church

Provision Center for Proton Therapy

Renaissance | Farragut

  • 2007 AIA East TN – Award of Excellence for New Construction
  • 2007 AIA Award for Mixed Use Development
  • 2010 Orchid Award from Keep Knoxville Beautiful
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Ripken Experience

Sacred Heart Cathedral

  • 2018 ENR Southeast Best Cultural/Worship Project
  • 2018 ABC Construction Award of Excellence
  • 2019 AGC Build Knoxville Award – Institutions Over 5 Million
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St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic Vehicle Storage Building

  • 2015 American Buildings Company Excellence in Design

The Shelton Group

  • 2013 United States Green Building Council Green Light Award
  • 2014 AIA East TN – Merit Award

South College

Tailor Lofts

  • 2014 Knox Heritage Preservation Award
  • 2014 Keep Knoxville Beautiful Orchid Award
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Tate’s School Multipurpose Building

  • 2018 AGC Build Knoxville Award – New Institutional Construction
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Tennessee Cancer Specialists

The Daniel (renovation of the historic John H. Daniel Building)

  • 2016 Knox Heritage Preservation Award
  • 2017 AGC Build Knoxville Award – Renovation
  • 2017 Keep Knoxville Beautiful Orchid Award
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Tommy Schumpert Park

  • 2010 MPC Excellence Award
  • 2010 Tennessee Recreation and Parks Assoc. New Facility of the Year Valley Farmer’s Co-op
  • 2011 American Buildings Company Excellence in Design Young Williams Animal Center
  • 2011 Orchid Award from Keep Knoxville Beautiful
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UT Volunteer Boulevard Beautification

Valley Farmer’s Co-op

  • 2011 American Buildings Company Excellence in Design

Young Williams Animal Center

  • 2011 Keep Knoxville Beautiful Orchid Award

Zoo Knoxville

  • 2002 Honor Award from the American Institute of Landscape Architects
  • 2001 Keep Knoxville Beautiful Orchid Award
  • 2000 MPC Excellence Award – Landscape Design
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AGC_logoAssociated General Contractors of Tennessee – Knoxville Branch

  • 2003 State Construction Safety Excellence Award
  • 2005 State Construction Safety Excellence Award
  • 2007 State Construction Safety Excellence Award
  • 2009 State Construction Safety Excellence Award
  • 2012 State Construction Safety Excellence Award
  • 2015 State Construction Safety Excellence Award
  • 2019 State Construction Safety Excellence Award
  • 2022 State Construction Safety Excellence Award
  • 2024 State Construction Safety Excellence Award

Associated General Contractors of America

  • 2016 Construction Safety Excellence Award (3rd Place)

Knoxville Chamber of Commerce

  • 2008 Pinnacle Award
    The Pinnacle Business Excellence Award is given to a company headquartered, or has a significant presence, in East Tennessee that has shown, among other things, remarkable growth and stability, and is recognized regionally, nationally and or internationally in its respective business sector.