ST. LOUIS — Seven IBEW/NECA projects have been judged among the best by the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Missouri in its annual AGC Keystone Awards.

The seven projects were named finalists for Keystone Awards and include work for industrial, retail, bioscience, infrastructure, energy, and pharmaceutical industries. Since 1999, more than 90 IBEW/NECA projects have been honored in the AGC Keystone Awards. The finalists will now compete in several categories to earn AGC Keystone Awards. Winners will be announced at the AGC’s annual construction gala on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016 at the River City Casino & Hotel in St. Louis.

NECA contractors who teamed with IBEW on the finalist projects include Bell Electrical Contractors, Guarantee Electrical Co. and PayneCrest Electric, Inc.

Bell was named an AGC Keystone finalist for its work on IKEA in the Central West End.

Guarantee had four projects named finalists including work on:

• The William H. Danforth Wing of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis;
• Flood Damage Mitigation for the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District in Fenton, Mo.,
• The VAMC — Jefferson Barracks Energy Plant & Infrastructure Project for the U.S. Veterans Administration in St. Louis and
• The Specialty Pharmaceutical Distribution Center for Walgreens Co. in Pittsburgh, Pa.

PayneCrest’s finalists included:

• The Flint Creek Environmental Retrofit for American Electric Power Corporation, Southwestern Electric Power Co. and Arkansas Electric in Gentry, Ark. and
• The Chesterfield Village Campus Site Electrical Upgrades for Monsanto in Chesterfield, Mo.

The AGC Keystone Awards salute building excellence in a number of categories. The finalists, spanning 10 categories, represent the highest level of professionalism, craftsmanship and quality in construction by Missouri’s general and specialty contractors.