2018 Outstanding Construction Award Winner
Specialty Construction
Doris Miller Memorial Project
Builder: John W. Erwin General Contractor, Inc.
Design Firm: Stan Carroll Beyond Metal
Owner: Waco Cultural Arts, Waco, TX
This project is a outdoor memorial for Dorris Miller. The project includes different levels of flowing walkways, seating areas and steps. It also includes a fountain, statue of Doris Miller, and a one of a kind metal panel installation.
The metal panels installation is representation of the USS West Virginia, the ship Doris Miller was on when Pearl Harbor was attacked. The flowing nature of the memorial leads viewers to a beautiful backdrop of the Brazos River in Downtown Waco.