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SCRA Press Contact:
Micki H. MacNaughton
micki.macnaughton@scra.org
843-760-3329 office
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2012

  • Bill Mahoney honored as one of the Greater Columbia Business Monthly's "50 Most Influential" for second year in a row
  • SCRA receives International Economic Development Council Gold Award for Real Estate Development and Reuse
  • SCRA's Bill Mahoney receives the Gold Stevie from the American Business Awards as 2012 Executive of the Year, Non-Profit Organization
  • SCRA selected as one of the "Best Places to Work in South Carolina" by the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce for the second year in a row
  • The SCRA USC Innovation Center in Columbia won The Historic Columbia Foundation's Preservation Awards Committee’s Adaptive Use Award
  • The Duke Energy Innovation Center, built by SCRA and Clemson University, earns a LEED-certified building award
  • The Customer/Supplier Interoperability during Collaborative Design (CSI) project run by SCRA Applied R&D consortium PDES, Inc. won the 2012 Defense Manufacturing Achievement Award
  • SCRA's Prosthetic Program receives the Przirembel Prize for Collaboration in Technology and Product Development

2011

  • Bill Mahoney honored as on of the Greater Columbia Business Monthly's "50 Most Influential 2011"
  • SCRA named 9th fastest growing company by the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce
  • The Duke Energy Innovation Center, a partnership Duke Energy, Clemson University and SCRA, recognized in the American School & University Architectural Portfolio for Outstanding Design
  • SCRA selected as one of the "Best Places to Work in South Carolina" by the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce
  • SCRA’s SC Launch program recognized at the Stevie Awards for National Non-Profit of the Year by the American Business Awards
  • SCRA’s SeaHawk Program receives the Przirembel Prize for Outstanding Collaboration 
  • SCRA’s Scott Beeson Awarded Coast Guard Meritorious Service Medal for his assistance during the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
  • SCRA’s program managers, Danna Kelley-Haddad and Ryan Frankart, recognized by the Department of Defense’s Joint Defense Manufacturing Technology Panel (JDMTP) for exceptional leadership and significant contributions to the Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Program

2010

  • SCRA MUSC Innovation Center in Charleston receives Eagle Award for Excellence in Construction from the Associated Builders and Contractors of the Carolinas
  • SCRA’s SC Launch program recognized by Forbes.com as a prime example of effective economic development
  • SCRA recognized for Regionalism and Cross-Border Collaboration from the International Economic Development Council (IEDC)
  • SCRA-led Metalcasting Program’s Procurement Solutions Network Project won the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Commander’s Choice Award
  • SCRA’s Robert G. Kiggans honored with International Leadership Award by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

2009

  • SCRA’s ATI division selected by Wall Street Journal as Top 15 Winning Workplaces in the United States
  • SC Launch recognized for the SC Launch Annual Report from the International Economic Development Council (IEDC)
  • SCRA-led installation of ten backup power systems at Fort Jackson, SC, was recognized with the Palmetto Pillar Award for clean energy innovation
  • SCRA-led Copper Touch Surfaces program featured as a “highlighted project” in the Army’s Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center annual report
  • SCRA-led forgings program won the Diminishing Manufacturing Suppliers and Material Shortage (DMSMS) Achievement Award for eliminating tooling duplication costs and reducing administrative and production lead times for critical defense parts
  • SCRA’s Chief Executive Officer, Bill Mahoney, honored with ThinkTEC Award for demonstrating outstanding leadership in advancing the knowledge-based business in the Charleston region

2008

  • SCRA named a finalist in Alfred Sloan “When Work Works” awards
  • SCRA’s SC Launch program received national recognition from the State Science and Technology Institute (SSTI) for Building Entrepreneurial Capacity
  • SCRA’s ATI division named as one of 28 “best places to work” in South Carolina by SC Chamber of Commerce and partners
  • SCRA CEO Bill Mahoney named as one of 25 most influential people in the southeast technology community by TechJournal South magazine
  • SCRA CEO Bill Mahoney awarded Innovator of the Year, public sector,  by Charleston Chamber of Commerce ThinkTEC

Other Notable Awards

  • Defense Manufacturing Technology Achievement Award for the Large Marine Composite-to-Steel Adhesive Joint Project – presented at the Defense Manufacturers Conference
  • DoD Value Engineering Achievement Award for the X-IT Project Team, Defense Supply Center Richmond (DSCR)
  • Ray H. Witt Management Award
  • Industry Technical Excellence Award for the National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP)
  • Vice Presidential Hammer Award for the American Metalcasting Consortium