COLUMBUS - A 51,000-square-foot supermarket facility's conversion into a cancer treatment center has earned American Glass Co. its fourth merit award from the Mississippi Associated Building Contractors.

American Glass received the award for The Hope Center, located on North Gloster Street in Tupelo. Gov. Haley Barbour was the guest speaker for the Nov. 2 awards program.

The company has received three additional awards for different projects within a two-year period.

American Glass officials thanked the architectural firm of JBHM Architects and the general contracting company of Sanderson Construction of Amory with project manager Tony Carroll directing the renovations.

American Glass Co. President/Estimator and Project Manager John K. Nuesch credited his employee's efforts as a team for producing one of the area's most modern architectural designs.

-- Commercial Dispatch, December 20, 2007