BUSINESS AWARDS

The Kettering Health Network Emergency Centers in Franklin and Preble County have been named 2018 Guardian of Excellence Award® winners by Press Ganey, which provides health care solutions to address safety, clinical excellence, patient experience and workforce engagement.

The Guardian of Excel- lence Award recognizes top-performing health care organizations that have achieved the 95th percentile or above of performance in patient experience. Presented annually, the award honors clients who consistently sustained performance in the top 5 percent of all Press Ganey clients for each reporting period during the course of one year.

Kettering Health Network is a not-for-profit network of eight hospitals, 11 emer- gency departments and 120 outpatient facilities serving southwest Ohio. The net- work’s hospitals are Ketter- ing, Grandview, Sycamore, Southview, Greene Memo- rial, Soin, Fort Hamilton and Kettering Behavioral Medicine. For more information, visit www.kettering- health.org.

On Nov. 9, Shook Construction won a Build Ohio award in the category of new construction under $20 million for the Levitt Pavilion Dayton project.

Build Ohio celebrates the commercial construction industry in Ohio. A panel of retired construction professionals selected the winning projects. Each category winner received the prestigious bronze and green marble Build Ohio award. Bronze statues sit atop the outline of the state of Ohio, symbolizing a look toward the future of construction in Ohio. The green marble base represents the sturdiness of projects completed by AGC of Ohio members.

The Levitt Pavilion Dayton was a $5.4 million project and was completed in seven months, on schedule for the inaugural season of free concerts.

For more information, visit www.levittdayton.org.

Rick Vaughn, sales representative with EXIT Best Realty in Lebanon, was honored with the Silver Award by EXIT Realty Corp. International. The award was given in recognition of closing 50-plus real estate transaction sides during the production year July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2018. Vaughn was also inducted into the prestigious Sapphire Circle in recognition of closing 250 real estate transaction sides during one’s career with EXIT.

EXIT Realty is a real estate franchisor with brokerage locations across the U.S. and Canada. For more information, visit exitrealty.com.