Ventura Consulting Group President Jim Eisenhart has been named the winner of the International Partnering Institute's 2012 "Excellence in Partnering Facilitation" award.

Eisenhart was selected on the basis of his "facilitation skills and his industry leadership," the institute said in announcing the award, which he received May 17.

Partnering is a process that enables contractors, designers and owners on large construction projects to work collaboratively toward mutual success. Eisenhart has personally led partnering processes on over 700 projects worldwide from the Pentagon rRenovation to the San Francisco Bay Bridge.