Awards
AWCI’s 2026 Award Applications Now Open
Winners receive the following:
- An award trophy or plaque presented during the Industry Leaders Conference (Distinguished Service) or BUILD: AWCI’s Convention + Expo (Pinnacle, Quality, Innovation and Safety)
- Free publicity to industry media, including social media posts
- Customized logo artwork for company marketing (Quality, Innovation and Safety)
- Recognition on the AWCI website and in Construction Dimensions magazine
Apply or Nominate by July 15
About the AWCI Awards
AWCI’s Awards Program recognizes members’ stellar work on building projects, their effective safety program, the best product innovations and the people who make the greatest impact on the wall and ceiling industry and AWCI.
Nominations have opened for all awards (except the Safety award). Safety award nominations will open at the end of the year.
2025 Awards
The Association of the Wall and Ceiling Industry recognized excellence in construction quality, innovation and safety when the winners of AWCI’s awards program were announced during BUILD25: AWCI’s Convention + Expo, March 31–April 3, in Charlotte, North Carolina.
View the winners below…congratulations!
Awards Year: 2025
AWCI's Pinnacle Award 2025
2025 Recipient:
Mike Taylor; Liddle Brothers Contracting Inc.
AWCI's Distinguished Service Award
The award recognizes an individual for exemplary volunteer service to the Association of the Wall and Ceiling Industry.
AWCI members and chapter staff who volunteer their time and resources in support of the association play a vital role in the success of its programs, services and events.
Recipient: Jay Watt
2025 Excellence in Construction
Quality Award Winners
Ceilings
Project:
Mickey Leland International Terminal | Houston, TX
AWCI Member Contractor:
MAREK
Drywall
Project:
Redford Township District Library Fit Out
Redford, MI
AWCI Member Contractor:
Commercial Contracting Corporation
EIFS
Project:
Fontainebleau Las Vegas—Rideshare Bowties
Las Vegas, NV
AWCI Member Contractor:
Performance Contracting, Inc.
Plaster/Stucco
Project:
Durango Casino & Resort
Las Vegas, NV
AWCI Member Contractor:
Performance Contracting Inc.
Prefab: Exterior
Project:
Urby 2 Dallas
Dallas, TX
AWCI Member Contractor:
Baker Triangle
Prefab: Interior
Project:
BJC PHASE III Modular Package
St. Louis, Missouri
AWCI Member Contractor:
T.J. Wies Contracting, Inc.
Small Projects
Project:
St. Louis University—Champions Center
St. Louis, Missouri
AWCI Member Contractor:
George Weis Company
Steel Framing
Project:
Desert Diamond Casino White Tanks
Glendale, Arizona
AWCI Member Contractor:
AROK Inc.
2025 Excellence in Construction
Safety Award Winners
Fewer Than 300,000 Annual Hours
PSI
Between 300,000 and One Million Annual Hours
George M. Raymond Co.
More Than One Million Annual Hours
Performance Contracting, Inc.
2025 Excellence in Construction
Innovation Award Winner
Innovation Award
BuzzBID
View previous award winners here: 2021 Award Winners, 2020 Award Winners, 2019 Award Winners, 2018 Award Winners, 2017 and earlier Award Winners.
