VRBA announced the Gold winners for our 32nd annual Construction Achievements and Renovations of Excellence (CARE) Awards of Vancouver Island.
Fifty-one awards were presented at the Fairmont Empress Hotel attended by 280 builders, designers, trades and suppliers – Canada’s leaders in west coast, home design and construction.
Congratulations to the Gold CARE Award winners and finalists for again showing leadership in housing, These projects demonstrate the gold standard for design, sustainability, and professionalism.
Project of the Year – Single Family went to GT Mann Contracting and Spaciz Design Company for Water’s Edge. Project of the Year – Multi-Family was awarded to Abstract Developments for Bellewood Park. The popular People’s Choice Award was won by Terry Johal Developments and KB Design for Legato.
The Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Wilf Gorter, Gorter Construction for his leadership in the industry and community.
Two companies received the Building Better Futures Community Award – Aryze Developments for developing much-needed missing-middle housing for young families and Denford Construction Management for their creative retirement communities serving a growing seniors population.
Excellence in Housing Affordability was won by Chard Development for their innovative partnership with BC Housing creating more affordability in two multi-family projects – Vivid at the Yates and Haven.
The Heritage Award for preserving architecture was presented to Goodison Construction and Jenny Martin Design for Laurel Park. Green Builder of the Year promoting sustainable residential construction practices was won by Verity Construction.
The Bill Wansbrough Memorial Award was presented to FortisBC for their partnership with the CRD creating RNG from waste/biogas at the Hartland Landfill addressing both climate change and housing affordability.
The Gold winners will be featured in the 2023 CARE Awards magazine distributed November 18h in the Times Colonist. Winners and finalists will be highlighted at careawards.ca.
We appreciate the generous support of our 2023 CARE Awards Sponsors:
Gold: BC Housing; BCCA Employee Benefits Trust; Built Green Canada; FortisBC; Hourigan’s Flooring; McLaren Properties Ltd;
Slegg Building Materials; Travelers Insurance Company of Canada; Victoria Real Estate Board
Silver: Coast Capital Savings; Trail Appliances
Bronze: Mike Geric Construction
Media: CFAX/CTV; Times Colonist
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