Monday, May 31, 2010

2010 Gold Winners

Last Friday, in Vancouver, the GVHBA Renovation Council presented its inaugural renOVATION Awards. The awards honour excellence in home-renovation design and construction. Terasen Gas was the presenting sponsor. Kenorah Construction & Design led all winners with five awards, followed by Kerr Construction with four, and Intermind Design with three. Renovators of the Year are CCI Renovations (large volume) and Intermind Design (small volume). Visit www.gvhba.org to view winners and sponsors. Congratulations to all winners and finalists.

Monday, May 3, 2010

Let's give finalists a round OVATION!

The Province

May 2, 2010


The finalists have been named -- that is, the finalists in a renovations competition organized by the Greater Vancouver Home Builders' Association called the "renvOVATION Awards."

Leading all renovators with 10 finalist nods is Kenorah Construction & Design. Intermind Design follows with seven nominations, G. Wilson Construction and Basil Restoration have six each, and CCI Renovations, Kerr Construction and REVISION Custom Home Renovations each have five.

Shown, top, before-and-after pictures of the Kenorah project that generated the company a finalist nomination in the best-renovation, $400,000 -- $599,999, category.

Also shown, left and right, are before and after shots of the kitchen project by Intermind Design, a finalist in the best kitchen, less than $40,000 category.

And below, a project that generated, for Basil Restoration, a finalist nomination in the best heritage renovation category.

The winners of the competition will be announced on May 28. To view the complete list of finalists and more before-and-after photographs, visit ovationawards.ca.