CCA National Awards – Nominations opening in September!
It’s time to prepare your submissions. Every year, CCA recognizes the best and brightest in the Canadian construction industry with our CCA National Awards program.
With nine award categories acknowledging the innovators, leaders, community pillars, member firms and partner associations that make up our national association, CCA is proud to showcase the incredible work being done by our members across Canada. Below is a quick overview of each award.
Please check our website in September for full terms of reference and details on how to apply.
Winners are celebrated by their peers at a special awards ceremony, to be held during CCA’s 2023 Annual Conference in Tucson, Arizona, in March.
Community Leader
This award recognizes CCA member firms, partner associations or individuals employed by a CCA member firm who have devoted time and effort to the betterment of their communities. Submissions should include details of the nominee’s participation in an activity, organization or cause, whose primary mandate is to improve the community, region, or country as well as the overall impact on the community and/or society.
Gold Seal Award
The CCA Gold Seal Award of Excellence recognizes the commitment of CCA member firms to excellence in construction management through the support and promotion of their employees’ success in achieving Gold Seal certification and the incorporation of the Gold Seal program in their business practices.
Environmental Achievement Award
Created in 1991, this award recognizes members’ engineering/architectural design, construction practice, technology, product and/or environmental management system or sustainable development plan. Submissions for this award should share environmental benefits (with quantifiable data), the life-cycle assessment of the submission, and why it is considered innovative.
Excellence in Innovation
This award recognizes outstanding CCA member firms who have, within the past two years, implemented innovative construction practices (a “first-time” use or adoption for use in Canada, but may have been previously applied or used elsewhere). The submission should explain the nature of the innovation and provide details of the relevant improvements to safety and/or health, productivity, predictability, profitability, and environmental impact as a sustainable or long-term solution.
National Safety Award
Created in 2000 in memory of Gordon M. Vipond, this award recognizes outstanding achievement and commitment to the pursuit of safety in the construction workplace through program development, staff training, industry contribution as well as safe work record accomplishments.
Partner Association Award
This award recognizes CCA integrated partner associations who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in industry enhancement (through lobbying, government relations, etc.), education and member recruitment through innovative initiatives that demonstrate tangible results.
Workforce Excellence Award
Established in 2019, this award recognizes members and partner associations who champion diversity and inclusion in the construction industry with demonstrated results. Submissions detail effective inclusive recruitment strategies, and/or details efforts to hire and promote underrepresented segments at a level equal to their global skills, education and experience as well as demonstrating steps taken to eliminate or reduce incidents of bullying, harassment or discrimination against employees or others.
Young Leader Award
This award recognizes individuals under the age of 40 employed by a CCA member firm, who demonstrate strong leadership skills, demonstrated growth and improvement, and who support the construction industry through active membership in a CCA partner construction association(s) and/or the association’s Young Leaders Group.
Pinnacle Leader Award
This award honours the memory of Robert Stollery by recognizing individuals who demonstrate the qualities of a leader and who apply the highest standards and principles of the construction industry and business community in a career spanning more than 20 years. The Pinnacle Leader demonstrates a pursuit of excellence in any field serving the Canadian construction industry
Congratulations to our 2021 award recipients. We look forward recognizing our 2022 stars!.