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2025 Build Hawaii Awards - Entries

May 21, 2025 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM (HST)

Description


The General Contractors Association of Hawaii (GCA)’s annual Build Hawaii Awards will recognize the best construction projects of 2024. This is your opportunity to shine! A panel of judges will review and score your entries to determine the Award of Excellence winners in each of the 18 categories. Projects that come within 3% of the winning project in each category will receive an Honorable Mention. The prestigious Grand Award will go to the project with the highest overall score among all of the Award of Excellence winners.

ENTERING HAS NEVER BEEN EASIER!

** Submit your entries online as before for your convenience **

** Just answer the questions—no graphic design skills required **

** We removed irrelevant and duplicative fields **

** More prompts when answering for those new to the process **

Your project could be one of this year’s winning entries!

  • NOMINATED PROJECTS MUST HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN 2024.

  • EARLY BIRD ENTRY FORM AND $250 FEE SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN 5:00PM ON APRIL 25, 2025. THE ENTRY FEE AFTER APRIL 25, 2025 WILL BE $350.

  • COMPLETED ENTRIES must be RECEIVED NO LATER THAN 5:00 PM ON MAY 21, 2025.
  • NOMINATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED by principals or officers of firms, or with their permission.

  • Different phases or elements of the same project may be entered independently, but not combined as another total project entry.


AWARDS CATEGORIES:

Building Construction

*Under $10 million

*$10 million – under $25 million

*$25 million and above

Specialty Construction

*Under $1 million

*$1 million – under $3 million

*$3 million and above

Residential

*Under $10 million

*$10 million and above

Subcontractor

*Under $250,000

*$250,000 – under $1 million

*$1 million and above

Renovation/Remodeling

*Under $10 million

*$10 million and above

Design-Build/Assist Construction
Federal Construction
Sustainable/Green Construction
Transportation Construction
Utility Infrastructure Construction

ALL ENTRIES MUST INCLUDE:

  1. The completed Entry Form.

  2. A maximum 75-word summary to be used for promotional materials and read at the Build Hawaii Awards program.

  3. A narrative explaining how the entry meets each of the following criteria.
    • How did your company promote the GCA of Hawaii during this project? (5 points) 
    • Meeting the challenge of a difficult job (20 points)
    • Excellence in project management (20 points)
    • Innovation in construction techniques or materials/value engineering (5points)
    • Quality (10 points)
    • Sensitivity to environment and surroundings (5 points)
    • Excellence in client service (10 points)
    • Contractor's contribution to the community (5 points)
    • Safety (20 points)

  4. Company logo and up to 8 high resolution photos of the project. Photos should highlight the construction process, as well as the finished project. Files should be in EPS or TIFF format and 300 dpi at minimum. This will ensure that we can scale the image as necessary while maintaining the best quality and sharpest image. Each photo should be renamed in such a way as to identify the company and project (e.g. "GCA_building01.tiff"). This will help to ensure that your photo is correctly identified and placed.

  5. Any supplementary materials available, including letters of commendation, press clippings from the project, programs from special events related to the project (ground breakings, ribbon cuttings, etc.) or other related material.

Pricing

Early Bird Entry - April 25, 2025:  $250

Entry Fee after 5:00 pm, April 25 - May 21: $350

Late Fee:  $350 per day per project

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Contact Information

General Contractors Association of Hawaii
Name: Gladys Hagemann
Phone: (808) 386-2014
Email: gladys@gcahawaii.org

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3. Attendee #1:  Enter the contact name, then click search.

4.  Enter the name(s) of your project(s) and select the number of projects, then click continue..

5.  Submit payment.

6.  Click here to Complete the Full Project Entry Form.

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