42. Design Firm of the Year

Okanagan Housing Awards 2025 | CHBA Central Okanagan

Description

All CHBA-CO designer members who submit for awards in at least two (2) categories, and are in good standing are eligible for this award. For clarity, any member whose primary business is selling product should enter in ‘Supplier of the Year'. In addition to the awards submissions, designers will need to submit a written entry based on the criteria below.

Requirements

Criteria (Category 42)

Entry will be judged on the following criteria, with a maximum of 300 words.:

  • Quality of submissions in previous categories: The two highest scores in the previous categories
    will be averaged and applied to the Grand Awards Score.
  • Industry involvement support of the CHBA-CO or other industry initiatives (Events and Committee
    participation - CHBA or Otherwise within the industry.)
  • Career development within the organization (Education & Training) and mentoring of staff and
    new professionals.
  • Charitable, volunteer, and social contributions to the community
  • Innovation within the industry (Carbon code, Step Code, Implementation of new and innovative
    technologies or details)

Requirements (Category 42)

  • Completed online entry
  • 12 digital images that best represent the entrant based on the judging criteria provided
Criteria
Criterion Weight
Quality of submissions in previous categories 20.0%
Industry involvement support of the CHBA-CO or other industry initiatives 20.0%
Career development within the organization (Education & Training) and mentoring of staff and new professionals 20.0%
Charitable, volunteer, and social contributions to the community 20.0%
Innovation within the industry 20.0%