Master Builders - 2009 National Award Winners

Master Builders - 2009 National Award Winners
Statement by Mr Wilhelm Harnisch, Chief Executive Officer

Builders from across Australia were presented with prestigious Awards at Master Builders' 2009 National Excellence in Building and Construction Awards at Conrad Jupiters on the Gold Coast on Saturday 7 November.

Master Builders Chief Executive, Mr Wilhelm Harnisch, congratulated the winners saying that they "demonstrated that they are the best of the best by delivering the highest quality of work in their projects, thereby setting a standard for the rest of industry to aspire to."

Master Builders Australia's National Awards are sponsored by Master Builders Australia's National Awards are sponsored by CBUS Construction & Building Industry Super; ME Bank; Standards Australia; The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations; Department of Health and Ageing; the Federal Safety Commissioner; Australian Apprenticeships; Queensland Department of Public Works; Boral; Onesteel Reinforcing; Australbricks; Assa Abloy; Australian Made Campaign; Europcar; Qantas; and Crowther Blayne and Associates.

This year's winners by category were:

Department of Health and Ageing National Award for Lifestyle Housing for
Seniors Purpose Built Detached Dwellings, 50 Plus Construction, Halcyon
Waters, Queensland
Department of Health and Ageing National Award for Lifestyle Housing for
Seniors Multi Unit Development, Capezio & Co Pty Ltd & Goodwin Aged Care
Services Limited, Goodwin Village Ainslie Blocks B & D, Australian Capital
Territory
National Export Award Building Materials and Products Manufactures under $25
million, Australian Turntable Company
National Export Award Building Materials and Products Manufactures over $25
million, E.W. Cox International
National Export Award Building and Construction Contractors or Services
under $25 million, Waterman AHW National Export Award Building Materials
and Products Manufactures over $25 million, Hooker Cockram
National Apprentice of the Year, Paul Gaffy, Western Australia
National Young Builder of the Year, Matthew Kennedy, Australian Capital
Territory
The Boral Environment and Energy Efficiency Building Award National Housing
Project, Balance Homes, South Australia
The Boral Environment and Energy Efficiency Building Award National
Commercial Project, Bovis Lend Lease, The Gauge, Victoria
The Boral Environment & Energy Building Efficiency Building Award Civil,
PacificLink Alliance, Tugun Bypass, Queensland
National Alterations/Additions/Renovations Award under $150,000, KT Building
Group, Newcastle
National Alterations/Additions/Renovations Award $150,000 to $250,000,
Addstyle Master Builders, Western Australia
National Alterations/Additions/Renovations Award $250,000 to $400,000,
Micrah Projects Pty Ltd, New South Wales
National Alterations/Additions/Renovations Award over $400,000, Alvaro Bros
Builders Pty Ltd, New South Wales
National Display Home under $250,000, Plunkett Homes 1903 Pty Ltd, The
Resort, Western Australia
National Display Home $250,000 to $500,000, Buildcraft Constructions, The
Sterling, New South Wales
National Display Home over $500,000, Grollo Industries Pty Ltd, Grollo 737,
Victoria
Standards Australia National Project Home under $350,000, Nu-Steel Homes,
The Mariner, South Australia
National Project Home $350,000 to $500,000, Nature Coast Homes/TT
Architecture, Australian Capital Territory
National Project Home $500,000 to $1m, Vantage Homes Pty Ltd, Northern
Territory
ME Bank National Project Home $1m to $2m, Knowlman McDonald McMillan,
Queensland
National Project Home over $2m, Ian Wilson Builder, Queensland
Cbus National Medium Density 2 to 5 Dwellings, Peter Liedig & Associates Pty
Ltd, South Australia
Cbus National Medium Density over 5 Dwellings, Antos Constructions,
Australian Capital Territory
Cbus National High Rise Apartment Building (over 3 storeys), Brookfield
Multiplex Constructions, Esplanade Apartments, Western Australia
Federal Safety Commissioner's National Award for Occupational Health and
Safety Excellence, Commercial, Richard Crookes Constructions, South Coast
Correctional Centre, New South Wales
Federal Safety Commissioner's National Award for Occupational Health and
Safety Excellence, Civil/Infrastructure, Leighton Abigroup Joint Venture,
Gateway Upgrade Project, Queensland
National Commercial/Industrial Construction Award under $5m, Project
Coordination (Australia) Pty Ltd, Rolfe Audi Showroom, Phillip, Australian
Capital Territory
National Commercial/Industrial Construction Award $5m to $10m, Manteena Pty
Ltd, CSIRO - New Bio Science Laboratories, Australian Capital Territory
National Commercial/Industrial Construction Award $10m to $20m, Buckingham
Redevelopment Company, Sorrento Quay Boardwalk, Stage 2, Western Australia
National Commercial/Industrial Construction Award $20m to $50m, Hansen
Yuncken Pty Ltd, Port Macquarie Arts, Conference & Entertainment Centre, Newcastle
National Commercial/Industrial Construction Award $50m to $100m, Hansen
Yuncken Pty Ltd, SA Water VS1, Victoria Square, Adelaide, South Australia
National Commercial/Industrial Construction Award over $100m, Bovis Lend
Lease, Melbourne Recital Centre and Melbourne Theatre Company, Victoria
National Civil/Infrastructure Award under $25m, Fairbrother Pty Ltd, Grange
Resources - Pit Maintenance Facility Savage River, Tasmania
National Civil/Infrastructure Award over $25m, Fulton Hogan Pty Ltd, Sheahan
Bridge, Gundagai, New South Wales
National Public Buildings Award under $5m, Fairbrother Pty Ltd, Parliament
House, House of Assembly, Hobart, Tasmania
National Public Buildings Award $5m to $10m, Kane Construction (NSW) Pty
Ltd, Ingleburn Library & Community Centre, New South Wales
National Public Buildings Award $10m to $50m, Hansen Yuncken Pty Ltd, Uni SA
Research Building, Mawson Lakes, South Australia
National Public Buildings Award over $50m, John Holland Pty Ltd, National
Portrait Gallery, Australian Capital Territory
National President's Award, PacificLink Alliance, Tugun Bypass, Queensland
National Specialist Contractor of the Year, West Australian Mechanical
Services, IKEA Superstore, Innaloo, Western Australia
National Residential Master Builder of the Year, Knowlman McDonald McMillan,
Queensland
National Commercial Master Builder of the Year, Bovis Lend Lease, Melbourne
Recital Centre and Melbourne Theatre Company, Victoria


For further information contact:
Wilhelm Harnisch: Tel 0 26202 8888 Mobile 0402 039 039

SOURCE: Master Builders Australia