excellence awards definitions

Residential Awards

Apartments and Units

Apartments and Units up to 3 storeys: as covered by Home Warranty insurance 
Apartments and Units 4 storeys and above: multistory building with a height lower than 25 metres (less than 8 storeys).
Apartments and Units High Rise Living: multi-storey building with a height of at least 25 metres measured from the lowest exit at or near ground level to the floor of the topmost story (or 8 storeys)
Projects entered into these categories must be a Class 2 or Class 3 building. All definitions are determined as per the Building Code of Australia.

Custom Built/Project Home

Custom Built/Project Home refers to a residential project built under a contract specifically for a client. 
This category is exclusive to separate dwellings that are free standing with no common walls. 
Final contract price must be provided in order to determine eligibility in a category. This figure will not be published at any time.
Please note: In the event that a home has been built without a contract (e.g. a builder constructing their own home) the entrant must seek special permission from Master Builders ACT to enter. 
The home must be entered into the category that best represents the market value of the cost of the build. Evidence must be supplied, including a copy of the Home Warranty Insurance Certificate, to support this category selection. Master Builders ACT reserves the right to reject an entry or move entries between categories.

Display Homes

Display Home refers to a residential project built for the specific purpose of displaying or showing a builder’s product. 
The project must be intended for reproduction as displayed or with standard variations to suit the client’s needs. The Price Category entered is to represent the repeatable price of the project as displayed at the time of judging, inclusive of all exact fixtures, fittings and variations. 
Please ensure that the nominated contract price is the exact cost of the house including all exact fixtures and fittings as displayed. 
This is to be inclusive of benchtops, flooring and all other variations.

Medium Density

Townhouse: is in a row of houses, that is not class 2. Townhouses can be attached.
Villas: Stand alone, class 1 in a cluster development
Dual Occupancy: Two new dwellings on the same block
Habitable suites: secondary residence that can be a separate or attached dwelling up to 90m2

Renovations/Extensions

This category includes extensions, renovations, decks, pergolas and outside pavilions, adaptable or accessible fitouts. 

Special Purpose/Adaptable Dwelling

This category includes houses incorporating facilities for people with disabilities and adaptable housing. Other projects eligible include government housing projects, student & group accommodation and aged persons units. A client statement is required with this entry.

Commercial Awards

Commercial & Retail fitout, Refurbishment or Alteration

Fitout, refurbishment or alteration of an existing commercial building. Final construction price including GST to determine which category each project falls into.

Commercial Building

Construction of a new commercial building. 
Final construction price including GST to determine which category each project falls into.

Project Displaying Technical Difficulty or Innovation

Open to all sectors.

Work Health Safety Awards

WH&S awards promote best practise of WH&S on building & construction projects and construction based systems. As the judging team are able to judge a project or system whilst in practise, projects are not required to be completed by the closing date of 13th March 2020.
Each entry should demonstrate a commitment to developing, implementing, integrating and reviewing on site. The entry submission should demonstrate the consultation that was undertaken within the workplace, the training that was presented to employees and how the solution can be more broadly applied to the overall industry.

Sustainable Construction Awards

The sustainable construction award, refers to the methods used for managing environmental issues on the project and ongoing systems incorporated into work practices for waste management. 
Example: how waste was minimised or avoided, if materials selected were salvaged/recycled/renewable, actual amount of waste that was avoided, reduced or recycled. Water management and any other general environmental management details. 

Entries should also refer to the project’s environmental living standard and working conditions including the use of materials in construction.

Civil Awards

Civil project entries are required to be submitted as per the Civil Contractors Federation (CCF) guidelines as each entry into a Civil award category automatically enters the same project into the corresponding CCF Earth Awards category, unless otherwise requested.

The CCF project categories are as follows:
•Project value up to $2 million
•Project value $2 million to $5 million
•Project value $5 million to $10 million
•Project value $10 million to $30 million
•Project value $30 million to $75 million

Additional categories exclusive to the CCF Awards are:
•Civil Subcontractor of the Year
•Woman in Civil Construction
•WH&S Civil


Subcontractor Awards

Bathroom Project

A bathroom constructed in a new or existing home, not including appliances, electrical, plumbing, plastering, painting and ancillary work but it should be noted that the quality of the associated trades is assessed.

Best use of Material

This category includes materials used for building facades, entrances, roofing, cladding, joinery, painting, tiling, plastering and flooring. Additional individual categories may be formed depending on entry numbers.

Kitchen Project

A kitchen constructed in a new or existing home, not including appliances, electrical, plumbing, plastering, painting and ancillary work but it should be noted that the quality of the associated trades is assessed.

Landscape Design and Construction

Commercial Landscape Design and Construction includes the following categories: Institutions, open space, road reserves, Water Sensitive Urban Designs, Parks, Apartments and Aged Care.

Residential Landscape Design and Construction is open to sub-contractors who have completed the particular project. A builder is welcome to be a joint entrant however, the contractor that undertook the majority of the works, must be the primary entrant.

Joint entrants may also be landscape architects.

Individual/Company Awards


These awards will be determined via the resume and supporting letters for each entrant, by the judging team.

•Onsite Construction Manager of the Year
•Project Manager of the Year
•Emerging Residential Builder of the Year
•Supplier of the Year
•Subcontractor of the Year
•Professional of the Year

TOP AWARDS


House of the Year

This award will be determined from a shortlist of the winners from each of the following categories:
•Custom Built/Project Home (all sub-categories)
•Display Home (all sub-categories)
•Renovations/Extensions (all sub-categories)
•Special Purpose/Adaptable Dwelling

Project of the Year

This award will be determined from a shortlist of the winners from each of the following categories:
•Apartments and Units (all sub-categories)
•Civil Construction (all sub-categories)
•Sustainable Construction (all sub-categories)
•Commercial Awards (all sub-categories)