NARI PNW RotY Awards
The prestigious Remodeler of the Year (RotY) awards are presented each year to NARI members who have demonstrated outstanding work through their remodeling projects.
CotY Awards Submission
Join Us for the CotY Awards Celebration March 31, 2022
Submissions for 2022 awards has closed
Welcome to the NARI Pacific NW Contractor of the Year Awards on-line program. One of the highest honors in the residential remodeling business is to be recognized by your own peers as being one of the best. The NARI Pacific NW Contractor of the Year Awards Program is one of the best-known honors for recognizing high-quality remodeling and making your business truly stand out. Once again we have teamed up with NARI National and their easy to use on-line submission program. We believe that this makes it easier for the contestants to show off their work!
For our newer members, this program is inclusive so we encourage you to participate. Winning a NARI Pacific NW Contractor of the Year Award at the local level has benefits and should one of your projects win; we strongly encourage you to use the winner’s logo on your business cards, web site and marketing material. NARI Pacific NW Contractor of the Year Awards program mirrors NARI’s regional and national CotY Award program, so once you have put your entry together, you can easily submit it for regional and national recognition.
YOUR LOGIN INFO IS YOUR NARI NATIONAL LOGIN WHICH IS YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS AND THE PASSWORD YOU ESTABLISHED. IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE CALL CINDY FOLEY AT 847-298-9200.
Judging will begin on October 31th, 2021 and end on November 12, 2021. Save and submit your entry and when judging is complete, you can forward your entry to the National program. Fees for national entries are separate.
The project finish date must be between December 1, 2019 and November 30, 2021.
How to Submit Your Application
Rules of Entry
NARI Remodeler of the Year Awards Program Rules
Who can enter?
The entrant organization needs to be a NARI member in good standing that had complete oversight and supervisory responsibilities for the work completed (see exceptions for the Architectural Design category).
Entries are eligible if they have not been submitted in the same category in a prior NARI National Remodeler of the Year (RotY) awards contest and have a finish date range of December 1, 2023 – November 30, 2025. Dates may vary with chapter award programs.
Team Members are other NARI member companies (other than the entrant organization) that worked on the project. There is an additional fee for each Team Member.
Entries for new structures will not be accepted except in the Residential Detached Structure category.
The same project may be entered into one category or in multiple categories with additional fees.
Presentation
You agree to authorize NARI to use, print, reprint and publish your presentation. Pictures of the completed project are not allowed in presentations for the Residential
Architectural Design category.
The presentation must be submitted in PDF format and can be up to 30 pages long. The file can be up to 20MB. This presentation is the only file the judges will see. We suggest using PowerPoint, Publisher, Word, InDesign, or similar program to build an entry, and then save it to a PDF file.
The company name or any individual’s name can’t be in the presentation, or in the file name, or otherwise identify the member company or the client in any way. Before, in-progress and after photos are encouraged to help show the complexity of the process or the obstacles encountered.
A project summary is required, 100 words or less, in addition to their presentation. This summary will be used to describe winning projects after winners are announced.
Photo Uploads
Images and/or photos in the pdf presentation, or image upload section can’t contain any recognizable individuals, logos, or any other identifying information. Note, exception of Image Upload #3 for company logo.
Any photo enhancement is limited to brightness, contrast, or sharpness. No items may be added or removed through photo enhancement techniques.
Take “before” photographs before the start of every project. Take the “after” shots from the same angles as the before photos whenever possible.
Project Costs: Include all fees; designer, subcontractor, project owner sweat equity, etc.
Project Owner/Contractor and Photographer’s Release forms: All forms must be completed
for each entry to be eligible. Forms are available at nari.org/enter and during the entry process.
All fees are non-refundable, non-transferable, and cannot be carried over to subsequent years.
The Judging Process:
Winners are selected by an impartial panel of judges who are experts from within the industry. The evaluation process is done without revealing company names. A Remodeler of the Year Award winner is an entry that demonstrates remodeling excellence. Entries are judged on functionality, problem-solving, aesthetics, craftsmanship, innovation, the degree of difficulty, and entry presentation. Judges reserve the right to disqualify, adjust the category, or deduct points if program rules are not followed. It’s possible that no winner is selected in a particular category if NARI standards are not met. The decision of the judges is final.
Regional Judging- (National Program Only)
Judges begin by individually reviewing all the entries in a category within a region. They do not collaborate or see each other’s scores but may discuss aspects of the project for clarification. Once a category within a region is completed, a regional score for each entry is obtained by averaging the judge’s scores. The highest average score obtained, providing the project meets the minimum score needed, determines the regional winner for each category.
National Judging-(National Program Only)
The judges will review each of the regional winners with the other judges who reviewed the same category to select a National Winner.
Judges Scoring Criteria can be found at nari.org/enter
Congratulations 2026 RotY Award Winners!
