The Ontario Construction Report – April 2009 – PAGE OCR 5
OCR names Readers’ Choice Award winners
The great thing about these awards is
MATTHEW DESROSIERS
– The OCR Construction Report Editor
they cover the entire province, he said.
Every region of Ontario is well-represented.
RECOGNIZING
The winners have been announced and FICMAR Builders Inc., a home builder
plaques awarded to this year’s recipients of in Sault Ste. Marie, won the gold prize for
our Annual Ontario Construction Report Best Residential Contractor. Steve Fico-
EXCELLENCE
(OCR) Readers’ Choice Awards. ciello, co-owner of the company, said his
Companies across the province were team is very excited.
in Ontario’s construction industry
nominated by clients, suppliers, manufac- “It’s nice to see how all our clients and
turers and peers for one of the 14 award cat- community members voted for us,” he said.
egories. Although only in their second year, “As a builder from a smaller community
The
the Readers’ Choice Awards are quickly going up against these bigger builders in big
gaining prestige as companies realize they communities, we’re pretty excited to win
really have to ‘wow’ the industry to gain the that award.”
necessary support to win. The team at FICMAR makes it a point to
READERS’
“Each of this year’s recipients, in some put their clients first, and this may have
way, has stood out above the crowd,” said been part of the reason they brought home
Mark Buckshon, OCR publisher. “Whether first prize.
CHOICE
it’s impressing clients with incredible cus- “We have a really good relationship with
tomer service, or building an innovative our clients,” he said. “You create that bond,
project, these companies have been recog- and I think that’s what did it. I didn’t think
nized by their peers for their contribution to it could happen, but it did.” AWARDS
our industry.” Ficociello said the company will keep
doing what got them here in the first place,
and that’s including their clients in the con-
struction process, making them feel like
they’re part of the team.
“We’re extremely thrilled, and we’d like
to thank everybody who voted for and sup-
ported us.”
One of the big winners this year was
Merit Contractors, who won both the Green
Project of the Year and the Best All Around
“Congratulations to all of our recipients.”
Construction Project of the Year for their
Southbrook project in Niagara.
This project will be the first LEED Gold
certified winery in Canada. With numerous
We are proud to be chosen and
green technologies built into it, and various
awards already under its belt, it’s no surprise acknowledged for our quality
Southbrook was voted as the best project in
Ontario.
craftsmanship and personalized approach.
Not to be outdone, Ottawa got into the
mix of winners as well, with Merkley Sup-
ply Ltd winning the Outstanding Construc-
tion Supplier Award.
Robert Merkley,
Thank you to Everyone
Merkley Supply Ltd. –––––––––––––––––––––––
Please see page OCR 4
for voting us the
Best Residential Con-
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