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2024 Builder Award Winners

This year’s contest was extremely popular. We received a flood of amazing entries; each of them was noteworthy and impressive. So the projects listed below truly represent the best-of-the-best in the ICF industry.

Lake Clark Air Hangar & Terminal

2024 Light Commercial Winner & People's Choice Winner Alaska is a difficult environment for construction during the best of times. The Lake Clark Air Hangar & Terminal, in Anchorage, was completed in October 2021 after 68 weeks, accounting for significant...

Ellis Elementary School

2024 Education1st Runner Up & People's Choice Winner Ellis Elementary School in Logan, Utah, was the 1st Runner Up in the Education category in 2024’s ICF Builder Awards. The school’s architect was Stephen Williams of Design West Architects. The school, built...

Canterbury Woods Performing Arts Center

2024 Heavy Commercial2nd Runner Up & People's Choice Winner The Canterbury Woods Performing Arts Center in Williamsville, New York, is a unique structure built in a curvilinear parabolic cylinder design. The building uses 8- and 10-inch ICF forms made by Nudura to...

Drury Plaza Hotel Lake Buena Vista

2024 MultiFamily2nd Runner Up & People's Choice Winner The Drury Plaza Hotel located in the Disney Springs Area in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, is the company’s largest hotel to date. This $100 million project is the first ICF building on Disney property, but it is...

The Lighthouse

2024 MultiFamily Low-RiseWinner & People's Choice Winner Project Statistics Location: Parry Sound, Ontario, CanadaType: CondominiumSize: 20,70 sq. ft. ICF Use: 75,485 sq. ft. Cost: $15.4 millionTotal Construction: 105 weeksICF Installation Time: 165...

Garnet Way Infinity Pool

2024 Pools Winner& People's Choice Winner Project Statistics Location: Penticton, British Columbia, CanadaType: PoolSize: 900 sq. ft. ICF Use: 900 sq. ft. Cost: $1 million Total Construction: 60 weeksICF Installation Time: 14 days Construction Team...

Above The Bar

2024 Small Residential 1st Runner Up& People's Choice Project Statistics Location: Salcombe, Devon, EnglandType: ResidenceSize: 2,066 sq. ft. ICF Use: 3,907 sq. ft. Cost: £940,800Total Construction: 52 weeksICF Installation Time: 6 weeksConstruction Team...

Carmi Home Project

2024 Large Residential Winner& People's Choice Winner The Carmi Home Project in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada, was the Large Residential Winner and the Large Residential People’s Choice Winner in the 2024 ICF Builder Awards. The 5,422-square-foot project...

The Ranch

2024 Unlimited Residential2nd Runner Up & People's Choice Winner Project Statistics Location: Southern Alberta, CanadaType: ResidenceSize: 7,421 sq. ft. ICF Use: 15,917 sq. ft. Cost: $3.5 millionTotal Construction: 2 yearsICF Installation Time: 67 daysConstruction...

Aspire Trade High School

2024 Education2nd Runner Up Project Statistics Location: Huntersville, North CarolinaType: SchoolSize: 65,561 sq. ft. ICF Use: 28,728 sq. ft. Cost: $18.7 millionTotal Construction: 14 monthsICF Installation Time: 90 daysConstruction Team Owner/Developer: Aspire...

Rich Pond Elementary School

2024 EducationWinner It is becoming increasingly important for schools to offer spaces for staff and students that can withstand extreme weather events. Bowling Green, Kentucky, the site of Rich Pond Elementary School, has experienced destructive tornadoes in the...

Divi Little Bay Resort

2024 Heavy CommercialWinner Visitors to Saint Martin, an island in the Caribbean that is divided into two sides — one French and one Dutch — will get to enjoy a new $20 million hotel addition to the existing Divi Little Bay Resort on the Dutch side. This winning...

Newark Army Reserve Center

2024 Heavy Commercial1st Runner Up Project Statistics Location: Newark, DelawareType: Army reserve centerSize: 42,000 sq. ft. ICF Use: 30,000 sq. ft. Cost: $19.75 millionTotal Construction: 61 weeksICF Installation Time: 80 daysConstruction Team Owner/Developer: US...

Bama Breeze

2024 Pools2nd Runner-Up Project Statistics Location: Dauphin Island, Alabama Type: Pool Size: 700 sq. ft. ICF Use: 700 sq. ft. Cost: $150,000 Total Construction: 8 weeks ICF Installation Time: 6 days Construction Team Owner/Developer: Sandmen Properties General...

Kentucky State University Residence Hall

2024 MultiFamily1st Runner Up Project Statistics Location: Frankfort, KentuckyType: Student housingSize: 163,400 sq. ft. ICF Use: 78,340 sq. ft. Cost: $37.6 millionTotal Construction: 106 weeksICF Installation Time: 220 daysConstruction Team Owner/Developer: CRM...

Homewood Suites & Hilton Garden Inn

2024 MultifamilyWinner The Homewood Suites and Hilton Garden Inn by Hilton is a dual-brand hotel in Columbus, Ohio, representing both Homewood Suites and Hilton Garden Inn by Hilton, and it is the MultiFamily first-place winner in the ICF Builder Awards. The...

The Lanterns

2024 MultiFamily Low-Rise1st Runner Up Project Statistics Location: Hope Cove, EnglandType: Vacation rentalsSize: 14,800 sq. ft. ICF Use: 20,301 sq. ft. Cost: $2.2 millionTotal Construction: 108 weeksICF Installation Time: 225 daysConstruction Team Owner/Developer:...

Nelson Street Townhomes

2024 MultiFamily Low-Rise2nd Runner Up Project Statistics Location: Esquimalt, British Columbia, CanadaType: TownhomesSize: 4,800 sq. ft. ICF Use: 11,990 sq. ft. Cost: $2.4 million CADTotal Construction: 88 weeksICF Installation Time: 180 daysConstruction Team...

Bell Block Building

2024 Light Commercial2nd Runner Up Project Statistics Location: Waterbury, VermontType: Medical offices, restaurant & brewerySize: 9,300 sq. ft. ICF Use: 10,200 sq. ft. Cost: $2 millionTotal Construction: 68 weeksICF Installation Time: 5 monthsConstruction Team...

The Lewis Building

2024 Light Commercial1st Runner Up Project Statistics Location: Newburyport, MassachusettsType: Retail & apartmentsSize: 10,239 sq. ft. ICF Use: 11,617 sq. ft. Cost: $3.5 millionTotal Construction: 60 weeksICF Installation Time: 143 daysConstruction Team...

Custom Beach House

2024 Unlimited ResidentialWinner Project Statistics Location: Melbourne Beach, FloridaType: ResidenceSize: 8,900 sq. ft. ICF Use: 14,353 sq. ft. Cost: $6.1 millionTotal Construction: 156 weeksICF Installation Time: 150 daysConstruction Team General Contractor: Kinley...

Claunch Residence

2024 Unlimited Residential1st Runner Up Orange Beach is a small city on Alabama's Gulf Coast. The city is vulnerable to severe weather, including hurricanes, so the owners of this 12,776-square-foot single-family home located just 300 yards off the water opted to...

LaLiberte Iconic

2024 Large Residential1st Runner UpLaLiberte Iconic in Cave Creek, Arizona, is a 5,061-square-foot main house with a 760-square-foot guest casita built using Fox Blocks ICF. The project was the Large Residential 1st Runner Up in the 2024 ICF Builder Awards. ICF...

San Anselmo

2024 Large Residential2nd Runner Up Two homes next door to each other in San Anselmo California, were built using IntegraSpec ICFs. The larger of those homes, at 3,420 square feet, was the 2nd Runner Up in the 2024 ICF Builder Awards. The home is 100% ICF, including...

Shilakis Residence

2024 Small Residential2nd Runner Up Project Statistics Location: Tellico Village, Tennessee Type: ResidenceSize: 2,720 sq. ft. ICF Use: 5,115 sq. ft. Cost: $850,000Total Construction: 42 weeksICF Installation Time: 10 days Construction Team Owner/Developer: The...

Shaw Hollow Infinity Pool

2024 Pools1st Runner Up Project Statistics Location: Springfield, MissouriType: PoolSize: 1,000 sq. ft.ICF Use: 1,000 sq. ft.Cost: $270,000Total Construction: 15 weeksICF Installation Time: 5 days Construction Team Owner/Developer: Robert & Kathy ShawGeneral...

King’s Bay Point

2024 Small ResidentialWinner The King’s Bay Point project is a small home with a big impact. At just under 3,000 square feet, the home was built with 100% ICF exterior walls in order to offer protection against any storms that might hit the Crystal River, Florida,...

The winners of the 2024 ICF Builder Awards were announced in person at an awards ceremony on January 24 at World of Concrete. The winning team of each project received custom engraved plaques with information about their projects. We appreciate everyone who attended the in-person event and those of you who voted in the People’s Choice Awards and shared the link so that others could view the projects. The ICF Builder Awards are the most prestigious awards to be given to the many fine projects created throughout the year using ICFs. This year, we received dozens of entries in nine categories. We announced a winner and two runner ups in each category, along with a People’s Choice Award winner in each category.

Four of the nine People’s Choice Awards winners were ones that our ICF Builder Awards judges also chose as winners. There were so many interesting features of each project that it was difficult to narrow them down. The fact that the voters chose different projects than we did was interesting because it reveals that there is a lot to notice about each of these projects, far beyond just pretty pictures! Find out more about each of the 27 highest scoring projects and which ones won the People’s Choice Awards on the following pages.