Time is running out to submit your nomination for the Commercial Painting Industry Association and Technology Publishing Co.’s sixth annual Elevation Awards. The honors program recognizes projects ranging from residential exteriors and commercial renovations to floor coatings and wall coverings throughout the commercial coatings industry.
Regarding a project's eligibility, all nominated projects must be completed between Jan. 1, 2021, and July 15, 2022. The deadline to submit a nomination(s) has recently been extended to July 29.
Facility owners, architects, interior designers, painting contractors, decorative artisans, manufacturers and suppliers are invited to submit. Winners of the 2022 Elevation Awards will be announced during an awards ceremony at the CPIA Leadership Conference and will be featured in PaintSquare Daily News and the winter issue of Commercial Painting.
This year’s project categories are as follows:
New Construction;
Mixed-Use Commercial;
Multi-Family/Residential High-Rise;
Institutional (Healthcare, Education, etc.);
Floor Coatings; and
Ancillary/Misc. Services (Roof Coatings, Wallcovering, Fabric Panels, etc.).
This year’s panel of judges will also be making a selection for the 2022 Judges' Choice Award. Drawing from individual category winners, judges will select an overall winner that recognizes an outstanding architecture project that best exemplifies the seamless combination of compelling aesthetics and high performance in the use of coatings and other substrate treatments.
Meet the Judges
This year’s competition will see a collection of familiar faces. While some will be returning for their second year, others have notably been a part of the awards program since its inaugural debut.
Made up of five industry professionals, all have agreed to evaluate the nominees for honors in both aesthetic and technical categories throughout the commercial coatings industry. For the first time since its launch, the 2022 Elevation Awards program redefined its categories and project timelines to create more opportunities for painters and painting contractors to showcase their work.
“While last year’s turnout of submissions was impressive, especially given all the obstacles faced by the industry concerning the COVID-19 pandemic, we at the CPIA and TPC wanted to take things to the next level,” said Destiny Johnson, Editor-in-Chief of Commercial Painting. “The changes made were not just new ideas spurred between the associations, however, but through suggestions of our judges as well. It is for this reason that we’re glad to have everyone back to see firsthand how these adjustments will impact the program.”
This year’s Elevation Awards judges are as follows:
Liz A. Perez-Lavin, President, Service Contracting Solutions;
Michael Capulong, Colour Studio Inc., Architectural + Product Color Consultation;
Kenneth A. Trimber, PCS, former President of KTA-Tator Inc.;
Jeff Theo, PCS, Vice President of Business Development, Vulcan Painters; and
Andre O. Desjarlais, Residential Buildings Program Manager, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Judge profiles can be viewed in the summer issue of Commercial Painting.
Awarded Projects in 2021
In counting down to the 2022 Elevation Awards ceremony, let’s take a look at last year’s winners:
Bellefontaine Neighbors Community Center Outdoor Pool
Category: Exteriors, Commercial + Public Buildings
Company: Bazan Painting
Project Location: St. Louis
Contractor: Bazan Painting
Products Used: Tnemec 217 Mortarcrete, Tnemec 161 Tneme-Fascure and Sika Duoflex NS
Palladiana Terrazzo Flooring at The Hugh
Category: Floor Coatings + Treatments
Company: Sherwin-Williams High-Performance Flooring
Project Location: New York City
Contractor: Terrazzo Contractor: Wilkstone, LLC; and General Contractor: Shawmut Construction
Products Used: Sherwin-Williams Resufloor 3561 Epoxy Resin Glaze, Sherwin-Williams Resuprime 3579 Standard Primer/Binder, Sherwin-Williams Resufloor 3556, Sherwin-Williams ResuflorTM 3520 Terrazzo Matrix and Sherwin-Williams Resuflor Terrazzo TG
15000 Aviation
Category: Renovation/Retrofit
Company: APV Engineered Coatings
Project Location: Hawthorne, California
Contractor: Stuart Dean Company
Products Used: APV W-1650 Primer and NeverFade Metal Restoration Topcoat
James Farley Post Office
Category: Interiors, Commercial + Public Buildings & Judges’ Choice
Company: EverGreene Architectural Arts
Project Location: New York City
Contractor: Skanska / EverGreene Architectural Arts
Products Used: Benjamin Moore Regal Select, Polyvine Scumble Glaze and Prosoco Liquid Marble Cleaner
Editor's Note: This article was updated on July 19, 2022, at 9:38 a.m. to reflect the extended nomination period.
