Local home builder honored by national awards program
November 9, 2015
CAMPOBELLO, SC – Campobello- based log home manufacturer, Blue Ridge Log Cabins, received two national home building accolades as part of the 2016 Jerry Rouleau Awards for Excellence in Marketing and Home Design presented by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Building Systems Councils (BSC) and the Log and Timber Homes Council. Blue Ridge Log Cabins was honored on Nov. 6, 2015, during the BSC’s Building Systems Showcase, the only national conference and educational event focused exclusively on the systems-built industry.
Blue Ridge Log Cabins’ custom, all poplar bark home, winner of a Jerry Rouleau Award for Excellence in Home Design.
For more than a decade, the BSC’s awards program has promoted excellence in systems-built housing. Front runners in the industry are honored at the annual awards presentation for their innovative marketing strategies and unique systems-built housing designs.
“Winners of this year’s awards did a phenomenal job of showcasing the best marketing and home designs in the building systems industry,” said 2015 BSC chairman, Dan Mitchell owner of Eagle CDI in Seymour, Tenn.“Systems-built technology is the building of the future, and these awards represent what is possible for potential systems-built home owners.”
The annual Jerry Rouleau Awards for Excellence are judged by an independent panel of industry experts, and companies like Blue Ridge Log Cabins were praised for the quality of their submittals. Recipients were recognized for excellence in achievement in a range of categories such as informative and aesthetically-pleasing websites, along with floor plan designs categorized by systems-built type and square footage.
“Obviously, it is nice to be recognized on the national level with two such prestigious awards. Blue Ridge Log Cabins is proud of its many talented and dedicated employees who are always working together to create new trendsetting designs and products. These accolades are definitely a testimonial to the hard work and ingenuity we have in all departments at BRLC,” said Chip Smith, Blue Ridge Log Cabins’ President and CEO.
Select projects will be displayed on the BSC Awards Wall during the 2016 NAHB International Builders’ Show inLas Vegas, Jan. 19 – 21, 2016.
For a complete list of award winning companies, as well as winners and projects from previous years’ competitions, http://www.nahb.org/bscawards
ABOUT BLUE RIDGE LOG CABINS
Founded in 1992, Blue Ridge Log Cabins is widely considered the most innovative company of its kind in America. Ranked by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest growing privately held companies in the nation two years running, Blue Ridge Log Cabins has created advanced building systems practices for the upscale log cabin industry, reducing the cost, time, and risk normally associated with such construction thanks to its state-of-the-art, 110,000-square-foot production facility located in South Carolina. BRLC has been featured on numerous national TV shows, namely, HGTV’s “Amazing Log Homes”, HGTV’s “Best Ever Log Homes” as the “Most Economical Log Home”, ABC’s 2011 Season Premiere of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and most recently Blue Ridge was featured on 2 episodes of a new DIY Network series called “Breakneck Builds”.
ABOUT THE BSC
The Building Systems Councils of the National Association of Home Builders is made up of manufacturer, builder, and associate members who advocate building with concrete, log, timber, modular, or panelized systems. Systems-built homes are constructed to the same code standards and reflect the same, and often enhanced, quality levels as any site-built construction. The advantage of systems-building is it’s done in a fraction of the time, with a fraction of the waste, which can significantly reduce costs. Many systems-built homes also are inherently environmentally friendly adding a “green” label to the finished home.
ABOUT NAHB
The National Association of Home Builders is a Washington-based trade association representing more than 140,000 members involved in home building, remodeling, multifamily construction, property management, subcontracting, design, housing finance, building product manufacturing and other aspects of residential and light commercial construction. NAHB is affiliated with 800 state and local home builders associations around the country. NAHB’s builder members will construct about 80 percent of the new housing units projected for this year.
