The Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS), has announced the recipients of its 2017 National Marketing Communications Awards (MCA). This annual competition is the longest-standing awards program recognizing excellence in marketing and communications by professional services firms in the design and building industry.
SMPS says the awards recognize individuals and teams who create outstanding communication vehicles for architectural, engineering, design, and construction firms.
This is the only awards program that highlights the critical role and immense value marketing professionals bring to the design and building industry. The award winners were announced and honored on July 13 in Indianapolis, as a part of the annual SMPS Build Business conference.
The Best of Show Award, bestowed by a jury of industry executives, was awarded to Notkin Mechanical Engineers from Seattle, Washington, for their Book/Monograph entry titled, Architecture of the Pacific Northwest: A Playing Card Artwork Project. Jurors said this playing card artwork project took the focus off the client and showcased the talent of the Pacific Northwest design community. It was extremely creative, well written, and demonstrated results.
The People?s Choice Award, voted on by the attendees of the SMPS conference, was awarded to Hensel Phelps from Greeley, Colorado, for its Recruitment and Retention category, ?Work Hard, Play Hard.?
New this year, winners are spotlighted in our online gallery sponsored by Cosential. Visit smps.org/mcagallery to see the winning entries and to help benchmark your marketing communications efforts.
Here are the awards by category:
Advertising category
Award of Excellence: Ostrom Creative, Excelsior, Minnesota
Merit Award: DAVIS Construction, Rockville, Maryland
Merit Award: JE Dunn Construction, Kansas City, Missouri
Book/monograph category
Award of Excellence: Notkin Mechanical Engineers, Seattle, Washington
Merit Award: FXFOWLE, New York, New York
Merit Award: MMC Corp, Overland Park, Kansas
Brand awareness campaign
Award of Excellence: Brownstein Group, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and The McBride Company, Manchester Center, Vermont
Merit Award: Hickok Cole Architects, Washington, District of Columbia
Merit Award: Notkin Mechanical Engineers, Seattle, Washington
Brochure category
Award of Excellence: Henderson Engineers, Lenexa, Kansas
Merit Award: GreenbergFarrow, New York, New York
Merit Award: ICON Venue Group, Greenwood Village, Colorado Merit Award: Tepa, Colorado Springs, Colorado and Tukuh Technologies, Kansas City, Missouri
Corporate identity category
Award of Excellence: Bialosky Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio
Merit Award: Hafer, Evansville, Indiana
Merit Award: NAC Architecture, Seattle, Washington
Merit Award: Sasaki, Watertown, Massachusetts
Direct-mail campaign category
Award of Excellence: Stantec, Lynwood, Washington
Merit Award: NAC Architecture, Seattle, Washington
Merit Award: Schaefer, Cincinnati, Ohio
Holiday piece category – digital
Award of Excellence: Charles M. Salter Associates, San Francisco, California
Merit Award: HGA Architects and Engineers, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Merit Award: Karpinski Engineering, Cleveland, Ohio
Merit Award: Neuger Communications Group, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Holiday piece – mixed media category
Award of Excellence: VHB, Watertown, Massachusetts
Merit Award: M+A Architects, Columbus, Ohio
Merit Award: University Mechanical Contractors, Inc., Mukilteo, Washington
Holiday piece – print category
Award of Excellence: Orcutt | Winslow, Phoenix, Arizona
Merit Award: Building Controls and Services, Inc., Wichita, Kansas
Merit Award: GBBN Architects, Cincinnati, Ohio
Internal communications category
Award of Excellence: Henderson Engineers, Lenexa, Kansas
Merit Award: Terracon Consultants, Inc., Olathe, Kansas
Merit Award: Professional Engineering Consultants, Wichita, Kansas
Mobile app category
Award of Excellence: HNTB Corporation, Kansas City, Missouri
Merit Award: CSM Group, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Newsletter/publication – external category
Award of Excellence: HLB Lighting Design, New York, New York
Merit Award: Building Controls and Services, Inc., Wichita, Kansas
Merit Award: PCL Construction Services, Inc., Orlando, Florida
Newsletter – internal category
Award of Excellence: JE Dunn Construction, Kansas City, Missouri
Merit Award: The PENTA Building Group, Las Vegas, Nevada
Merit Award: Burns & McDonnell, Kansas City, Missouri
Project pursuit marketing category
Award of Excellence: P2S Engineering, Long Beach, California
Merit Award: OZ Architecture, Denver, Colorado
Merit Award: Hausmann Construction, Lincoln, Nebraska
Promotional campaign category
Award of Excellence: Hickok Cole Architects, Washington, District of Columbia
Merit Award: GLMV Architecture, Wichita, Kansas
Merit Award: DAVIS Construction, Rockville, Maryland
Merit Award: Timmons Group, Richmond, Virginia
Recruitment and retention category
Award of Excellence: MMC Corp, Overland Park, Kansas
Merit Award: Hensel Phelps, Greeley, Colorado
Merit Award: Reputation Ink, Jacksonville, Florida
Social media category
Award of Excellence: Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc., Northbrook, Illinois
Merit Award: Lawrence Group, St. Louis, Missouri
Merit Award: SmithGroupJJR, Chicago, Illinois
Special event – piece category
Award of Excellence: Rottet Studio, Houston, Texas
Merit Award: Burns & McDonnell, Kansas City, Missouri
Merit Award: Hickok Cole Architects, Washington, District of Columbia
Merit Award: Rottet Studio, Houston, Texas
Special event – print category
Award of Excellence: Concord General Contracting, Mesa, Arizona
Merit Award: Texas-IBI Group, Webster, Texas
Video-client pursuit category
Merit Award: Widseth Smith Nolting & Associates, Baxter, Minnesota
Video-external category
Award of Excellence: Truebeck Construction, Redwood City, California
Merit Award: Building Controls and Services, Inc., Wichita, Kansas
Merit Award: Schaefer, Cincinnati, Ohio
Video-internal category
Award of Excellence: DAVIS Construction, Rockville, Maryland
Merit Award: Burns & McDonnell, Kansas City, Missouri
Merit Award: JE Dunn Construction, Kansas City, Missouri
Merit Award: S. M. Wilson & Co., St. Louis, Missouri
Website
Award of Excellence: PAE, Portland, Oregon
Merit Award: DAVIS Construction, Rockville, Maryland
Merit Award: Goodwin, Boston, Massachusetts
Merit Award: MGAC, Washington, District of Columbia
