FRED CASE AWARD

The Fred Case Remodeling Entrepreneur of the Year Award recognizes the entrepreneurial spirit of remodelers and the importance of creativity and innovation in the industry.

Each year, beginning in 2007, four finalists will be acknowledged at The Hanely Wood Remodeling Leadership Conference in May and then the winner will be announced at the Remodeling Show held every year in the Fall.

The 2009 Fred Case Remodeling Entrepreneur of the Year Award nomination forms are now available. Just click on either the nomination form if you are nominating someone else or click onthe self nomination form if you are nominating yourself.

Nomination Form Self-Nomination Form

 

About Fred Case

The award is modeled after the professional achievements of Fred Case, who is credited with pioneering the design/build concept in remodeling in the 1970's. Case was instrumental in developing the first certification system for remodelers while chairing the National Education Committee of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI). Among many other honors, Case won the first NARI "Contractor of the Year Award" in 1976, and was recognized in 1984 with NARI's Harold Hammerman "Spirit of Education" Award for excellence in education and training. In 1999, he became the first-ever recipient of Remodeling magazine's Foundation Award for Lifetime Achievement, and was inducted into NAHB's Remodeler's National Hall of Fame in 2002.

Today, Fred Case continues to serve as CEO for Case ®, a $100-million enterprise and one of the largest full service remodeling companies in the U.S. with four D.C. metro-area offices and more than 180 franchise territories. His achievements, both past and present, make him the perfect model for this award.

Criteria For The Award

Awarded to the individual or partnership (not company) who has made a lasting contribution to the industry and who meets the following judging criteria:

• Active in the community by providing professional services and time
• An individual with business management skills, high employee relations and a well designed business model.
• Significant entrepreneurial activities, innovation, or accomplishments in the remodeling industry
• A true entrepreneurial spirit

The four finalists each year will receive an award in the amount of $2,500 each. The Fred Case Remodeling Entrepreneur of the Year winner will be selected from among the finalists and receive an award in the amount of $10,000 (in addition to the $2,500 as a finalist).

One individual from each of the following three organizations will serve as judges:

Case Design/Remodeling, Inc.

Hanley Wood

Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies