Silver Hard Hat Award | Construction Writers Association

2011 Annual Conference

Silver Hard Hat Award Nomination Form

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Silver Hard Hat Awards

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The Construction Writers Association Silver Hard Hat Award is the association’s highest honor. The first award was presented in 1969 and its prestige continues today. The Silver Hard Hat Award is awarded to an individual for outstanding contributions in one of two categories, they are:

Service to the Construction Industry
Service to the Association.

One or both of the awards are considered each year. It is considered at the option of the board of directors. The Silver Hard Hat Award signifies recognition of actions or deeds over an extended period of time.

Recent Winners

2010	Ronald Worth, CEO/President, Society for Marketing Professional Services, Service to the Industry

Past Winners

Over 45 professionals have been awarded the Silver Hard Hat Award. This award dates back to 1969. This is CWA’s highest honor and it is considered annually.

2010	Ronald Worth, CEO/President, Society for Marketing Professional Services, Service to the Industry
2009	Bob Nilsson, Senior Advisor, Turner International LLC, Service to the Industry
2008	Walt Moore, Senior Editor, Construction Equipment, Service to the Industry Sheila Wertz, retired Executive Director, Service to the Association.
2007	Rolf Fuessler, APR, FSMPS, Principal, The Fuessler Group Inc.
2006	Ward Malisch, Senior Managing Editor, Concrete International, American Concrete Institute; Service to the Industry Jennifer Grover Prokopy, Principal, Orange Grove Media and Past President of CWA, Service to the Association
2005	David Wood, Past President, CWA; EVP, William D. Toohey Jr., & COO, American Road & Transportation Builders Association
2004	Charles H. Thornton, Chairman, Thornton-Tomasetti-Cutts and founder, ACE Mentoring Program
2003	Gordon Wright, Executive Editor, Building Design+Construction, and Past President of CWA
2002	Bill Swisher, Chairman Emeritus, CMI Corporation
2001	Jack Miller, Jack Miller Network
2000	Karen Maglioca, Marketing Director, KPMG and Past Officer, CWA
1999	Marty McIntyre, Director of Communications, The Counselors of Real Estate, and Past President, CWA Francis B. Francois, Executive Director, American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
1998	Thelma Stevens Mrazek, Past Secretary/treasurer of CWA
1997	No award
1996	Debra Rubin, Engineering Record
1995	No award
1994	Rusty Haggard, Construction Industry Institute
1993	Danial Flanagan, Chair, Commission to Promote Investment in America’s Infrastructure
1992	Colonel Charles Cowan, Arizona Department of Transportation
1991	David Alan Aschaur, Economist, Economic Policy Institute
1990	Allen Higley, Deere & Co (member) Wolf von Eckhardt, Architectural Critic
1989	Edward A. Greene (member)
1988	Nancy Rutledge, Chair, National Council on Public Works
1987	E. E. Halmos, Jr. (member)
1986	Jane Edmunds (member)
1985	Robert J. Benson, Construction Industry Manufacturers Association
1984	Don Knight (member) Senator Jennings Randolph (D-WV)
1983	No award
1982	David Williams (member)
1981	Greg Sitek (member)
1980	Harold J. McKeever (member)
1979	No award
1978	Ken Hanan (member)
1977	Robert Byrne (member)
1976	No award
1975	Vear Mann (member) Saul Horowitz, Jr., Associated General Contractors
1974	Arthur Faber (member) Nello L. Teer, Nello Teer Construction Co.
1973	Dave Alder (member) Donald Stabler, President, The Road Information Program
1972	Don Gehring (member) Allan Rehan, Sangamo Construction Co
1971	William H. Quirk (member) William M. Carey, Jr., Highway Research Board
1970	Harold J. McKeever (member) Carl Halvorson, President, Associated Builders & Contractors
1969	E. E. Halmos, Jr. (member) John M. Harbert III, Harbert Construction Co.

Awards Ceremony

The outstanding winners will be presented Silver Hard Hat Awards at the CWA Grand Annual Awards Dinner on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at the Westin Riverwalk in San Antonio, TX.

Judging Criteria

The CWA Board of Directors makes the final decision on awarding the Silver Hard Hat Awards. The committee serves as the screening group to receive entries and verify their compliance with the prescribed entry rules. No individual is eligible to serve as a juror if they have submitted an entry for that year.

Judges will evaluate entries as follows:

Descriptive information submitted with the entry
Testamonials submitted with the entry
Significant contributions to the construction industry and/or CWA
Support information provided in the entry

It is important to include all relevant information with the submittal for the judges to consider when evaluating nominees.

Award Specifications

CWA members and non-members are eligible for this award. Anyone can nominate a person(s) or themselves if they deem to have made significant contributions to the construction industry and/or CWA. The Silver Hard Hat Award signifies recognition of actions or deeds over an extended period of time and not for the specific year only.

Entry Requirements

Print and complete a Silver Hard Hat Award nomination form.
Prepare the nomination form and support information in a PDF and/or zip file and submit via email
Please note the title “Silver Hard Hat Award“ in the subject line.
Send the nomination form and support information to the chairperson.
Send a copy of the nomination form to CWA.
All entries become the property of CWA and will not be returned to entrant.
The winning entries may be retained for archival purposes.

Entry Fee

There is no entry fee for this award.

Deadlines

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All entries must be received by July 15, 2011

The winners will be notified by September 6, 2011, or earlier.

A completed nomination form and entry must be sent to the committee chairperson. CWA will confirm receipt of your entry by email. If you do not hear from CWA, please contact us promptly. Your entry is important to us.

Send the original nomination form and your supportive information to:

Judy Schriener, Silver Hard Hat Award Committee Chair
Judywriter Ink
judywriter@gmail.com

Please note the title “Silver Hard Hat Award“ in the subject line.

Send a copy of the nomination form to CWA:

Deborah J. Hodges, Executive Director
Construction Writers Association
info@constructionwriters.org

Please note the title “Silver Hard Hat Award“in the subject line.

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