Garden State Brickface, Windows & Siding Named Regional Winner in the "2003 Contractor of the Year" Awards

Des Plaines , Illinois , January 15, 2003--- Garden State Brickface, Windows & Siding , in Roselle , NJ , was named a regional winner in the 2003 Contractor of the Year Award competition in the Residential Specialty category.   The awards are part of an annual competition held by the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI), headquartered in Des Plaines , Illinois . Regional winners, including Garden State Brickface, Windows & Siding are up for consideration for the national awards, to be handed out at the 2003 Evening of Excellence awards ceremony April 12, 2003 , in Orlando .   The ceremony will be held in conjunction with NARI's Annual Board Meeting at the Orlando Wyndham Resort.

As the tri-state area's premier home remodeling company, both residential and commercial clients have consistently relied on Garden State Brickface, Windows & Siding to beautify and restore their homes and buildings for 50 years.   Garden State Brickface, Windows & Siding specializes in providing high quality brickface, stoneface, stucco, decorative masonry coatings, vinyl siding and replacement windows for both residential and commercial building exteriors.   All members of the Garden State Brickface, Windows & Siding workforce are highly skilled, qualified artisans, with many members boasting over 30 years experience.   Each artisan must complete an intensive training program at “ Brickface University ” before they can produce artistic customized work.   As part of an Employee Stock Ownership plan, employees at Garden State Brickface, Windows & Siding are more than workers, they are “employee-owners” who own a percentage of the company and partake in the company's success.   The Garden State Brickface name has been synonymous with home remodeling for almost 50 years and has completed more than 40,000 projects in the tri-state area.

The Contractor of the Year (C ot Y) Awards is widely considered the premier competition of its kind throughout the remodeling industry.   Preliminary judging took place near the NARI headquarters in Des Plaines on January 8 th and 9 th , 2003, and included a panel of ten distinguished judges with extensive knowledge of design and construction.   Seventy-six regional C ot Y winners were named in 18 separate categories at this year's competition, with four honorable mentions.   To be considered, a company must be a NARI member in good standing.   NARI members represent an exclusive group from the approximately 800,000 companies and individuals in the U.S. identifying themselves as remodelers.

Contractors from seven regions around the country vie for the awards on an annual basis.   All projects submitted for judging must be an improvement or an addition to an existing structure in order to be considered.   New construction projects are not eligible.   In addition, competing projects must have been completed between July 1 of the previous year and November 30 of the current year (a 17-month time period) and cannot have been submitted in prior NARI National contests.   An impartial panel of judges, who are considered experts within the industry and associated fields, selected winners based on each entrant's “Before and After” photography and project description.   Judging was based on problem solving, functionality, aesthetics, craftsmanship, innovation, degree of difficulty and entry presentation.