Custom Home Pacesetter Awards

Here you’ll meet some of the best practitioners in the custom building business: the winners of the 2005 Pacesetter Awards. Co-sponsored by CUSTOM HOME and the NAHB Custom Home Builders Committee, the Pacesetter Awards program honors custom builders who not only excel in the business of custom home building, but also bring new ideas, more effective procedures, and higher standards to their businesses. The winners were chosen by the magazine’s editors for their demonstrated excellence in one of six categories critical to success in custom building: marketing, management, customer service, design, production, and innovation. We are proud to share their stories with you and to add these builders to our custom home building hall of fame.

Marketing
C. Mason Hearn Jr. / HomeMasons Design
Craig Denman / Denman Construction Design
Mimi Kress, Phil Leibovitz, and Richard Mandell / Sandy Spring Builders Production
Alan Banks and Chris Folk / Evans Coghill Homes Innovation
Grant Rhode / GF Rhode Construction Management
Nancy and Rich Morrison and Irina Johnson / Benchmark Custom Luxury Homes Innovation
Mike Holmes / Holmes Construction Co. Inc. Design
Richard Laughlin / Laughlin Homes & Restoration Innovation
Ron Merigold / Merigold Corp. Customer Service
Gus Rubio / Gabriel Builders Design
Andrew Wright Suman / Röhe & Wright Builders Management
Jerry Bonner / Bonner Custom Homes Customer Service
Mark A. Perlman / Empeco Custom Builders