Eligible projects are those undertaken and/or completed between January 1, 2025 and January 18, 2027.

Your project is eligible if: 

• it was undertaken and/or completed between January 1, 2025 and January 18, 2027,
• it is located in the Province of Ontario,
• it was renovated/built and ready for occupancy between January 1, 2025 and January 18, 2027,
• and you have obtained the necessary client permission to enter the project.
  

Where a project involves the demolition and complete reconstruction of an existing structure, with the resulting ADU effectively being a new structure, it should be entered in New ADU / Secondary Suite category.

To determine of your new ADU (Additional Dwelling Unit) is eligible for competition, it should meet the following guidelines:

• The ADU must be new construction built from the ground up.
• The ADU may be located on the same property as an existing primary residence or as a stand-alone accessory structure, where permitted.
• Custom, modular and prefabricated construction methods are eligible.
• Entrants must disclose the construction method used as part of the entry. Construction method itself will not be scored as an advantage or disadvantage. Judges will evaluate the completed project based on the published judging criteria and the quality of the outcome.
• Project cost is collected for information purposes but is not used to determine category eligibility.

The defining characteristic of the Renovated ADU category is that the ADU was created through the renovation, conversion or adaptation of an existing space or structure.

A project does not become a New ADU simply because the existing space was substantially renovated or gutted to the studs. The determining factor is whether the project involved an existing space or structure that was converted or adapted into the ADU.

Where a project involves the demolition and complete reconstruction of an existing structure, with the resulting ADU effectively being a new structure, it should be entered in New ADU / Secondary Suite category.

What Qualifies as an Existing Space or Structure?

The project must involve the renovation, conversion or adaptation of a pre-existing space or structure. Examples include:

• Converting an existing basement into a self-contained secondary suite
• Converting an existing garage into an ADU Converting an existing portion of a home into a separate residential unit
• Converting an existing ancillary structure into an ADU
• Renovating an existing space that was not previously configured as a self-contained residential unit
  

Yes!

Be sure to have the permission of your builder or renovator, and the homeowner, as they will be named.

Please keep in mind that only BILD members are recognized as nominees, finalists and/or winners. If you are not currently a member, please reach out us to discuss what BILD membership can do for your business.

The submitter is responsible for obtaining consent from their client to be in compliance with The Privacy Act pertaining to the promotional use and public display of these digital photographic images.

If permission was not stated in your contract, you can use THIS FORM to ensure you have client permission on file.

Yes! Any part of a larger project, such as a bathroom, kitchen, etc., can be entered into multiple categories. However, do not copy and paste your responses from category to category for the same project. Make sure when answering questions, you are specific about the space according to the category title.

Be sure to be specific regarding the total cost of the space or project.

• “Renovation” refers to modifications to a residential home (single, semi, townhome, or condominium suite)
• “Custom Home” refers to a brand-new home and categories are open to HCRA-registered builders only.
• "ADU": An Additional Dwelling Unit (ADU) is a private, self-contained residential unit with a kitchen, bathroom and sleeping area that is located within or ancillary to a residential property. ADUs may include, but are not limited to, garden suites, laneway houses, coach houses, secondary detached dwelling units and similar accessory residential units. Applicable municipal zoning by-laws may determine whether a unit qualifies as an additional dwelling unit.

Awards are presented to the BILD member renovator or builder company. We encourage renovators and builders to acknowledge the contributions of other firms, but this is not mandatory. Where other firms are named under “Organizations to Acknowledge” (e.g. architect/technologist, designer), only BILD members will be acknowledged .

Accuracy of spelling and information submitted is the responsibility of the submitter.

BILD reserves the right to re-allocate entries that in their view are entered in an incorrect category. BILD reserves the right to consolidate categories. BILD also reserves the right to remove entries that do not meet the standard for nomination. These entries will not be refunded as they will have been judged accordingly.