Each year the Collier Building Industry Association (CBIA, www.cbia.net) and Sales and Marketing Council (SMC) host an event, called the Sand Dollar Awards, to recognize excellence in the building industry here in Southwest Florida. We had recently completed a fantastic project that fit nicely into the category “Best Smart Home under $200,000” and knew we had to submit it as an entry.

In early August, a panel of judges toured the home we submitted in Naples Club Estates with the following description: This job began as a retrofit pre-wire requiring zero additional holes in the home with all wires returning to a centralized rack. The Savant system controls the following: Whole House Lutron Lighting Control, Video distribution with an HDMI 8×8 matrix, audio distribution with a matrix of 32 inputs x 20 zones, integrated intercom and paging system with a Halovision front door station, IC RealTime Camera system, HVAC control, and Elk security system. All new audio video components were installed including Sony TVs, Leon Soundbar, Marantz surround sound receiver, Monitor Audio speakers, and James landscape speaker system along with whole house surge protection and remote management. Packedge wireless distributed local network and wifi system rounds out this job. The client was impressed with the completed job and particularly pleased that there was not a single drywall repair as he requested.

We are excited to announce that we won this category and are now the proud recipients of the 2016 Sand Dollar Award for Best Smart Home under $200,000. It is an honor to be listed as winners with many other prestigious builders and contractors in our community.

With some exciting jobs coming down the pipe, we are looking forward to submitting in additional categories next year. For now though, we are proud of our team for their continued pursuit of excellence and the distinction of receiving The Sand Dollar Award.