2025 CAF/NWIBRT Awards Banquet
Thursday, May 8, 2025 | 5:00PM – 9:00PM | Avalon Manor Banquet Center, Merrillville
The CAF/NWIBRT Awards Banquet celebrates the best in regional construction excellence and outstanding company performances in safety. During the banquet, the region’s top builders and project owners come together to recognize the most distinguished industry achievements from the previous year.
This special annual awards banquet is hosted through a partnership between Construction Advancement Foundation (CAF) and NWIBRT. Each organization distributes its own unique awards, with NWIBRT focused primarily on safety performances and CAF focused on contractor and project outcomes.
Each year, more than 600 construction professionals gather to honor companies that exhibit superior achievement across a wide range of criteria.
Some of the awards given during the banquet include:
- NWIBRT:
- Contractor/Company of the Year
- Three different tiers of Safety Awards
- Owner Excellence in Leadership
- Innovation Awards
- And more, click here for a detailed list.
- CAF:
- Contractor of the Year, by type
- Project of the Year, by type
- Excellence in Professional Development
Awards given are in recognition of the previous year’s performance. For example, awards given in 2025 are awarded for achievements from the calendar year 2024. CAF’s awards are also from the prior year, specifically Jan. 1, 2024 through Jan. 1, 2025.