Sean Mason Wins Green Builder of the Year, Low-Rise

04 May 2015 Leave a comment

by John Amardeil in Awards Tags:

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Last week, the BAM team stood by our client, Sean Mason, as he was awarded Green Builder of the Year at the 2015 BILD Awards. If you’ve been following the progress of Sean’s project, a forward thinking and sustainable smart townhome community in Barrie, you’ll understand why this award is such a big deal. From top to bottom, Sean’s homes are raising the bar on green design – and his sales clearly reflect the homebuyers’ response to his fresh, environmentally sound living spaces.

Sean Mason is no stranger to green development. He previously led Mason Homes (his father’s company) to be the first ENERGY STAR standard builder in Canada and has won BILD’s Green Builder of the Year award twice in the past – but this new community is the first for Sean Homes, which is Sean’s own company. Sean was up against one of our other clients, Empire Communities, who won the award last year. Both nominations are a strong testament to the innovative green branding campaigns that BAM develops for its clients. We couldn’t be more proud.

Sean also won a second award for Best E-Mail Marketing Piece. With nine nominations in total, and two wins, it was a great evening for Sean – and BAM!

BAM Is Headed to the BILD Awards

26 Mar 2015 Leave a comment

by John Amardeil in Awards

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Each year, the best of the best from the building and development industry are recognized at the BILD Awards. I’m happy to announce that we’ll once again be standing with our clients this year with 13 nominations in total – and we couldn’t be more excited.

Last year, Brookfield Residential and BAM were awarded with the newest BILD award – Best New Video. This year we have two clients up for the same award as a result of videos we created: Brookfield (again) and Empire Communities. Innovative Barrie builder Sean is up for 9 awards total. His community of smart towns, which is the first for Sean Homes, is definitely a success story for us here at BAM. We’re very proud to see this innovative project receive so much praise. We’re also quite pleased that Sean, along with Empire Communities, is in the running for Green Home Builder of the Year as a result of innovative campaigns we developed. If you recall, Empire won that award last year.

Here’s a list of all of the awards BAM is up for:

  • Best P2G Community of the Year – Low-Rise – Sean
  • Green Home Builder of the Year – Low-Rise – Sean/Empire Communities
  • Project of the Year – Sean
  • Best E-mail Marketing Piece – Brookfield Residential/Sean Mason
  • Best Brochure – Sean
  • Best Project Signage ­– Sean
  • Best Video – Brookfield Residential/Empire Communities
  • Best Website – Sean
  • Best High-Rise Sales Office – Fram Building Group

The only award that isn’t decided by a panel of judges is the People’s Choice award. The people decide, and we’d appreciate your support in helping Sean take the award home. Voting is currently open, and will remain as such until April 2nd.

It’s always an honour to see our clients – and our work – recognized amongst our industry peers at the BILD awards. Historically, BAM has had tremendous success, and I’m optimistic that this year will be no different.

Good luck to all of our clients from the whole team here at BAM!

2014 EQ Awards

17 Feb 2015 Leave a comment

by John Amardeil in Awards

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Corey McBurney, President of EnerQuality, was quoted as saying “the future of development, home building and renovations is being written by the innovators.” At BAM, we’re lucky enough to count many of those innovators Corey is referring to as clients. EnerQuality, who are currently celebrating 10 years of the ENERGY STAR program, is the Canadian housing industry’s top certifier of energy efficient homes. Recently, they announced their list of finalists for the EQ 2014 Awards – and two long-time BAM clients, Brookfield Residential and Empire Communities, are up for multiple awards.

Brookfield, who had a year marked with new (successful) communities and countless satisfied homeowners, has been nominated for Building Innovation and Ontario Green Builder of the Year awards. Empire Communities have been nominated for three awards: Ontario Green Builder of the Year (for the second year in a row), ENERGY STAR for New Homes Builder of the Year and Best Green Marketing Campaign. Winners will be announced February 19th during the annual EQ Housing Innovation Forum.

At BAM, we help clients shape their green programs and create their green marketing campaigns, so understandably it’s a thrill for us to stand beside them as they’re recognized as ahead of the pack in the residential construction industry. Over the years, we’ve had the opportunity to do so multiple times at the EQ Awards – in fact, Empire Communities won the Building Innovation and Excellence Award and ENERGY STAR for New Homes Builder of the Year in 2012 and 2011 respectively, and Sean Mason won in 2011 for the Leader of the Year award.

I’d like to congratulate Brookfield and Empire, and – as well – my hard working team here at BAM. I look forward to the gala this week, and letting everyone know the results of the awards.

BAM 2014 Year In Review

19 Dec 2014 Leave a comment

by John Amardeil in Awards, Thoughts

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It’s hard to believe 2014 is almost over already. For the team here at BAM, it’s been phenomenal. As we do every year, we continued to grow – adding new team members and big new clientsI’m confident that we’re now the strongest we’ve ever been.

As we prepare to say farewell to 2014 and welcome in a New Year, I thought it would be a great opportunity to look at some of the great things we’ve done this year:

We Launched Marketing Automation

I spoke a lot this year about marketing automation, which is all about providing customers with a personalized experience, and how excited we were about the benefits that this type of relationship building creates for our clients. Well, we officially began offering this service as of September 2014. We’ve been deploying personalized e-blasts and targeted website content for Queensville, and we’re currently implementing personalization into our upcoming projects for 2015.

We Drove Sales

I always say that when our clients win, we win. So you can imagine how happy we were to see clients like Empire Communities achieve an astounding 1000 sales this year and long-time associate and friend Sean Mason – who launched his own company this year – have such a successful opening.

L-R Carrie Alexander and Paul Golini of Empire Communities with me (John Amardeil); Sean Mason Preview Opening

L-R Carrie Alexander and Paul Golini of Empire Communities with me (John Amardeil); Sean Mason Preview Opening

We Got Exciting New Clients

We started to work on some big projects this year like Queensville, a huge new development north of Newmarket, for Aspen Ridge, CountryWide and Lakeview. We also, as I touched on already, helped green builder Sean Mason launch his company, Sean Homes, which is the most exciting new development project in the history of Barrie. We also began working on some exciting new communities that will be launching in 2015, such as New Seaton in North Pickering (for Aspen Ridge, Brookfield, CountryWide and TowerHill) and a London multi-use site for Sifton.

We Became Certified

This year BAM became a Google AdWords Certified Partner. Over the last five years, we’ve really been pushing the envelope to better manage our clients’ digital marketing campaigns. With brand new team members in our eBAM department and in client services, we are performing at our highest level ever.

We Won Awards

It’s always great to stand behind our clients as they are recognized for their successes – and this year presented a few opportunities for us to do just that! We attended the 34th annual BILD awards, where Green Builder of the Year (Low-Rise) was awarded to Empire Communities. Brookfield Residential and BAM were also awarded with the newest BILD award for the year –Best New Video. All in all, we were nominated for over 10 different awards!

L-R BAM joins Empire Communities on stage at the 34th annual BILD awards; BAM and Brookfield Residential Ontario accept their award.

L-R BAM joins Empire Communities on stage at the 34th annual BILD awards; BAM and Brookfield Residential Ontario accept their award.

I’m excited for whatever 2015 has in store for us – and likewise, what BAM has in store for it. I’d like to thank all of our supporters, and wish you all a happy and prosperous New Year.

Getting Geared Up For The BILD Awards

09 Dec 2014 Leave a comment

by John Amardeil in Awards

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At BAM, we strive to make sure our clients win, because we are our clients – so their win is our win. As (intrinsically) good as winning feels, it’s also great to share our successes with others. The BILD Awards is one such opportunity for players within the GTA building and development industry to be recognized alongside their peers and awarded for their excellence in various categories such as Best Public Relations Campaign and Home Builder of the Year. The winners are announced at an exclusive gala with nearly 1,000 of the GTA’s biggest builders, designers, renovators, and sales and marketing professionals under one roof – If you’re in our industry, it’s the place to be!

In the past BAM has had tremendous success at the BILD Awards – we’ve won awards for various campaigns such as last year’s Best Video (Low-Rise) and the previous year’s Best Social Media Campaign. Last year we were also up for for best e-mail marketing piece, best website and best low-rise sales office, among other nominations.

It’s always an honour to stand behind our clients at the BILD awards, and 2015 will be no different. We’re gearing up to make our submissions for this year’s awards, and hopefully we’ll be sharing the stage with them next April.

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