The Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance announced the winners of the 18th Annual SPFA National Industry Excellence Awards on March 6. Winners of the program, which is sponsored by Arkema and Evonik, are contractors recognized for having some of the spray foam industry’s recent outstanding projects. Winning contractors have demonstrated exceptional practices in the application of spray polyurethane foam as insulation, roofing, specialty applications and concrete lifting, as well as for noteworthy elastomeric coatings applications. The SPFA recognized all winners March 5 during a classic Vegas-themed awards ceremony held during lunchtime at the SprayFoam 2024 Convention & Expo in Las Vegas.

New to the awards program this year was the Small Business Award, which was given to Palmetto Spray Foam Insulation for the contractor’s Air Force Base C-17 Hangar project in Charleston, South Carolina. Palmetto’s project received the most total votes from both the panel of judges as well as the SPFA membership.

“Small contractors are the heart of the spray foam industry, and we want to congratulate Palmetto Spray Foam Insulation on being the first among its peers to be recognized with this new accolade,” said Rick Duncan, executive director of the Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance. “Palmetto, along with all of this year’s winners, have inspired us all to up our game and to do our best work this year and beyond.”

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The awards program recognized standout projects in seven categories, which include Building Enclosure SPF Less Than 40,000 Square Feet; Building Enclosure SPF More Than 40,000 Square Feet; Roof SPF Less Than 40,000 Square Feet; Roof SPF Over 40,000 Square Feet; SPF Specialty Applications; SPF Concrete Lifting and Elastomeric Roof Coatings. The winners and runners-up in each category include:

• Winner of Building Enclosure SPF Less Than 40,000 Square Feet: Mrs. Spray Foam with supplier Victory Polymers for Aiken Railroad Museum Train Car Restoration in Aiken, South Carolina
• Runner-Up of Building Enclosure SPF Less Than 40,000 Square Feet: Peak Spray Foam Insulation with supplier Insulation Distributors Inc. for Sacred Heart Chapel in St. Joseph, Minnesota
• Winner of Building Enclosure More Than 40,000 Square Feet: Palmetto Spray Foam LLC with supplier Huntsman Building Solutions for Air Force Base C-17 Hangar in Charleston, South Carolina
• Runner-Up of Building Enclosure SPF More Than 40,000 Square Feet: Spray Tex Insulation with supplier Victory Polymers for Fix and Feed in Bonham, Texas
• Winner of Roof SPF Less Than 40,000 Square Feet: West Roofing Systems with suppliers SWD and NeoGard for Chardon Building in Chardon, Ohio
• Runner-Up of Roof SPF Less Than 40,000 Square Feet: Draper Construction and Commercial Roofing with supplier Everest Systems for Emporia Humanitarian Center in Emporia, Kansas
• Winner of Roof SPF Greater Than 40,000 Square Feet: Central Coating Company, Inc. with supplier Carlisle for Paseo Plaza HOA Roofing Project in San Jose, California
• Runner-Up of Roof SPF Greater Than 40,000 Square Feet: Draper Construction and Commercial Roofing with supplier Everest Systems for Cloud County Community College in Concordia, Kansas
• Winner of Specialty Applications: Purefoam Roofing and Insulation with supplier UPC for Abbott Nutrition Railway in Columbus, Ohio
• Runner-Up of Specialty Applications: Spray Tex Insulation with supplier Victory Polymers for Sister Grove RWRRF in McKinney, Texas
• Winner of Concrete Lifting: Polyseal Insulation, Inc. with supplier HMI for Deadhorse Tent Building Slab Lift in Deadhorse, Alaska
• Winner of Elastomeric Roof Coatings: Draper Construction and Commercial Roofing with supplier Everest Systems for Life Church OKC in Edmond, Oklahoma
• Runner-Up of Elastomeric Roof Coatings: West Roofing Systems with suppliers Carlisle and Henry for Valtronic Technologies in Solon, Ohio

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“All of these projects are a great representation of what can be achieved with spray foam,” Duncan added. “The SPFA is so proud of the incredible work each of these contractors completed this year, whether they were winners, runners-up or award entrants.”

Each year, the SPFA Annual National Industry Excellence Awards are an integral part of the SprayFoam Convention & Expo, the nation’s largest annual event dedicated to spray polyurethane foam. This year’s convention sponsors included Platinum Sponsor Huntsman Building Solutions; Gold Sponsors Accufoam, Elastochem, Honeywell, NCFI Polyurethanes, Thermoseal, General Coatings, Enverge, Natural Polymers and Universal Polymers Corporation; Silver Sponsors Carlisle Construction Materials, Energy Fox Solutions and Red River Logistics; Bronze Sponsors International Fireproof Technology Inc., Firestable and Johns Manville; NIE Award Sponsors Arkema and Evonik; Premier Media Sponsors Sprayfoam Professional, Roofing Contractor, Walls & Ceilings and Sprayfoam Magazine; Media Sponsors CoatingsPro and Roofing magazines; and Industry Partners NRCA, International Roofing Expo, Roofers Coffee Shop, Spray Foam World Wide and Western States Roofing Contractors Association.