New award recognizes individuals’ impact
on construction trade
The Shield Wall Media Building Progress Award is a brand-new award that will recognize those who have made significant impacts on the growth and/or development of the construction trade.
Before we press forward with taking a look at the nomination and election process, let’s take a brief step back and recognize the final recipients of the Hall of Fame awards that the new award is replacing. The Metal Roofing Magazine Hall of Fame and the Rural Builder Hall of Fame awards were both long-standing programs.
The Metal Roofing Magazine Hall of Fame ran from 2007 to 2019, with the final award being presented to Tom Hulsey, who was Vice President of Engineering for ST Fastening Systems prior to his retirement. Bruce Crouch, President of ST Fastening Systems, accepted the award on Hulsey’s behalf at the first Construction Rollforming Show in December 2019.
The Rural Builder Hall of Fame ran from 1982 to 2020, with the final, 2020 awards being presented to Curt A. Gooch, Cornell University; Randy Ridenour, who retired from Atlas Bolt & Screw Co.; and Michael J. Dunipace, owner of Dunipace Buildings. See the facing page for all Hall of Fame members.
What the New Award Is ALL About
Both of the Shield Wall Media Hall of Fame programs have now come to a close and have been replaced by the Building Progress Award program. In this program, one award will be presented each year, beginning in 2022. Anyone can nominate one or more individuals who have had a significant impact on some facet of the construction trades serving the town and country market.
As the name implies, the Building Progress Award will be bestowed upon someone who has spent their career bettering and advancing the low-rise construction industry. Those advancements may include innovating products or processes, developing solutions to significant problems in the trade, influencing young people entering the workforce or people from other professions to join the construction trades, supporting trade education efforts, or any number of other ways to positively influence the construction industry.
Nomination and Voting Process
The nomination process is non-exclusionary; anyone who has a vested interest in the construction trade may nominate a candidate who has made an impact on the low-rise construction industry. Builders, manufacturers, public relations and media professionals, and anyone else who comes in frequent and close contact with construction trade leaders and influencers are in an excellent position to make nominations.
Candidates must have made exceptional, enduring contributions to the success of the industry and must have been active in the industry for a minimum of 10 years. Individuals who have received entry into the Metal Roofing Magazine Hall of Fame or Rural Builder Hall of Fame are eligible for the Building Progress Award.
Once a nominee’s qualifications have been reviewed and vetted, the candidate’s professional profile will be published online and in all Shield Wall Media titles (time permitting).
See page 12 for the nomination form. The Nomination Period for the Building Progress Award cycle closes December 31 each year. Voting for the first award cycle will commence January 1, 2022. Ballots will be published in each of our magazines and distributed via email, with voting also available online.
Voting for the inaugural award will continue through the final day of the 2022 Construction Rollforming Show, which will be held in August. (Exact dates will be announced as the 2022 show plans develop.) Voting is open to everyone 18 years of age or older, but is limited to one vote per person.
The candidate with the most votes will be announced as the winner, with the announcement live-streamed from the Garage, Shed and Carport Builder Show in November 2022. This person will have the distinction of being honored with the inaugural Shield Wall Media Building Progress Award. Additionally, Shield Wall Media will donate $1,000 to the charity of the recipient’s choice. The charity is subject to approval and must be a 501(c)(3) organization.
All non-winning candidates will be rolled over and included on the following year’s ballot, making repeat nominations unnecessary. l
Honoring Hall of Fame Members
As we move away from our former award programs, we would like to honor all previous winners, listed here:
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Metal Roofing Magazine Hall of Fame
2007 Jack Berridge
2007 Herb Englert
2007 Thomas “Tem” McElroy
2007 Don Miller
2008 Angelo Borzillo
2008 A.R. Ginn
2009 Red McConnohie
2009 Harold Schroth
2010 Pat Bush
2011 Ewald Stellrecht
2012 Dave Hunt
2013 Dick Bus
2014 Tom Black
2014 Dave Fulton
2014 John Kelly
2015 Alfred Dunlop
2015 Robert Scichili
2016 Ken Buchinger
2017 Randy Ridenour
2018 Bill Hippard
2019 Tom Hulsey
Rural Builder
Hall of Fame
1982 Ed Bahler
1982 Walter Behlen
1982 Marvin Hall
1982 Russell Lehe
1982 Bob Moore
1982 John Pedersen
1983 Walt Keller
1983 Bob Rowe
1984 Freemon Borkholder
1984 Carl Kroh
1984 Art Muehling
1984 Jim Picha
1984 George Squires
1985 Ben Boehler
1985 Bill Friday
1985 Gayle Merrill
1985 B.G. Perkins
1986 Don Farris
1986 Pete Kohl
1986 Bruce McKenzie
1987 Harry Bott
1987 Don Jedele
1987 Dave Maupin
1988 Calvin Baird
1988 Bill Bickert
1988 Bill Uphoff
1989 Doug Deniston
1989 Jim Frame
1989 Jon Schwichtenberg
1989 Frank Woeste
1990 Brian Holmes
1990 Ben Klauer
1990 Frank Lessiter
1990 Bill McMahon
1991 George Eberle
1991 H.B. Manbeck
1991 Leo Souder
1992 Dwaine Bundy
1992 Pete Loveland
1992 Jack Walters
1993 Henry Getz
1993 Thomas “Tem” McElroy
1993 Neil Meador
1994 Karl Brickl
1994 Calvin O. Cramer
1994 John F. Wick
1995 Donald Bender
1995 Virgil Hartje
1995 Paul Hinshaw
1996 David Bohnhoff
1996 Roger Oimoen
1996 Dick Zimmerman
1997 Gary Anderson
1997 Randy Wanta
1997 Clyde Wynn
1998 Tom Boston
1998 Jim Peters
1998 Gerald Riskowski
1998 Robert L. Skaggs
1999 David Kammel
1999 David Pogrant
1999 James Walter
2000 Robert Graves
2000 Pat McGuire
2000 Robert Resch
2001 Gil Friesen
2001 Kifle Gebremedhin
2001 Jerry Johnson
2002 Barry Bahler
2002 Larry D. Jacobson
2002 Rich Paul, Jr.
2003 Jay D. Harmon
2003 Steve Mikkelson
2003 Ron Sutton
2004 Vince Draper
2004 Leo Shirek
2004 Jerry Wille
2005 Earl Erickson
2005 Bill Koenig
2005 Bob Lee
2006 Stan Brickl
2006 Pat Murphy
2006 Tim Royer
2007 Steve Hoff
2007 Glen Thomsen
2007 Bill Thul
2008 Louis Albright
2008 Gerald Richardson
2008 Arthur Shirk
2009 Ray Bucklin
2009 Eugene Thiede
2009 Tom Wick
2010 Robert Brisky
2010 Daniel Hindman, Ph.D.
2010 Tom Koch
2011 Rick Bragg
2011 L. Bynum Driggers
2011 Kenneth K. Kistler
2012 John R. Darrah
2012 Steve Eversole
2012 Ted L. Funk
2013 Dwayne Borkholder
2013 Stephen Pohl
2013 Wayne Schrock
2014 Al Geisthardt
2014 John Hill
2014 Rick Stowell
2015 Larry Edema
2015 James T. Knight
2015 Douglas Overhults
2016 Dave Brakeman
2016 Mike Brugger
2016 Jim Simon
2017 Glen S. Graber
2017 Kenneth J. Guffey
2017 Joseph M. Zulovich
2018 Mike Burkholder
2018 Sam Cottrell
2018 Joe Harner
2019 Paul Boor
2019 Jim Dobrzynski
2019 Dan McFarland
2020 Michael J. Dunipace
2020 Curt A. Gooch
2020 Randy Ridenour
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