The Roofing Alliance Announces Winners at NRCA’s Awards Ceremony

Most Valuable Player, Best of the Best and Gold Circle award winners are all recognized.

The Roofing Alliance, the foundation of the National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA), proudly announces this year’s winners of the Most Valuable Player (MVP) Awards, Best of the Best Award, Gold Circle Awards and Student Competition winners who were recognized at NRCA’s Awards Ceremony held during the International Roofing Expo in New Orleans on February 2, 2022.

Most Valuable Player Awards

In the Most Valuable Player (MVP) Awards’ 22nd year, five winners were recognized for outstanding on-the-job performance and workmanship and other noteworthy contributions outside the workplace. This year’s winners are:

Terry Archer — Outstanding On-the-job Performance and Workmanship
Foreman with Midland Engineering Co. Inc., South Bend, Indiana.

Darwin Carmody — Outstanding On-the-job Performance and Workmanship
Foreman with R3NG LLC, Sheridan, Colorado.

Justin Clark — Outstanding On-the-job Performance and Workmanship
Field Worker with Flynn Midwest LP, Kansas City, Missouri.

Dennis Dudek — Outstanding On-the-job Performance and Workmanship; Other Noteworthy Contributions Outside the Workplace; Superintendent with Tecta America Southeast LLC, Sanford, Florida.

Victorino Trujillo-Montez — Outstanding On-the-job Performance and Workmanship; Other Noteworthy Contributions Outside the Workplace; Field Worker with Antis Roofing & Waterproofing LLC, Irvine, California.

Best of the Best Award

The MVP Program goes a step further with one of the MVP winners being named the Best of the Best winner. The Best of the Best award is an honor co-sponsored by OMG Roofing Products and Professional Roofing magazine.

This year’s winner is Dennis Dudek, Superintendent with Tecta America Southeast LLC, Sanford, Florida. Dennis was described as an individual who always steps up and meets every challenge. He’s enthusiastic, kind, patient and inspiring to his coworkers and team. He is a natural leader who worked his way up the ranks and now serves as a Production Superintendent.

Gold Circle Award

The Roofing Alliance’s Gold Circle Program recognizes excellence in the roofing industry. Each year Roofing Alliance and NRCA members are encouraged to submit their best work to be eligible to win a Gold Circle award in the following two categories: Outstanding Workmanship and Innovative Solutions; and Safety Preparedness and Performance. More than 100 winning companies have been recognized for their achievements since the award’s inception.

This year’s Gold Circle Award winner for Outstanding Workmanship is L.E. Schwartz & Son Inc., Macon, Georgia, for Agnes Scott College Main Hall, Decatur, Georgia.

Student Competition

The five finalist teams gave oral presentations as the final stage of the eighth annual Roofing Alliance Construction Management Student Competition. This year, the teams are tasked with submitting a qualified bid package for reroofing the Four Points Sheraton Hotel on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. The oral presentation scores were combined with the teams’ written proposal scores to determine the winning team.

The Roofing Alliance is proud to announce Texas A&M University as the winning school and Allie Stark from Clemson University as the Best Individual Presenter.

For more information on the Roofing Alliance and all the awards and award winners, contact Executive Director Alison L. LaValley, CAE at alavalley@nrca.net or visit www.roofingalliance.net.

About the Roofing Alliance

The Roofing Alliance is committed to shaping the industry’s future by funding education, research, scholarships and philanthropic initiatives, all for the purpose of securing the industry’s future excellence. Composed of 177 members representing extraordinary leaders from the contracting, manufacturing, distribution and service provider communities, the Roofing Alliance has committed $14 million to enhance the performance and long-term viability of the industry and allocated more than $5.8 million to fund 51 research, education, technical and philanthropic programs and projects. Serving as the foundation of the National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA), Roofing Alliance members are focused on giving back and supporting high-quality educational programs and ensuring timely and forward-thinking industry responses to major economic and technological issues. For more information about Roofing Alliance initiatives, visit www.roofingalliance.net.