Integrity & Ethics Award

The General Contractors Association of Ottawa created its Integrity and Ethics Award to honour an individual who has demonstrated a consistently high standard of integrity and ethics in dealing with local construction industry participants. There may be one such award presented each year.

Criteria:

• Those nominated must be employed in a management capacity for at least 10 years.
• Nominees must be known to employ a high standard of integrity and ethics in dealing with owners, design consultants, contractors, sub-contractors, suppliers and fellow employees.
• Nominees may be considered for the Award who are not employed by member firms of the Association – e.g. a consultant, owner, subcontractor etc.
• Leadership positions in local, provincial or national construction associations will be considered as a positive factor.
• The Board of Directors may vary these criteria in special circumstances.

Nomination Procedures:

Nominations must be submitted via the form below or in writing addressed to:

info@gcaottawa.com
The President
General Contractors Association of Ottawa
PO Box 274
Ottawa, ON K4P 1N5

Nominations must be received by no later than December 30^th of any year, or as otherwise determined by the Board of Directors.

Nominations should ordinarily include the following:

• A brief commentary as to the appropriateness of the nominee for consideration as a recipient of the Award; this may be in the form of the covering letter.
• Biographical information such as is usually contained in a Curriculum Vitae.
• Any other pertinent information demonstrating the worthiness of the nominee for consideration as a recipient of the Award.
• An Appendix containing letters supporting the nomination from Owners, Design Consultants, General and Trade Contractors, Suppliers, and Colleagues who have known the nominee for at least 5 years and who have been in a position to assess the nominee’s high standards of integrity and ethics.

Adjudication Procedure

Nominations will be reviewed by the Association’s Board of Directors, whose members will determine whether or not an Award will be presented in any given year. Selection decisions will be based on the information provided in the Nomination(s), supplemented by information in the Association’s records and interviews with pertinent members, subcontractors, suppliers, consultants and owners.

Presentation of the Award

The Award will be presented by the President of the Association at an appropriate well-attended gathering.

In addition, the recipient’s name will be added to the large GCAO Integrity and Ethics Award plaque on display at the Ottawa Construction Association.

Recipients to Date

The following recipients of the GCAO Integrity and Ethics Award have all demonstrated leadership in our industry and exemplified ethical business behaviour:

• 2024 - Jerzy Jurewicz
  
• 2023 - David McRobie
• 2020 - Brad Morley
• 2019 - Dave Burley
• 2018 - Barry Hobin
• 2017- Ted Ruiter
• 2015 - Dwight Brown
• 2014 - Robert Merkley
• 2013 - Robert Matthews
• 2012 - Dennis & Micheline Drevniok
• 2011 - Bill Pieterson
• 2010 - Serge Massicotte
• 2009 - Michael Rushton
• 2008 - Ron Barrie
• 2007 - Alex Rankin
• 2006 - Richard Moore
• 2005 - John Westeinde
• 2004 - John Adjeleian
• 2003 - Zeev Vered
• 2002 - Helmut Mueller
• 2001 - William Riddell
• 2000 - Glen Morley
• 1999 - Richard Zeidler