EXCELLENCE IN HOUSING AWARDS

The Master Builders Association of NSW Excellence in Housing Awards stands as the pinnacle of recognition for residential building achievements in the state. This esteemed event honors excellence, innovation, and quality within the NSW building and construction industry. The Excellence in Housing Awards serve as a platform to showcase the finest residential constructions, drawing participants from various sectors including project home builders, contract builders, apartment constructors, and builders specializing in additions, alterations, and renovations. It brings together a diverse cross-section of the residential building sector, highlighting the best and most noteworthy contributions to the industry.

 

 

2025 Excellence Awards opening soon... Register as an entrant using the Award Force platform. 

For more information, please download our 2024 Entry Guidelines

 

CONTACT INFORMATION

T: (02) 8586 3504

E: events@mbansw.asn.au

 

To see photos from the 2024 Gala Night, click HERE.

 

2025 Gala Presentation Dinner

DATE: Saturday 13 September 2025

TIME: 7:00pm - Midnight

VENUE: The Star, Sydney

Additional Plaque Orders

If you have won a MBA NSW Excellence in Housing Award and would like to purchase an additional copy of your plaque, they are available by completing the below order form. Please use the links below to select the correct plaque order form for your award. For example if you have won a finalist plaque, please select the finalist plaque order form. 
 

Please note any client order for plaques must be completed through the builder. 

Once filled out, please submit the completed order form via email to events@mbansw.asn.au .

 

  • WINNER plaque order form 
     
  • JOINT WINNER plaque order form
     
  • FINALIST plaque order form 
     
  • GLASS FRONT plaque order form (glass replacement only applicable to Winners Plaques) 

Award Force How To Guide

 

Please find below How to Guide to assist with submitting an entry(s) into the MBA Excellence in Housing Awards. If you require any additional assistance, please do not hesitate to contact our Awards & Events team:

Award Force Guide - Excellence in Housing Awards  

 

 

Entry Fees

  • MBA of NSW Member
    $600 (excluding GST)
  • Non MBA of NSW Member
    $900 (excluding GST)

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Award Judges

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Terry Gale

Terry Gale

Terry has over forty years’ experience in the construction industry in both luxury residential and commercial sectors. In 1999 Terry merged two successful and long established building companies Pimas Group and Gale Building to form the NSW building firm Pimas Gale Construction. Since Pimas Gale’s inception and under Terry’s leadership Pimas Gale built up an enviable reputation for the construction of custom built architecturally designed homes and luxury apartments constantly delivering projects to the highest standards resulting in numerous industry awards and putting Pimas Gale at the forefront of the Sydney luxury construction market. As a working Director, Terry’s managerial role was to oversee all of Pimas Gale’s Construction Systems, auditing and monitoring of quality assurance, WH&S, programming, planning and costing, direct dealings with clients, clients representatives and architects to ensure the delivery of all projects to the clients’ high expectations within time and budgetary constraints. Terry was also selected from builders across NSW to serve on the Builders Review Board for Vero Insurance. 

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Bruce Geary

Bruce Geary

Bruce commenced his building career as an apprentice carpenter in Western Australia in 1977, working with a small builder specialising in renovations and additions. After he obtained his builder licence, Bruce moved to Sydney and joined Fairbrother Construction as a project manager, before completing a few projects operating under his own company name. In 1997, he joined Gale Building as a senior project manager, and continued this role with Pimas Gale Construction. During his time with Pimas Gale, Bruce was responsible for large-scale principal residential construction, several of which won awards for building excellence.

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Gordon Leggett

Gordon Leggett

Gordon started his building career in the early 1980s after completing his carpentry and joinery apprenticeship. He obtained his builder licence soon after and joined the Master Builders Association of NSW. He achieved the honour of president of the MBA Manly Warringah Division from 2003 to 2006 and achieved the divisional gold medal for services rendered to the association. Gordon went on to achieve the honour of president of MBA NSW from 2010 to 2013. Gordon was also recognised by the Australian Institute of Building, which bestowed a fellowship upon him in 2012. Gordon was a national MBA board member for six years and achieved life membership of the association in 2019. Presently, Gordon sits on various committees within MBA NSW, as well as the Council of Management. Gordon is currently president of the Manly Warringah Master Builders Club, situated in Dee Why. Gordon is a proprietor of Maincorp Construction Group P/L and the license holder overseeing all projects for the company. Maincorp has a solid team mentality that has held up over the years to achieve the standard expected from an MBA member.  Maincorp has constructed prestige residential dwellings throughout Sydney and surrounding areas for more than 20 years and has over this time received numerous awards in the MBA Excellence in Housing Awards.

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Max Mosher

Max Mosher

Max Mosher is an energy consultant and has worked in the energy industry for more than 40 years. He has a wealth of knowledge and experience in relation to solar and energy-efficient house design, including energy utilisation in the domestic sector and thermal performance assessments. Max has been a committee member on a Standards Australia Review Committee BD/058 titled “Materials for the Thermal Insulation of Buildings”. He has been on the judging panels for the Building Designers Association Annual Design Awards, the Master Builders Association Excellence in Housing and Construction Awards, the Master Builders Australia National Excellence in Building and Construction Awards, and the Local Government Association Environment Awards. Max is a founding member and former director of the Association of Building Sustainability Assessors(ABSA). 

 
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Michael O Donnell

Michael O'Donnell

Michael O’Donnell is a licensed builder, accredited Building Consultant and has been accredited as a Livable Housing Australia Design Guidelines Assessor. He is currently vice president of MBA NSW and chairman of the MBA NSW Housing Committee. He is the NSW representative on MBA Australia’s Residential Builders Council and is one of four industry representatives on the NSW government’s Home Building Compensation Fund Underwriting Committee. Michael joined NSW homebuilder Huxley Homes in 1976 and in 1979 took over Huxley Homes’ new Regional Building Division. Michael left Huxley Homes in 1995 and established his own business, MKO Constructions, which specialises in the design and construction of residential extensions, renovations and first-floor additions. Michael has his Diploma in Building and Construction and Diploma in Workplace Training and Assessment. 

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Simon Pilcher

Simon Pilcher

Simon entered the building industry in 1986 through his family's construction firm. In 1989, he successfully completed his Building Certificate course. Today, he holds the position of Managing Director at C E Pilcher & Son Pty Ltd, a company with a 70-year membership with MBA NSW, specialising in residential, commercial, and industrial projects. Simon served as the Past President of the Northern Suburbs division, earning recognition in the form of the divisional gold medal. His involvement with the MBA NSW Council of Management commenced in 1994, and his dedicated service continues to this day. Simon assumed the role of MBA NSW President for three consecutive years, from 2020. He currently holds a significant position on the Executive Committee as the immediate Past President. Simon represents MBA NSW on the Economics and Productivity Committee for MBA Australia, solidifying his commitment to the advancement of the construction industry.

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Stephen Rayner

 

Stephen Rayner

Stephen Rayner has been a member of the Master Builders Association for 41 years. He is a past president of the MBA Northern Suburbs Division and has been treasurer since 2008. Stephen holds a Carpenter and Joiner Trade Certificate along with a Clerk of Works Certificate. He is the director of Stream Constructions Pty Ltd, which specialises in architect-designed projects, domestic and commercial renovations. During his building career, Stephen was a part-time teacher at Hornsby TAFE, teaching the building component of the Real Estate Certificate. He received the MBA Divisional Gold Member Award in 2012. 

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Louis Stanton

Leo Stanton

Leo Stanton is a licensed builder & an accredited building consultant with a membership with the Master Builders Association over 20 years. Leo is currently the president of the MBA Parramatta Cumberland division and sits on the Council of Management of the MBA. As an accredited building consultant, Leo has delivered the pre-purchase building & consultancy course at the MBA since 2007 and is a current member on the building consultancy committee, providing product and services for the members of the association and the industry at large. Further to this, Leo is acting as an expert witness in the National Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) courts of Australia. He is the director of Stanton Homes Pty Ltd, which is a construction company involved in property subdivisions and residential development projects; and runs his own consultancy business, Stanton Building & Consultancy Services. Leo has his Assoc. Diploma in Building and Construction, Building Surveying Qualifying Certificate and holds his current TAE ticket in Workplace Assessment & Training.

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Andrew Tomkins

Andrew Tomkins

As a third generation builder I have been Managing Director of A.A.Tomkins & Sons for the last 25 years, the business being founded in the early 1920’s by my grandfather. I completed my Surveying certificate in 1978. I hold a carpentry and joinery trade certificate and completed my Building certificate in 1984, holding a builder’s license since 1985. The business has been an MBA member since 1983. We have participated and won MBA awards and our MBA apprentice won apprentice of the year in 1998. I have practised as an artist all my life. As a Wynne prize finalist, I have won several awards, exhibited widely throughout Australia and Internationally, recently at the National Art Museum of China in the Beijing Biennale.

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John Worthington

John Worthington

John Worthington has been a member of the Master Builders Association of NSW since 1976. He graduated from Sydney Technical College in 1971 and holds a building certificate and building diploma. He also received a Timber Pest Certificate from TAFE in 1989, Master of Dispute Resolution from the University of Technology in 1998, Professional Certificate in Arbitration and Mediation from the University of Adelaide in 1999, Accredited Certifier Program (BSAP) from the University of Technology Sydney in 2004, and was nationally accredited by the Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators 2008. He was chairman of the Building Consultants Council from 2009 for nine years and a member of the Council of Management of the MBA for eight years. John is currently engaged as a mediator, builder, building consultant acting as an expert witness in the Consumer Trader & Tenancy Tribunal and the court system in Australia. John was also “the builder” on the ABC television program “The Home Show” for 4 years from 1990.

 

Our elite panel of judges are chosen by Master Builders Association of NSW to review and score every entry that is submitted. Our judging panel are chosen due of their professional and wide-ranging level of expertise. If you would like to submit a nomination to become a judge for the State Excellence Awards programme, please contact events@mbansw.asn.au.

Media Coverage

Both entrants and winners of the MBA Excellence in Housing Awards receive extensive media coverage as part of their participation in these prestigious industry awards. All entrants are featured in the MBA’s Excellence in Housing Annual published in conjunction with Universal Media Co and distributed, via sales in newsagent outlets, to the wider consumer market.

If you would like to advertise in the MBA’s Excellence in Housing Annual, more information is available on the attachment below:

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