This award is a testament to the hard work of each member of the Mid-Atlantic family.  It is based on the builder’s onsite management, scheduling, supervision, quality control, and ethics, and we are proud that our friends and peers believe that we excel in each while continuing to uphold our high standards for our customers.  A special thank you goes out to Kathy Bartlett, Jing Ni, Joe Winovich, Christina Sears, Carolyn Taylor, Margarete Mackey, Linda Whitiak, Debbie Vendemmia, Tracy Bullard, John Dorsey, Joe Lucado, Erika Luedtke, Rock Harvey, and Trevor Webb, for without your contribution this award would not have been possible.

MNCBIA held the annual  Awards evening on October 20^th at the Greenbelt Marriott, and we were pleased that Roger Lebbin, Bob Hurst, Marc Shutta, Joe Winovich, Ray Halleran and Trevor Webb were on hand as Mid-Atlantic’s representatives to accept the Builder of the Year honor.  It was a great night!

This year’s selection was announced last Thursday, October 28, 2010, at an industry-wide gala held at the Greenbelt Marriott. The association based its decision on each candidate’s attentiveness to scheduling, supervision, engineering, quality control and ethics. Roger Lebbin, President of Mid-Atlantic Builders, was on hand to accept the award. “It is always special to be recognized for the work you do, but to receive that honor from your colleagues and friends is particularly meaningful.”

Mid-Atlantic Builders has been honored eight times as MNCBIA Builder of the Year and was the National Association of Homebuilders and Builder Magazine’s 2006 pick for America’s Best Builder. This is the first time Mid-Atlantic Builders has been recognized as Community Developer of the Year.

The awards were presented by the Northern Virginia Building Industry Association and the Maryland-National Capital Building Association, each award distinguishing a superior home design in the Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. area.  With a panel of judges made up of nearly 50 industry experts, each Monument Award is chosen after careful inspection of the most exciting communities and new homes in the area using the following criteria: floor plan innovation, exterior elevations, overall aesthetics, dollars per square foot value, value of options, style and uniqueness.

Mid-Atlantic Builders’ won the following 7 Monument Awards:

• WINNER of Single Family Homes $600-$700,000 on lots over 7,000 square feet

The Amherst Model at Beechtree

• WINNER of Single Family Homes $800-$900,000 on lots over 7,000 square feet

The Venezia Model at Beechtree

• WINNER of Attached Housing Including Townhouses, Back-to-Back Townhouses & Duplexes $700-$800,000

The Verona Villa Model at Beechtree

• WINNER of Outstanding Feature in a New or Remodeled Home: Master Suite

The Verona Villa Model at Beechtree

• AWARD OF MERIT for Attached Housing Including Townhouses, Back-to-Back Townhouses & Duplexes $600-$700,000

The Siena Villa at Beechtree

• HONORABLE MENTION for Lifestyle Kitchen

The Amherst Model at Beechtree

• HONORABLE MENTION of Outstanding Feature: Master Suite

The Siena Villa at Beechtree

This year’s achievement of winning 7 Monument Awards follows a record year for Mid-Atlantic Builders in 2007, when the Company also took home 7 awards.  At the 2007 50^th Anniversary Monument Design Awards, Mid-Atlantic Builders took home two first-place trophies, four Merit Awards and one Honorable Mention for other homes in its portfolio.

“We are honored to win one Monument Award, so winning seven is truly exhilarating,” says Stephen Paul, Executive Vice President of Mid-Atlantic Builders.  “Even in a slower market, Mid-Atlantic is constantly creating new designs and products to generate excitement for our customers. As a result, it feels great to be recognized for our quality and architectural design excellence.”

Each of the seven awards won by Mid-Atlantic Builders at the Monument Awards Gala highlights the Company’s “Passion for Design” of Single Family homes in addition to its newer products, such as the Villas at Beechtree.  Mid-Atlantic Builders has also recently released its first luxury townhome product, now being sold at The Villages of Steeplechase in La Plata, Maryland.  To see more information about Mid-Atlantic Builders’ single family homes, villas, or townhomes, or to learn about the upcoming Grand Opening Event at Steeplechase on October 18^th 2008, go to www.midatlanticbuilders.com.

About Mid-Atlantic Builders, Inc. Since its founding in 1979, Mid-Atlantic Builders, Inc. has constructed more than 1,000 homes in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area in communities such as Ashleigh Station, Beechtree, Fairwood, Meadow Creek, The Villages of Steeplechase, Timber Ridge and Woodmore North.  Named America’s Best Builder by Builder Magazine and the National Association of Home Builders in 2006, Mid-Atlantic Builders, Inc. is nationally recognized as a leader in its industry for design, service and high quality construction.  For more information, please contact Andrea Rubinfeld, Marketing Manager, by phone at 301-231-0009 ext. 236 or by email at ARubinfeld@MidAtlanticBuilders.com.  You can also visit Mid-Atlantic’s website at www.MidAtlanticBuilders.com.