The Judging Process
BAR Awards judging took place on September 14, 15 and 16th. We received 176 entries this year. Because we only had three days with the judges, we could not tour every entrant. The judges were able to tour the top five entrants for the following categories:
o Best Club House
o Best Sales Office
o Attached Home of the Year
o Detached Home of the Year
o Custom Home of the Year
o Community of the Year
The top five homes were those with the highest scores awarded by the judges in preliminary judging. This was done by the marketing statements, photographs, floor plans, marketing materials and other information that was required based on the entry instructions in the Call for Entries.
The categories that were not toured were judged based on the marketing statements, photographs, floor plans, marketing materials and other information that was required based on the entry instructions in the Call for Entries. Please note that every category required different materials.
Three finalists will be announced in every category via the website in early October.
• Representatives from RubinBrown an independent auditing firm observed all judging to ensure the adherence to the judging rules and to maintain the integrity of the process.
• Each of the judges scored on a 10-point system, 10 being the highest.
• Representatives from RubinBrown directly collected and tabulated all of the judge’s ballots to calculate the finalists and the BAR Award winners.
• Only the members of the RubinBrown auditing team and an executive of the HBA will know the winners prior to the announcement at the 2011 BAR AWARDS ceremony.
• A local panel of judges of sales and marketing professionals from a variety of businesses will be selected to conduct personal interviews for Sales and Marketing Director of the Year and Sales Person and Sales Team of the Year.
• Judges will conduct interviews using approved questions appropriate for the building industry.
• Entrants will be contacted by September 20, 2011 with the interview schedule.
• Personal interviews will take place during the fourth week of September, at the HBA office.
• Candidates must be available at their scheduled time.
The selection of exceptional judges is critical to the BAR Awards. A panel that includes the current BAR Awards Chairperson, Co-Chairperson, and the BAR Awards Judging Committee selects our highly qualified judges. All judges submit a bio of qualifications that the panel reviews. All out-of-state judges are builders, developers, architects, interior designers or marketing professionals. Judges are selected to produce the most well-rounded and geographically diverse judging group possible. A strict requirement is that no judge may have performed work of any kind in the Denver marketplace within the last 5 years.
