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OakWood wins Ottawa Business Achievement Awards
in Mid-Market Category
Gala celebration recognizes innovation and leading ethical businesses that contribute to Ottawa’s Success
OakWood Renovation Experts has won the Ottawa Business Achievement Awards (OBAA) Mid-Market Business of the Year in the Bronze Category. The much coveted award was given by the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce and Ottawa Business Journal at the Ottawa Convention Center during the prestigious OBAA Gala on Thursday, December 1, 2011. Over 600 prominent business guests attended the grand gala where winners were announced in six major business categories.
Launched in 1993, the OBBA celebrates and recognizes leading ethical businesses that contribute to Ottawa’s success through a demonstration of innovation and entrepreneurial spirit. Each year, hundreds of businesses are nominated for their contributions to Ottawa’s success. Award winners are acknowledged for their innovative drive, creativity and their passion for doing business in Ottawa.
“OakWood is honoured to be the recipient of the Mid-Market Business of the Year in the bronze category,” says John Liptak, President and CEO of OakWood. “These awards are unique to Ottawa and we are privileged to be seen as contributing to the success of such a great City.”
In November, 2011 OakWood was also awarded the Better Business Bureau Torch Award for Marketplace Trust in the Home Improvement category. Torch Awards recognize businesses that go “Above and Beyond” in promoting trust. OakWood is the only Ottawa Renovator to win the OBBA and Better Business Bureau Torch Award for Marketplace Trust in the same year.
OakWood Renovation Experts wins
2011 Better Business Bureau Torch Award for Marketplace Trust
John Liptak, President and CEO, OakWood and Patricia Liptak-Satov, General Manager of OakWood accept the BBB Torch Award for Marketplace Trust.
OakWood Renovation Experts is pleased to announce that it was awarded the coveted Torch Award for Marketplace Trust in the Home Improvement category. The Better Business Bureau (BBB) announced the winners of the 15th Annual Torch Awards on November 8th at the Hellenic Centre in Ottawa. OakWood is the first Ottawa renovation business to win both the Torch Award and Consumer Choice Award.
“Of all the awards in our industry the BBB Torch Awards stand out as particularly meaningful to OakWood,” said John Liptak, President and CEO of OakWood. “These awards are about trust and operating a business with the highest levels of integrity.”
The Ottawa BBB introduced the annual Torch Awards program in 1996 to recognize local businesses that maintain a solid commitment to conducting their business practices in an ethical fashion. Companies are selected by an independent panel for their exceptional conduct in the marketplace. Winners are recognized for “exceeding marketplace standards for ethics in their relationships with customers, employees, suppliers, peers, and the communities in which they do business.”
“We are very proud of this latest award addition to our showcase,” says Patricia Liptak-Satov, General Manager, OakWood. “For over 55 years we have strived at every level to earn the trust and confidence of our customers, suppliers, and partners. We would like to thank the Ottawa Better Business Bureau for honouring us with this very important award.”
In addition to the Torch Award for Marketplace Trust, OakWood has won the Consumers Choice Award as Ottawa’s Best Home Designer and Ottawa’s Best Renovator every year since these awards were introduced in 2008. OakWood was also honoured with three prestigious design awards from the Greater Ottawa Home Builder’s Association (GOHBA).
For more information or questions, please call Patricia Liptak-Satov at 613-236-8001.
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OakWood wins Consumers’ Choice Awards for 4th consecutive year
Ottawa consumers choose OakWood Renovation Experts for the fourth consecutive time as their favourite renovation company. OakWood is the first and only Ottawa Renovator to be awarded the Consumers’ Choice Award for Ottawa’s Best Home Designer andOttawa’s Best Renovator in 2008, 2009, 2010, and again in 2011. Winning these prestigious awards for the fourth consecutive year is a great honour and reflects OakWood’s on-going commitment to quality, service, and best value in the Ottawa market.
Unique to North America, the award is an initiative of Consumers’ Choice Institute of Canada. All winners are determined by consumers, not a panel of judges or professional renovation experts. The Consumers Choice Award is considered the seal of excellence and the coronation of local businesses’ efforts and achievements. It represents the most valuable reward of all: the knowledge that a company has earned the trust and loyalty of consumers in their community.
Congratulations were expressed by the Hon. Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada: “In business, there is no greater compliment than earning the trust and loyalty of your clients and the respect and admiration of your peers. I congratulate everyone receiving the prestigious Consumers’ Choice Award…for their achievements in business excellence and customer services.”
Hobin & Associates to design OakWood’s new corporate headquarters
OakWood has commissioned one of Canada’s foremost architectural firms to design a state-of-the-art facility for its new corporate headquarters in Ottawa. The new building will exceed 21,000 square feet and consolidate all office staff while providing customers with an innovative design and material selection Studio with ground-breaking design concepts and ideas from around the world.
John and Patricia Liptak, from OakWood, have traveled North America and Europe to identify the newest trends in renovation design and build technologies. OakWood is now working closely with Barry J. Hobin, Gordon Lorimer and their Team to incorporate these ideas with the latest advances in architecture and building technologies to offer homeowners in Ottawa an unparalleled renovation experience.
The LEED building will be available exclusively to OakWood Customers who want the very best Design and Build solution for their renovation project. Customers will be able to meet, by appointment only, with OakWood’s certified in-house planning and design experts in an environment that is designed specifically to support brainstorming, idea generation, material selection, detailed planning and project budgeting.
Construction on the new building is expected to begin spring of 2012 with occupancy planned in the spring of 2013.
