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BIG BUILDER MAGAZINE HONORS QUADRANT
HOMES' INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP WITH
PRESTIGIOUS APEX AWARDS
- Quadrant recognized by industry peers for its exemplary leadership and management practices
BELLEVUE, WA – November 7, 2005
Quadrant Homes, the state's largest homebuilder, today announced it earned first place honors in this year's APEX Award competition recognizing exemplary corporate practices in the homebuilding industry.
“The field of competitors in this year's APEX Awards competition was particularly strong, but Quadrant distinguished itself in a class of its own,” said John McManus, Editor-In-Chief of Big Builder magazine. “This APEX Award honors visionary builders who have based their success on strong, company-wide core values. We are proud to honor Quadrant Homes with this award.”
Sponsored by Hanley Wood and Big Builder magazine, the annual APEX Awards provide an opportunity to recognize companies for their noteworthy achievements and corporate practices in the homebuilding industry. A panel of industry experts selects the top builders in five separate categories.
“We're honored to be chosen by our peers for demonstrating solid management practices that are changing the way our industry addresses safety,” said Peter M. Orser, president of Quadrant Homes. “The industry has never viewed safety as a top priority, yet this award signals a recognition that a comprehensive safety program is good for employees, customers and shareholders.”
In designating Quadrant Homes as a first place winner under the "Leadership and Management Practices" category, APEX judges were particularly impressed by the company's significant commitment to fostering a safe and healthy work environment as part of its everyday business practices. Quadrant recently earned a Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star recognition by Washington State's Department of Labor and Industries, becoming the only homebuilder among 1,451 VPP sites in the nation to receive such a distinction for its exemplary occupational safety and health standards.
APEX Award winners were recognized at a special ceremony held during this year's Big Builder Show in Las Vegas on November 4.
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ABOUT QUADRANT HOMES
Quadrant Homes, a subsidiary of Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company, is Washington State's largest single-family homebuilder. The company was recently named "Builder of the Year" by the Master Builders Association and a "Best Place to Work" by Washington CEO magazine. In addition, Quadrant earned a 3-star rating from the Master Builders Association for the company's commitment to environmentally responsible "Built Green" homebuilding practices and was also recently recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency as an Energy Star qualified builder. Now in its 36th year, Quadrant Homes is currently building at 11 communities in Pierce, King, Snohomish, Skagit and Thurston Counties in Washington's Puget Sound region. The company will also be expanding its business operations and build new home communities in the greater Clark County--Portland metropolitan area. For more information, visit Quadrant's Web site at www.quadranthomes.com.
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