It’s Award Season: Is Your Work Ready to Shine?

Industries across the built environment start gearing up for award season each fall. From architecture and interiors to construction, engineering, and professional services, these programs help spotlight innovation, leadership, and the projects shaping our communities.

Why It Matters

Collectively, these programs tell a bigger story about the communities, workplaces, and systems that support our daily lives. By engaging in award programs, firms help shift the narrative, showing that design, construction, and development are forces for progress, resilience, and quality of life. Plus, reflecting on outcomes, assembling data, and aligning messaging sharpens how teams talk about their work and strengthens positioning in the market.

Awards also serve as a platform to:

• Demonstrate what’s possible - Set benchmarks for excellence.

• Advocate for resources - Help policymakers, funders, and clients understand the value of investing in infrastructure, design, and development.

• Elevate the narrative - Highlight stories of resilience, creativity, collaboration, and long-term impact.

• Boost brand reputation - Enhance visibility, build credibility, and strengthen a firm’s competitive positioning.

Here are just some of the awards that are due soon. 

• Architecture & Design

  • The American Institute of Architects (AIA)’s Regional & Urban Design, Housing, Education Facility, Interior Architecture, and COTE® Top Ten Awards

  • Azure Magazine’s Wedge Prize and Design Skills Award

• Construction & Engineering

  • Associated General Contractors of America's Build America Awards, Construction Safety Excellence Awards, Construction Innovation Awards, and Marvin M. Black Partnering Excellence Awards

  • Engineering News-Record (ENR)’s Legacy Award and Photo Contest

  • American Concrete Association Louisiana Chapter (ACI Louisiana)’s Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards

• Interiors & Healthcare

  • Interior Design’s Best of Year Awards

  • Healthcare Design’s Nightingale Awards

• Professional Services & Leadership

  • Professional Services Management Journal (PSMJ)’s AEC Employer of Choice® Awards

  • Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS)’s Weld Coxe Marketing Achievement Award

• Infrastructure & Specialty

  • Roads & Bridges’ Top 10 Bridge Awards

How We Can Help

Here’s the reality: award season takes time, capacity, and an eye for storytelling. That’s where we come in. At 30|90 Marketing, we help clients craft and submit winning award entries that position their work for recognition. Don’t have the bandwidth to pull one together? We’ve got you.

Beyond one-off submissions, we also help firms build repeatable systems and processes that make award entries less of a scramble and more of a strategic advantage. From gathering project data to aligning with brand messaging, we make the process lighter, smarter, and more impactful.

Every recognition—whether it’s a national win or a local spotlight—adds up to credibility, visibility, and momentum for your work.