2025 Starnet Award Winners Announced at Annual Meeting

Carlsbad, CA, April 28, 2025-Starnet announced the winners of the 27th edition of its Starnet Awards during its annual, which took place in Carlsbad, California, April 24 to 27. In addition, the organization announced new board members and its Dream Team award winners.

The event is being held at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa.

Grand Prize Winner & Category Winner-Hospitality & Public Spaces 

Murrieta Hot Springs Resort

Santa Fe Springs, California

Starnet Member: Universal Metro

Architect: Walter R. Allen Architect + Associates

Designer: Omgivning | Jordan Johnson

Starnet Preferred Vendors: Ardex, C/F Data Systems, Daltile, Mapei, Marazzi, Measure Square Corporation, RFMS Measure, Spec-ID

Category Winner-Corporate 

Confidential Law Firm

Chicago, Illinois

Starnet Member: Consolidated Flooring

Designer: Geniant | Peter Randolph

Starnet Preferred Vendors: Johnsonite by Tarkett, Roppe, Tarkett, Uzin Utz North America

Category Winner-Healthcare 

Ksyen Regional Hospital

Winnipeg, Canada

Starnet Member: Antex Western

Designer: HDR Inc. | Jessica Carrillo

Starnet Preferred Vendors: Altro, Ardex, Gerflor, Johnsonite by Tarkett, Mapei, Measure Square Corporation, RFMS Measure, Tarkett

Category Winner-Education

Owens Community College School of Nursing

Toledo, Ohio

Starnet Member: Commercial Flooring of Toledo 

Architect: The Buehrer Group | Jamie Tscherne

Starnet Preferred Vendors: Ardex, Daltile, Futura Industries, Icon Protection, J+J Flooring, Johnsonite by Tarkett, Mapei, Measure Square Corporation, Quantify, Roppe, Tarkett, XL North

Category Winner-Mixed-Use Developments 

Havas

Chicago, Illinois

Starnet Member: Consolidated Flooring

Architect: Geniant + Eastlake Studio

Starnet Preferred Vendors: AHF, Chapco Adhesives/TEC, Futura Industries, Johnsonite by Tarkett, Küberit, Mapei, Mohawk Group, Tarkett

Category Winner-Unique Installation 

Delaware Museum of Nature and Science

Wilmington, Delaware

Starnet Member: Tri-State Carpet

Starnet Preferred Vendors: C/F Data Systems, Johnsonite by Tarkett, Tarkett, Uzin Utz North America

Category Winner-Single Source Interior Contractor 

Good News Chapel

Laval, Quebec, Canada

Starnet Member: Couvre-Planchers Labrosse

Starnet Preferred Vendors: Mapei, Milliken Commercial, RFMS Measure, Tarkett

Canadian Project of the Year

Dogwood Care Home

Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Starnet Member: Maxwell Floors

Architect: DYS Architecture

Starnet Preferred Vendors: AHF, Altro, Johnsonite by Tarkett, Mapei, Measure Square Corporation, Tarkett, Uzin Utz North America, Wagner Meters

Rob Starr People’s Choice Award

Hingham Foster Elementary School

Hingham, Massachusetts

Starnet Member: Capital Carpet & Flooring Specialists

Architect: Raymond Design Associates

Starnet Preferred Vendors: Ardex, C/F Data Systems, Climit, Johnsonite by Tarkett, Mapei, Tarkett

Judges for the awards were Sarah Joubert, principal & managing director, Gensler; Megan Skaalen, senior principal & studio lead, Smith Group; Caitlin Turner, senior principal & director of design–interiors, HOK; Robert Varden, (honorary judge for Unique Installation), president & CEO, Unite.

A pictorial of the winnings projects will be available in the May issue of Floor Focus.

Board members, elected to a three-year term, are as follows: Zach Brown of NFI Enterprises, Auburn, Washington; Edward Covington of Covington Flooring, Birmingham, Alabama; and Jim Lloyd of Cornerstone Flooring Companies, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.


The Dream Team winners were also announced. This award recognizes when a vendor partner partners with a team member to work together to win business. 

Jennifer Talley, Image Flooring, and Jenny Wolff, Milliken

Jake Hoffnagle, Professional Diversified Flooring, and Becca Dobbs, Milliken

Dustin Kauffman, CB Flooring, and Lindsey Harbold, AHF Products


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