Gold Coast 2025 winners
A soaring copper roof, a transformational sporting and community precinct, and an off-grid mountaintop abode came out on top at the 2025 Gold Coast Housing & Construction Awards. The who’s who of the region’s industry walked the red carpet for the highly anticipated event at The Star Gold Coast on Friday 22 August, to celebrate the year’s most outstanding projects and people. Read the 2025 media release.
* Items in bold with an asterisk indicate a win at the Queensland 2025 Housing & Construction Awards
Major winners
- Gold Group Consulting House of the Year Award – Blenkins Build for The Copper Arbour
- McInnes Wilson Lawyers Project of the Year Award – BADGE Constructions (Qld) for Palm Beach Aquatic & Community Centre (Palm Beach)
- BUSSQ Building Super President's Award – Innovative Design and Build Group for Illalangi (Bunburra)*
Individual winners
- TAFE Queensland Apprentice of the Year Award – Cameron Montague from Varli Building
- Xact Accounting Women in Building Award – Sarah Davey from Davey Constructions
Specialty winners
- Best Residential Bathroom – Dawson Constructions QLD for Palm Beach House (Palm Beach)
- Best Residential Kitchen – Enclave Constructions for Two Paddocks (Hope Island)*
- Best Residential Swimming Pool – CMR Constructions (QLD) for Vespa (Surfers Paradise)
Housing winners
- Display Home from $400,000 up to $600,000 – Ultra Living Homes for Calista 33 (Worongary)*
- Display Home from $600,000 up to $800,000 – Clarendon Homes for Teneriffe 360 (Worongary)
- Display Home over $800,000 – Simonds Homes for Hinterland 58 (Worongary)
- Home Renovation Project from $300,000 up to $450,000 – Larimar Build for Walliston (Helensvale)
- Home Renovation Project from $600,000 up to $750,000 – East Coast Designer Homes for Laguna (Elanora)
- Home Renovation Project from $1 million up to $2 million – Seeka Constructions for Broadwater Project (Biggera Waters)*
- Home Renovation Project over $2 million – Bravia for Annead (Bundall)
- Individual Home up to $400,000 – Villaworld Homes by AVID for Positano 24 (Ormeau)
- Individual Home from $400,000 up to $550,000 – Creation Homes for Seacrest 28 (Yarrabilba)
- Individual Home from $700,000 up to $850,000 – Bluewood Homes Gold Coast for Riverside House (Currumbin Waters)
- Individual Home from $850,000 up to $1 million – Heritage Homesteads for Kalbar Homestead (Obum Obum)
- Individual Home from $1 million up to $1.5 million – Resolve Construction for Coastal Muse (Palm Beach)
- Individual Home from $1.5 million up to $2 million – PJH CONSTRUCTIONS AUSTRALIA for Larch House (Tallebudgera)
- Individual Home from $2 million up to $2.5 million – MSR Building Co for Eclipse (Mermaid Waters)
- Individual Home from $2.5 million up to $3 million – Jtech Design & Construct for SOLANA (Burleigh Heads)
- Individual Home from $3 million up to $4 million – CMR Constructions (QLD) for Vespa (Surfers Paradise)
- Individual Home from $4 million up to $5 million – Innovative Design and Build Group for Illalangi (Bunburra)
- Individual Home from $5 million up to $10 million – MCD Construction for Kanagawa (Miami)
- Individual Home over $10 million – Blenkins Build for The Copper Arbour (Currumbin Valley)
- Foundation Technologies Australia Best Use of Sloping Sites Award – Wave Developments for Hill House (Burleigh Heads)
- Truecore Best Use of Steel Frame Housing Award – Hudson Homes (Qld) for Mahogany 43 (Flagstone)
- Medium Density up to 3 storeys – 2 to 5 dwellings – PJH CONSTRUCTIONS AUSTRALIA for Tides (Palm Beach)*
- Medium Density up to 3 storeys – over 5 dwellings – Carmichael Build for Burleigh Beach Houses (Burleigh Heads)
- Excellence in Home Sustainability & Innovation – Resolve Construction for Coastal Muse (Palm Beach)
- Residential Trade Contractor of the Year – M J B Rendering for DUNE (Burleigh Heads)
Construction winners
- Health Facilities up to $20 million – Evbuilt for Smith Street Medical Centre (Southport)
- Health Facilities over $20 million – BESIX Watpac for Gold Coast University Hospital - Secure Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit (Southport)*
- Education Facilities up to $10 million – TFA Constructions for Kids Early Learning Centre - Oakland Way Childcare (Beaudesert)
- Education Facilities over $10 million – Alder Constructions for St Hilda's School Granowski Building Redevelopment (Southport)
- Sporting Facilities – BADGE Constructions (Qld) for Palm Beach Aquatic & Community Centre (Palm Beach)*
- Community Accommodation – Hutchinson Builders for The Verge Stage 3 (Miami)*
- Community Service Facilities – BADGE Constructions (Qld) for Palm Beach Aquatic & Community Centre (Palm Beach)
- Commercial / Industrial Building up to $5 million – Evbuilt for Boutique Business House (Bundall)*
- Commercial / Industrial Building from $5 million up to $15 million – McNab for Porsche Service Workshop (Southport)
- Commercial / Industrial Building from $15 million up to $30 million – TOTAL CONSTRUCTION for STORELOCAL, PACIFIC PINES (Gaven)
- Commercial / Industrial Building over $50 million – Evans Built for Proxima (Southport)
- Retail Facilities up to $5 million – Revolve Projects for Vikasati Bathhouse Southport (Southport)
- Retail Facilities over $5 million – Corella Construction for Yarrabilba Community Hub (Yarrabilba)
- Tourism and Leisure Facilities up to $10 million – DNA Builders for Action Zone Arcade (Oxenford)
- Tourism and Leisure Facilities over $10 million – Alder Constructions for The Wizard of Oz Precinct (Oxenford)
- Commercial Refurbishment/Renovation up to $5 million – Magnes Projects for Helensvale State School - A Place of Wonder (Helensvale)
- Commercial Refurbishment/Renovation from $5 million up to $15 million – SHAPE Australia (Qld) for Tallebudgera Surf Life Saving Club Refurbishment (Palm Beach)
- Commercial Fitout up to $5 million – Zero 9 Constructions for Barrington College (Southport)
- Commercial Fitout from $5 million up to $10 million – SHAPE Australia (Qld) for Gold Coast Airport Existing Terminal Retail and Operational Optimisation (Bilinga)
- Residential Building (high-rise over 3 storeys) up to $20 million – Hutchinson Builders for Marella Residences (Runaway Bay)*
- WorkCon Residential Building (high-rise over 3 storeys) from $20 million up to $50 million – Hutchinson Builders for Emerson Kirra (Coolangatta)
- Residential Building (high-rise over 3 storeys) over $50 million – Hutchinson Builders for Eve Residences (Labrador)
- Commercial Trade Contractor of the Year – Lui's Rendering for Florence & Augusta (Burleigh Heads)
