“That means a lot to us,” says Kenny of that award recognition. “It means we’ve succeeded at our goal of meeting the needs and desires of our clients. It means everyone who worked on the job got on board with our vision and delivered a high level of quality.” “It gives everyone who was involved the chance to take a moment and acknowledge that they did a great job,” he adds. “But at the same time, none of us are going ‘Okay, now we’ve arrived.’ We all want to push forward. After we’re done celebrating, the next question we always ask ourselves is ‘How can we do even better? Is there a way we can be even more effective?’ We’ve done some really cool stuff, and we’re always saying ‘Next time, let’s do this.’ The awards are a chance to give ourselves a pat on the back, but they also motivate us to do even better in the future.” The 2023 Georgie awardwinning project was a renovation they called ‘Contemporary Classic,’ located on Garden Gate Drive in Central Saanich. Kenny recalls the prior state of that home. From the outside, he says it “looked phenomenal – it looked like a classic.” The inside, meanwhile, “was straight out of a gaudy Italian mafia movie.” “Right from the outset, the clients had some really great ideas about modernizing it,” he says. “They had some great ideas about how to blend what was already there with some newer style. Their vision was very cool, and they allowed Duane and his team to be really creative. That was exciting.” Duane, for his part, recalls DECEMBER 2023
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