Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance Announces Winners of 18th Annual SPFA National Industry Excellence Awards

Palmetto Spray Foam Insulation wins first-ever small business award.

The Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance (SPFA), the educational and technical resource to the spray polyurethane foam (SPF) industry, today announced the winners of the 18th Annual SPFA National Industry Excellence Awards. Winners of the program, which is again sponsored by Arkema and Evonik, are contractors recognized for having some of the spray foam industry’s recent, outstanding projects. Winning contractors have demonstrated exceptional practices in the application of spray polyurethane foam (SPF) as insulation, roofing, specialty applications and concrete lifting, as well as for noteworthy elastomeric coatings applications. The SPFA recognized all winners March 5 during a classic Vegas-themed awards ceremony held during lunchtime at SprayFoam 2024 Convention & Expo in Las Vegas. 

New to the awards program this year is the Small Business Award, which was given to Palmetto Spray Foam Insulation for the contractor’s Air Force Base C-17 Hangar project located in Charleston, South Carolina. Palmetto’s project received the most total votes from both the panel of judges as well as the SPFA membership.

“Small contractors are the heart of the spray foam industry and we want to congratulate Palmetto Spray Foam Insulation on being the first among its peers to be recognized with this new accolade,” says Rick Duncan, executive director of the Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance. “Palmetto, along with all of this year’s winners, have inspired us all to up our game and to do our best work this year and beyond.” 

The awards program recognized standout projects in seven categories, which include: Building Enclosure SPF Less Than 40,000 Square Feet; Building Enclosure SPF More than 40,000 Square Feet; Roof SPF Less Than 40,000 Square Feet; Roof SPF Over 40,000 Square Feet; SPF Specialty Applications; SPF Concrete Lifting; and Elastomeric Roof Coatings. The winners and runners up in each category include: 

• Winner of Building Enclosure SPF Less Than 40,000 Square Feet: Mrs. Spray Foam with supplier Victory Polymers for Aiken Railroad Museum Train Car Restoration (Aiken, South Carolina)
• Runner Up of Building Enclosure SPF Less Than 40,000 Square Feet: Peak Spray Foam Insulation with supplier Insulation Distributors Inc. for Sacred Heart Chapel (St. Joseph, Minnesota)
• Winner of Building Enclosure More Than 40,000 Square Feet: Palmetto Spray Foam LLC with supplier Huntsman Building Solutions for Air Force Base C-17 Hangar (Charleston, South Carolina)
• Runner Up of Building Enclosure SPF More Than 40,000 Square Feet: Spray Tex Insulation with supplier Victory Polymers for Fix and Feed (Bonham, Texas)
• Winner of Roof SPF Less Than 40,000 Square Feet: West Roofing Systems with suppliers SWD and NeoGard for Chardon (Ohio) Building (Chardon, Ohio)
• Runner Up of Roof SPF Less Than 40,000 Square Feet: Draper Construction and Commercial Roofing with supplier Everest Systems for Emporia Humanitarian Center (Emporia, Kansas)
• Winner of Roof SPF Greater than 40,000 Square Feet: Central Coating Company, Inc. with supplier Carlisle for Paseo Plaza HOA Roofing Project (San Jose, California)
• Runner Up of Roof SPF Greater Than 40,000 Square Feet: Draper Construction and Commercial Roofing with supplier Everest Systems for Cloud County Community College (Concordia, Kansas)
• Winner of Specialty Applications: Purefoam Roofing and Insulation with supplier UPC for Abbott Nutrition Railway (Columbus, Ohio)
• Runner Up of Specialty Applications: Spray Tex Insulation with supplier Victory Polymers for Sister Grove RWRRF (McKinney, Texas)
• Winner of Concrete Lifting: Polyseal Insulation, Inc. with supplier HMI for Deadhorse Tent Building Slab Lift (Deadhorse, Arkansas)
• Winner of Elastomeric Roof Coatings: Draper Construction and Commercial Roofing with supplier Everest Systems for Life Church OKC (Edmond, Oklahoma)
• Runner Up of Elastomeric Roof Coatings: West Roofing Systems with suppliers Carlisle and Henry for Valtronic Technologies (Solon, Ohio)

“All of these projects are a great representation of what can be achieved with spray foam,” adds Duncan. “The SPFA is so proud of the incredible work each of these contractors completed this year, whether they were winners, runners up or award entrants.”

Each year, the SPFA Annual National Industry Excellence Awards are an integral part of the SprayFoam Convention & Expo, the nation’s largest annual event dedicated to spray polyurethane foam. This year’s convention sponsors include: Huntsman Building Solutions (Platinum Sponsor); Accufoam, Elastochem, Honeywell, NCFI Polyurethanes, Thermoseal, General Coatings, Enverge, Natural Polymers, and Universal Polymers Corporation (Gold Sponsors); Carlisle Construction Materials, Energy Fox Solutions, and Red River Logistics (Silver Sponsors); International Fireproof Technology Inc., Firestable, and Johns Manville (Bronze Sponsors); NIE Award Sponsors Arkema and Evonik; Premier Media Sponsors Sprayfoam Professional, Roofing Contractor, Walls & Ceilings and Sprayfoam Magazine; Media Sponsors CoatingsPro and Roofing magazines; and Industry Partners NRCA, International Roofing Expo, Roofers Coffee Shop, Spray Foam World Wide and Western States Roofing Contractors Association.

About Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance (SPFA)

Founded in 1987, the Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance (SPFA) is the voice, and educational and technical resource for the spray polyurethane foam industry. The Alliance is a 501(c)6 trade association comprised of contractors, manufacturers, and distributors of polyurethane foam, related equipment, and protective coatings, inspections, surface preparations, and other services. The organization supports the best practices and the growth of the industry through a number of core initiatives, including educational programs and events; the SPFA ISO-17024 Professional Certification Program providing professionals with the tools to differentiate themselves from competition and a reference for customers looking to hire qualified contractor services; technical services covering publication of literature and guidelines, safety materials, and representation of the industry with various construction code bodies; federal and state advocacy; industry promotion efforts including an annual convention and expo drawing 1,600 SPF professionals, publication of Sprayfoam Professional Magazine; and research and networking opportunities for members.