2024 Builder, Associate and Remodeler of the Year Award Winners
December 19, 2024
BIAW honored the 2024 Builder, Associate and Remodeler of the Year Award winners during its annual Installation and Awards Gala on Nov. 12 in Vancouver. Nominees received votes from past winners in their respective categories based on their contributions to the home building industry, BIAW and their local association.
Jay Roberts, Certified Builder | Builder of the Year
Central Washington Home Builders Association
Cascade Custom Homes and Design, Inc.
2024 BIAW President Jay Roberts and vice president of Cascade Custom Homes and Design, Inc. is driven by his passion for the industry. Past president of Skagit/Island Counties Builders Association (SICBA) and a Central Washington Home Builders Association board member, Roberts chaired the Legislative Policy Committee in 2023. He is a Certified Builder and a Certified Green Builder and is deeply invested in fostering the next generation of builders.
Roberts champions workforce development initiatives within Washington state and collaborates with the Chelan School District to cultivate a skilled workforce for the future. Roberts is an integral part of his community, actively participating in local initiatives and events with the support of his wife and three daughters.
Nicole Ahola | Associate of the Year
Central Washington Home Builders Association
Ahola Benefits Consultants
As a health insurance broker for Ahola Benefit Consultants, LLC, Nicole Ahola has been active with multiple local homebuilders associations over the years. In recent years, she has served in several leadership positions and is currently vice president of the Central Washington Home Builders Association and on the board of the Kittitas County Chamber of Commerce. Ahola has also been involved with the BIAW Health Insurance Trust since 2007.
Ahola’s goal while building her company, Ahola Benefits Consultants, was to establish a place that would positively impact the community while helping businesses flourish and teams grow. Her team now serves over 175 clients and insures more than 3,000 lives. In her personal time, she loves to adventure with her husband Jordan, their children and her two grandchildren.
Bob Disney | Remodeler of the Year
Kitsap Building Association
Disney & Associates
Bob Disney has been in the general contracting business since 1998. His company, Disney & Associates, is built on the foundation of providing the highest level of quality to its clients. Now, over two decades later, Disney & Associates still maintains the principles it was founded on – honest business, unmatched quality and fair prices.
The 2023 president of the Kitsap Building Association (KBA), Disney has served on several BIAW committees including the Legislative Policy Committee, the Washington Affordable Housing Council and the BIAW Health Insurance Trust.
A workforce development champion, he helped found KBA’s annual Construction and Trades in Motion event. He’s also an active participant in KBA’s Builder Grant Program.
Learn more about the Builder, Associate and Remodeler of the Year Awards.
For questions, contact Events Manager Kristi Dohring at (360) 352-7800 ext. 113 or kristid@biaw.com.
* This article was originally published in the November/December 2024 issue of Building Insight magazine.