Arlington Heights, IL (May 22, 2017) — SGC/SGC Horizon’s award-winning season that began in March with several Jesse H. Neal Awards and inaugural Construction Media Alliance Awards continued in May as nine brands captured seven 2017 Azbee National Awards and 13 Azbee Regional Awards in multiple categories.
The Azbee Awards, hosted by the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE), recognize editorial and design excellence in the business, trade and specialty press. More than 1,200 entries in 76 categories were judged by a panel of 90+ experienced B2B editors and designers.
The National Awards were handed out on May 18 at ASBPE’s 39th annual Awards of Excellence banquet in St. Petersburg, Fla., and the Upper Midwest Regional Awards were presented at a banquet held in Chicago on May 4.
The nine SGC/SGC Horizon 2017 Azbee Award-winning brands are:
Construction Equipment—National Gold Award and Regional Gold Award winner in the Regular Contributed Column category for Mike Vorster’s Equipment Executive.
Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC)—National Bronze and Regional Bronze Award winner for Best Use of Social Media.
Imaging Technology News (ITN)—Regional Bronze Award winner in two categories: Online Enterprise News Story category for “The Coming Push for DR/Technology Report: Digital Radiography,” and Print Regular Contributed Column category for Greg Freiherr’s “How Intelligent Machines Could Make a Difference in Radiology/How Radiology Can Put the Patient First.”
PRODUCTS magazine—National Gold and Regional Gold Award winner in the New Publication Design category for its inaugural March 2016 issue.
Professional Builder—National Magazine of the Year Top 10 Award winner for Overall Excellence, and Regional Bronze Award winner in the Print Feature Series category for its America’s Trade Shortage series.
Professional Remodeler’s ProTradeCraft.com—National Gold and Regional Gold Award winner in the Tutorial Video category for “In-Betweenies: Installing a Flangeless Window in the Middle of a Thick Wall;” National Silver and Regional Gold Award winner in the Podcast category for “7 Minutes of BS—Building Science With a Beat;” and Regional Bronze Award winner in the Tutorial Video category for “Step Flashing 2 Brick: It’s Complicated.”
Roads & Bridges—National Bronze and Regional Gold Award winner in the Print Feature Series category for its quarterly Region Report series.
Smart & Resilient Cities’ SmartResilient.com—Regional Silver Award winner in the Online Q&A category for “INTERVIEW: The NCPPP's Todd Herberghs Talks P3 Hurdles,” and Regional Bronze Award winner in the Web Feature Article category for “Albuquerque Shows That Municipal Broadband is a Smart City Necessity.”
Storm Water Solutions (SWS)—Regional Bronze Award winner in the eNewsletter General Excellence category for its eNews monthly eNewsletter.
For more information on ASBPE and its Azbee Awards program, visit www.asbpe.org. For more information on SGC/SGC Horizon’s brands, online resources, and events, visit www.scrantongillette.com.