NADRA Honors 2025 National Deck Winners

The North American Deck and Railing Association (NADRA) honored its 2025 National+ Deck Competition award winners on Jan. 8 in Clearwater Beach, FL.

With more attendees, award entries, and advertisers than ever before, Bobby Parks, who helped judge the winners, and co-host the event, says this 16th annal deck awards ceremony was the best one so far. “There was increase across the board,” he says.

Brendan Casey, Casey Fence & Deck LLC, Frederick, MD., who won two awards (1^st place Alternative Deck $36k-$70k and 2^nd place Inlay) adds the bar has been risen again in the industry. “What didn’t win this year, five or 10 years ago, would’ve been the number one project. It’s come so far.”

Casey notes AI and new technologies have allowed builders to be creative and artistic, and has enabled them to render a beautiful picture and turned that rendering into what he calls “outdoor art.” “Now we’re bending, curving, creating a flow of a deck, as if it’s moving.”

Overall winner for the night was Dr. Decks’ Kiki project, that, according to Dr. Decks’ owner Jason Russell, used all of Russell's 35 years of deck building experience, particularly his deck board-bending expertise. He told NADRA that to create this “one off work of art,” his team had to create new ways to apply their standard methods to new exterior products.

In Parks’ estimation, Dr. Decks’ project “was possibly one of the top 10 projects ever entered into a NADRA competition.”

Sparta, N.J.-based Deck Remodelers, led by Sean McAleer, brought home 10 awards. Parks notes Deck Remodelers has “figured out how to scale high quality to an extreme level without diluting it.”

In addition, the Recognition Award was awarded to Greg Groenhout in honor of his retirement. Greg served the industry for 36 years at National Nail. The Terry Award was presented to Heath Bowman.

The full list of winners is:

Commercial Outdoor Living Project

1^st: Deckmasters of South Florida

2^nd: Extreme Decks 

3^rd: Cedarbrook Outdoor Design Build

Product Display

1^st: Ravin Builders (Partnered with Northern Outdoor Living (Dan Pettit) and Under the Sun Concepts (Dave Settlemyer)

2^nd: All Decked Out 

3^rd: Fraser Decks and Patio Covers

Refurbished Deck

1^st: DeckRemodelers.com

2^nd: Hayes Construction

3^rd: DeckRemodelers.com

Closed Porch

1^st: Decks and More, Inc.

2^nd: Decksouth Inc.

3^rd: Merrick Design and Build, Inc.

Open Porch

1^st: Hen-House Decks (Partnered with Under the Sun)

2^nd: Colorado Custom Covers and Decks

3^rd: DeckRemodelers.com

Hardscape

1^st: Deckscapes of Virginia LLC

2^nd: DeckRemodelers.com

3^rd: Wood Bully

Pool Deck

1^st: Fraser Decks and Patio Covers

2^nd: Majestic Outdoors

3^rd: Dock & Deck

Railing on a Deck

1^st: California Deck Pros Inc. (Partnered with 33 North Design Collaborative)

2^nd: Dr. Decks

3^rd: Hen-House Decks (Partnered with Under the Sun)

Inlay

1^st: Hen-House Decks

2^nd: Casey Fence and Deck LLC

3^rd: Rough Ashlar Construction

Illumination

1^st: DeckRemodelers.com

2^nd: Northern Outdoor Living

3^rd: Techwood Decks

Unique Feature

1^st: Dr. Decks

2^nd: Deck Remodelers.com

3^rd: Northern Outdoor Living

Dock

1^st and 2^nd: Q-ICE Builders LLC

3^rd: Middlebrook Docks & Decks

Framing Under $70k

1^st: Wood Bully

2^nd: Ravin Builders

3^rd: Outdoor Space Builders

Framing $70k-$150k

1^st: Majestic Outdoors

2^nd: NJ Decks and Railings

3^rd: Stone Ridge Decking

Framing Over $250k

1^st: People Come First Construction Group

2^nd: Dr. Decks

3^rd: Solid Ground

Wood Deck Over $50k

1^st: SG Construction

2^nd: Residential Improvement Services LLC

3^rd: Fraser Decks and Patio Covers

Alternative Deck Under $35k

1^st: Hometown Builders Unlimited LLC

2^nd: Northern Outdoor Living

3^rd: Majestic Outdoors

Alternative Deck $36k-$70k

1^st: Casey Fence and Deck LLC

2^nd: Rough Ashlar Construction

3^rd: Wood Bully

Alternative Deck $71k-$150k

1^st: Majestic Outdoors

2^nd: Hen-House Decks (Partnered with Under the Sun)

3^rd: Colorado Custom Covers and Decks

Alternative Deck $151k-$250k

1^st: Ravin Builders (Partnered with 33 North Design Collaborative)

2^nd and 3^rd: DeckRemodelers.com

Alternative Deck $251k-$500k

1^st: Dr. Decks

2^nd: DeckRemodelers.com

3^rd: Decksouth Inc.

Limitless Under $200k

1^st: DeckRemodelers.com

2^nd: Hen-House Decks (Partnered with Under the Sun)

3^rd: SG Construction

Limitless $201k-$400k

1^st: Dr. Decks

2^nd: Wood Bully

3^rd: Deckscapes of Virginia LLC

Limitless Over $400k

1^st: California Deck Pros Inc. (Partnered with 33 North Design Collaborative)

2^nd: Dock & Deck

3^rd: Decksouth