The most frequently awarded recognition from the CFA historically has been the Contractor of the Year award. This recognizes the industry contributions of a poured wall contractor and often shows the great efforts the contractor makes to benefit more than just their company’s location and position—how they work toward the greater goals of the association and the industry. This award recognizes the service, technology, and knowledge needed to advance the use of poured wall construction. The recipient is acknowledged for unselfish commitment to peers, to the association, and to the industry both at their market level and on a national scale.

Doggett Concrete Construction of Charlotte, North Carolina, is this year’s 2023 CFA Contractor of the Year. They are all in when it comes to the CFA, supporting the association and leveraging the network in such areas as board meetings, committee and task force participation, Best Practice Groups, and consistent participation at numerous events. One of the newest resources developed for members is the availability of the “Private Classroom,” where a member can host a day of education topics for crews and customers, including certifications. Beginning with company founder, Doug Doggett, the company has looked into participation for multiple management levels, involving departments like Human Resources and encouraging participation in CFA’s Emerging Leaders group. To further leverage their passion, they have become an ambassador for growth, referring companies to membership.

Mike Kana, the newly named President for Doggett Concrete, received the award recognition and said, “We have taken so much away from the CFA. It’s taken me a little while to kind of figure all that out and bring it back to our teams with even training all our folks and plugging them in as best we could. I attended this event a couple of years ago for the first time with Doug [Doggett]. We went to the board meeting and at the end he said, ‘Here you go, boy.’ I was just encouraged to run with it from there, and it has worked out so well.”