Awards and Recognitions
While our clients’ satisfaction is our primary metric for excellence, we have also been recognized with numerous awards over the years for safety, business practices, and design excellence. We understand that projects represent not only buildings, but the plans for the future of our clients.
Grand Jury Prize
The 5th annual Tilt-Up Video Awards, organized by the Tilt-Up Industry Leaders of Tomorrow (TILT), premiered in January 2025 at the World of Concrete in Las Vegas.
with over 1,000 submissions VEMAC took Grand Jury Prize this year and 3rd place last year;
These awards celebrate creative storytelling in the tilt-up construction industry, focusing on visual documentation of panel lifts, drone cinematography, and site culture
with over 1,000 submissions VEMAC took Grand Jury Prize this year and 3rd place last year;
These awards celebrate creative storytelling in the tilt-up construction industry, focusing on visual documentation of panel lifts, drone cinematography, and site culture
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Back to Back: VEMAC Strikes Golden Trowel
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The Concrete Cowboys win GOLD 🏆👑🥇 in El Paso, Tx at Project Valley Chile. This marks back to back golden trowel awards for Vemac and first gold for the El Paso market.
The Gold and Silver Trowels were awarded Wednesday afternoon January 21 2026 at the World of Concrete in Las Vegas, Nevada. We look forward to seeing you in person at the World of Concrete if you can arrange to be there. Also special thanks to Bryan Birdwell, FACI for all his consultating and look up his seminars upcoming at WOC to learn more about the processes that took place. 
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Big Screens, Big Stories: 2024 Tilt-Up Video Award Winners Shine at World of Concrete
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The fourth annual Tilt-Up Video Awards premiered in grand fashion during the 2024 World of Concrete in Las Vegas, Nevada, lighting up the Tilt-Up Concrete Association's (TCA) booth with energy, innovation, and storytelling. From January 23-25, award-winning videos ran continuously on a massive 20-foot-wide, high-definition LED wall, captivating thousands of construction professionals with stunning visuals of panel lifts, drone shots, and the people behind the projects.
The Tilt-Up Video Awards program, launched in 2020, is an initiative of the Tilt-Up Industry Leaders of Tomorrow (TILT). Designed to spotlight creativity in construction media, the awards celebrate companies that harness video to document and share the craft, complexity, and innovation of tilt-up construction. "This year's entries reflect a true passion for storytelling and a growing mastery of the medium," said Katt Price, president of TILT. "Each video captured the spirit of tilt-up in a different way— from technological innovation to craftsmanship and culture. We hope these stories inspire more companies to share their projects and the people behind them." The winning entries for 2024 represent a wide range of applications and approaches-each one showcasing the unique potential of tilt-up and the value of capturing construction stories on screen. https://tilt-up.org/awards/video/ |
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Golden Trowel Award at the 2025 World of Concrete Convention
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VEMAC, LLC was presented the 2024 Golden Trowel award by Face Construction Technologies at the 2025 World of Concrete Convention held in Las Vegas, NV earlier this year. The Golden Trowel Awards recognize the flattest and most level floor slabs placed in the world.
Receiving the award on behalf of VEMAC, LLC was David Venegas, President. To date over 390 Golden Trowels have been presented to 151 different contractors on five continents. There were nine awards presented at the convention and VEMAC, LLC was one of two companies in North America to receive this honor. (February 2025) |
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UTEP Announces 2024 Distinguished Alumni, Gold Nugget Honorees
Recipients stand for excellence, commitment and incredible service
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2024 Distinguished Alumni
The Distinguished Alumni Award is the highest honor given to alumni at UTEP, a tradition that began in 1950 and has been a recurrent celebration since then. This year, UTEP recognizes Richard “Dick” Myers, basketball player and businessman, and Oscar E. Venegas, engineering mentor and businessman. The 2024 Distinguished Alumni are:
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Oscar E. Venegas
B.S. in Civil Engineering, 1973
College of Engineering
Oscar E. Venegas is a prolific engineer and a successful business leader with an unwavering commitment to education and his community. Venegas founded VEMAC, LLC in 2003 and served as its President until 2019, during which he grew and transformed the company into one of the most successful and highly respected construction management firms in the El Paso region.
His philanthropic impact is enduring as he has generously donated to UTEP Athletics and the Department of Civil Engineering, backing initiatives that help current and future students. He is an advocate for UTEP graduates and supports them directly by not only mentoring students, providing them with guidance and knowledge, but also opportunities as engineers and businesspeople. Under his leadership at VEMAC, LLC, many graduates from the College of Engineering and the College of Business Administration have been hired to work in the firm.
Venegas’ dedication also led him to establish the Alumni Association for Civil Engineers at UTEP, bringing together a successful group of UTEP civil engineering graduates to support the educational, research and service activities of the department. He serves on the Department of Civil Engineering Advisory Board and in the Athletic Advisory Board and was recognized with the College of Engineering Gold Nugget Award in 2012.
B.S. in Civil Engineering, 1973
College of Engineering
Oscar E. Venegas is a prolific engineer and a successful business leader with an unwavering commitment to education and his community. Venegas founded VEMAC, LLC in 2003 and served as its President until 2019, during which he grew and transformed the company into one of the most successful and highly respected construction management firms in the El Paso region.
His philanthropic impact is enduring as he has generously donated to UTEP Athletics and the Department of Civil Engineering, backing initiatives that help current and future students. He is an advocate for UTEP graduates and supports them directly by not only mentoring students, providing them with guidance and knowledge, but also opportunities as engineers and businesspeople. Under his leadership at VEMAC, LLC, many graduates from the College of Engineering and the College of Business Administration have been hired to work in the firm.
Venegas’ dedication also led him to establish the Alumni Association for Civil Engineers at UTEP, bringing together a successful group of UTEP civil engineering graduates to support the educational, research and service activities of the department. He serves on the Department of Civil Engineering Advisory Board and in the Athletic Advisory Board and was recognized with the College of Engineering Gold Nugget Award in 2012.
CommUNITY en Acción honors 3 El Pasoans
Local nonprofit CommUNITY en Acción recognized Modesto Gomez, Maria Elena Acevedo Flood and Oscar Venegas for a lifetime of success and commitment to the community at the Latino Legacy Awards on Sept. 15. Nearly 400 businesspeople and civic leaders attended the event at the Hotel Paso del Norte. Gomez, who was honored posthumously, was an original member of the El Paso Housing Authority board, founder of Boys & Girls Clubs of El Paso and a charter member of LULAC Council 8. Flood was the first employee of Texas Tech Health Sciences Center and helped it grow into a medical university. Venegas built one of the largest Latino-owned construction businesses in El Paso, VEMAC. https://www.elpasoinc.com/lifestyle/photos/community-en-acci-n-honors-3-el-pasoans/article_953b2dcc-58a1-11ee-821e-e3b3dd8a65e4.html |
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PNA Construction Technologies Inc.
PNA Construction Technologies, Inc. awarded David Venegas, President of VEMAC, Inc., their 2021 Thin Concrete Pavement (TCP) Promoter of the Year at the World of Concrete Expo held earlier this month in Las Vegas, Nevada.
This award is given to the individual who best promotes PNA's patented Thin Concrete Pavement (TCP), which allows companies to cost-effectively replace asphalt with long-lasting, low-maintenance concrete.
This advanced concrete pavement engineering system reduces construction and maintenance costs while maximizing performance and service life.
PNA Construction Technologies is an ITW business that has served as a trusted manufacturer of concrete joint stabilization and protection systems for over 20 years and is headquartered in Glenview, Illinois.
David serves on the American Concrete Institute (ACI) Membership Committee as well as ACI 302 - Concrete Floor and Slab Construction, ACI 310 - Decorative Concrete and ACI 330 - Design and Construction Site Paving for Industrial and Trucking Facilities committees.
(January 2022)
This award is given to the individual who best promotes PNA's patented Thin Concrete Pavement (TCP), which allows companies to cost-effectively replace asphalt with long-lasting, low-maintenance concrete.
This advanced concrete pavement engineering system reduces construction and maintenance costs while maximizing performance and service life.
PNA Construction Technologies is an ITW business that has served as a trusted manufacturer of concrete joint stabilization and protection systems for over 20 years and is headquartered in Glenview, Illinois.
David serves on the American Concrete Institute (ACI) Membership Committee as well as ACI 302 - Concrete Floor and Slab Construction, ACI 310 - Decorative Concrete and ACI 330 - Design and Construction Site Paving for Industrial and Trucking Facilities committees.
(January 2022)
