S.C.-based luxury home builder Gabriel Builders, Inc. (www.gabrielbuilders.com) has received one of eight national Pacesetter Awards from Custom Home Builder magazine. The Management category award was presented to company owner and Master Builder Gus Rubio in recognition of Gabriel’s quality program.

Gabriel Builders was the only builder based in South Carolina to achieve a Pacesetter award; the company is a two-time recipient of the prestigious honor. In 2005, Gabriel Builders received its first Pacesetter award for exemplary customer service.

The eight award recipients are featured in a special edition of Custom Home magazine (www.customhomeonline.com). The Pacesetter awards, in its 15th year, recognize the best builders in the business in categories of: Management, Marketing, Customer Service, Design, Innovation, Production and Community Service.

“Our winners have established benchmarks all would do well to use as a measure of accomplishment,” reads the article introduction. “They are committed to constant reassessment and improvement of their businesses at every level. For them, the status quo is a no-go.” (To read a copy of the article, click http://bit.ly/cSiW5)

“We put our hearts, our minds and our talents into creating homes for our clients,” said Gus Rubio. “Being recognized by our industry’s magazine validates the work we’re doing on a daily basis and the pride we have in each project we approach. As we approach 25 years in the business, I enjoy being able to look back over the homes we’ve built and the relationships and friendships we’ve established with our clients, our subcontractors and within the national builder community.”

Established in 1984, Gabriel Builders, Inc. (www.gabrielbuilders.com) specializes in creating custom luxury homes in the Carolinas. Family owned and operated, Gabriel Builders is headquartered in Greenville, S.C. and led by Master Builder Gus Rubio and his wife Belinda. The company, which participates in The Cliffs Communities Signature Builder program and built The Chapel at Cliffs of Glassy, has been selected as the home builder of more than 30 Chief Executive Officers as well as congressional representatives and professional athletes. Gabriel Builders is a Certified Green Professional by the National Association of Home Builders’ Green Building for Building Professionals.

The 15th annual Pacesetter Awards, sponsored by Hanley and Wood’s Custom Home magazine (www.customhomeonline.com), recognize the best builders in the business in categories of: Management, Marketing, Customer Service, Design, Innovation, Production and Community Service.