The Women Building Texas Take the Statler's Ballroom: The 2026 RHCA LUNA Awards Honor Dallas–Fort Worth's Construction Leaders Today
The 2026 Built by Ella LUNA Awards Dallas/Fort Worth celebration filled The Statler Hotel at 1914 Commerce Street on Wednesday — breakout sessions and an 11:30 a.m. awards luncheon honoring women-owned firms, professionals, advocates and lifetime achievement across the architecture, engineering and construction industries, with PermitUsNow returning as statewide sponsor.
DALLAS — The ballroom belonged to the women who build Texas on Wednesday. The Regional Hispanic Construction Association's 2026 LUNA Awards — the Built by Ella LUNA Awards Dallas/Fort Worth celebration — took place November 11 at The Statler Hotel, 1914 Commerce Street in downtown Dallas, with breakout sessions and an awards luncheon beginning at 11:30 a.m.
The LUNA Awards recognize women whose leadership and expertise strengthen the architecture, engineering and construction industries across Texas. Wednesday's program honored women-owned firms, outstanding professionals, business advocates and lifetime achievement, across categories that include A/E/C Firm of the Year, Rising Star A/E/C Firm of the Year, Service Firm of the Year, A/E/C Woman of the Year and Business Advocate of the Year.
PermitUsNow, a building permit expediting firm serving project owners, architects and contractors across Texas, returned as the awards' statewide sponsor, the company announced in a release dated from Dallas on Wednesday. Its founder and CEO, Helen Callier, leads the firm the release describes as reinforcing its commitment to recognizing the women who strengthen the state's building industries.
The Dallas–Fort Worth celebration is the Metroplex edition of a statewide awards program — a midday downtown room full of the contractors, architects, engineers and expediters whose work shows up in every crane on the Dallas and Fort Worth skylines.
