Texas Association of Builders Star Awards Terms & Conditions
1. Texas Association of Builders Star Awards (“the Contest”) is open to all aged 18 or over (“the Contestants”).
2. Contest will be run by The Texas Association of Builders.
3. By entering the Contest the Contestants accept these Terms and Conditions together with any specific instructions and terms for the Contest which may be mentioned on-air, in any electronic messages, or on the website, or communicated to Contestants in any other way (“Contest Information”). Such Contest Information shall prevail in the event of there being any inconsistency between these Terms and Conditions and any Contest Information.
4. We may cancel or amend the Contest, Contest Information, or these Terms and Conditions without prior notice. Any changes will be posted either within the Contest Information or these Terms and Conditions.
5. Our decision in all matters to do with the Content will be final.
2. Contest will be run by The Texas Association of Builders.
3. By entering the Contest the Contestants accept these Terms and Conditions together with any specific instructions and terms for the Contest which may be mentioned on-air, in any electronic messages, or on the website, or communicated to Contestants in any other way (“Contest Information”). Such Contest Information shall prevail in the event of there being any inconsistency between these Terms and Conditions and any Contest Information.
4. We may cancel or amend the Contest, Contest Information, or these Terms and Conditions without prior notice. Any changes will be posted either within the Contest Information or these Terms and Conditions.
5. Our decision in all matters to do with the Content will be final.
Entry
6. Employees and members of their immediate families (including any live-in partner or household member) of any of the following may not enter:(a) Company employees(e) Any company involved in any capacity in the production or sponsorship of a program to which the Contest relates.
7. The Contest opens on December 2023. The closing time and date for receipt of entries is February 2024.
8. Contestants are free to submit as many individual entries as they wish and each entry will be judged separately.
9. Entries must be completed in accordance with the entry process. No other method of entry will be accepted. Entries which do not meet these criteria may not be considered.
10. Entries will not be complete until Contestants have uploaded all required materials and accepted these Terms and Conditions. We reserve the right to disqualify any entries submitted and/or finalized after the Contest has closed.
11. By entering the Contest, contestants warrant that all information submitted by them is true, current, and complete. Contestants also warrant that they are the copyright owners of their materials which must be original works and must not infringe the intellectual property rights, privacy, or any other rights of a third party.
12. By entering the Contest, Contestants understand and agree that:
(a) the Contestants grant us a worldwide, royalty free, perpetual, irrevocable, sub-licensable and transferable licence which shall be exclusive for worldwide broadcast online and non-exclusive for all other forms of media to use their entries for whatever purpose including, without limitation, in connection with (i) any Program produced in relation to the Contest or containing any information in relation to the Contest, including, without limitation, promotion and redistributing part or all of any such Program (and derivative works thereof), and (ii) our internet websites, wireless applications, interactive television, video on demand and any other media or technology (including, without limitation, internet protocol, wireless or interactive platforms or interfaces) through which we distribute content to end users, whether now existing or hereafter developed in any and all media formats and through any and all media distribution and advertising and promotional purposes, without accounting, notification, credit, payment, or other obligation to Contestants. For the avoidance of doubt, these rights include, without limitation, the absolute right to edit and/or alter any entry, distribute and synchronize all or any portion of any entry in timed relation to any other visual elements; to webcast, podcast, re-publish, re-broadcast, re-platform, port, syndicate, route, and link to and from all or any portion of any entry; to encrypt, encode and decode, and compress and decompress all or any portion of any entry; to edit, mix, combine, merge, distort, superimpose, create or add special effects, illusions and/or other material to or of all or any portion of any entry; to create composite, stunt, comic or unusual photographs, videos, animations, motion pictures and/or voice reproductions from all or a portion of any entry; and to excerpt and/or extract portions of any entry in order to host, store, index, categorize and display entries on or through the Platforms. We reserve the right to use (or not use) Contestants’ entries at all and/or as little of the entry as we so choose;(b) the Contestants indemnify the Competition Parties (defined below) from any claim in respect of their entry;(c) to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Contestants unconditionally give us their consent to any act or omission that would otherwise infringe on any moral rights they may have in and in relation to their entries, and they undertake that they will not institute, maintain or support any claim or proceeding for infringement of any moral rights you they may have in and/or in relation to their entries.
13. None of our, (including their employees, officers, servants, agents) or any other party or organization (including their, employees, officers, servants, agents) involved in the management, promotion, or administration of the Contest, or its entry, or implementation of any prize (or their agents or subsidiaries involved in any way in the Contest or any prize) (together the “Contest Parties”) will accept responsibility or liability for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft, destruction, alteration of, or unauthorised access to entries, or entries lost or delayed whether or not arising during operation or transmission as a result of server functions (including but not limited to security functions by software used by us or any third party), virus, bugs, or other causes outside its control. Proof of submission online is not proof of receipt by us.
14. Any entries which are incomplete, incorrect, inaudible, incomprehensible, may be void.
15. In the event of any fault, mistake, misunderstanding or dispute concerning the correctness or acceptability of the entry, or the operation of any part of the Contest, or the interpretation of these Terms and Conditions, the decision we make shall be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
16. We will not be liable to reimburse any expenses incurred in entering the Contest.
17. We reserve the right to disqualify any Contestants and/or entries which it believes have not been made in compliance with these Terms and Conditions or to disqualify any Contestant found to have tampered with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to threaten, abuse or harass any other person.
Finalists
18. A panelist of judges will shortlist their favorite Contestants (“the Finalists”) from all eligible entries received.
19. All will be notified of the Finalists List.
20. The Finalists first names and surnames may be published.
21. We reserves the right to select an alternative Finalist in the event that a Finalist is unable to be contacted.
19. All will be notified of the Finalists List.
20. The Finalists first names and surnames may be published.
21. We reserves the right to select an alternative Finalist in the event that a Finalist is unable to be contacted.
Public Vote / Overall engagement
22. The Finalists who receive the highest number of votes will be the Contest winner.
23. In the event of an equal number of votes, all tied Finalists will be judged by our team, who will determine at its sole discretion which Finalist should win the Contest.
26. The winner acknowledges that the Prize is non-transferable and is not redeemable for or any other value or consideration.
27. We will not be responsible for the winner’s food and drink, entertainment or travel except for as detailed above.
23. In the event of an equal number of votes, all tied Finalists will be judged by our team, who will determine at its sole discretion which Finalist should win the Contest.
Grand Awards
24. Grand Award will be determined based on the average score of a company’s entries that qualify as a finalist under the Grand Award categories relative to the score of the other companies’ entries in those categories that qualify as a finalist. If three (3) or more companies do not meet the requirements, then the Grand Award will not be awarded.”Prize
25. The prize comprises of a physical award that will be handed out at the in-person awards reception.26. The winner acknowledges that the Prize is non-transferable and is not redeemable for or any other value or consideration.
27. We will not be responsible for the winner’s food and drink, entertainment or travel except for as detailed above.
Data Protection and Publicity
28. The first names and surnames of the Finalists put through to the Private Vote and the Contest winner may be available from the date the various Finalists are selected for a minimum period of three months.29. We may exercise its sole discretion to use all Finalists’ names, images, and their comments relating to the Prize and Contest experience for promotion of the Prize, this Contest, or the Contest Parties, and for future promotional, marketing and publicity purposes in any media worldwide without notice and without any fee being paid.
30. The information Contestants supply in connection with the Contest (including their personal details):
(a) may be included in a database compiled for the Contest and will be used for the purposes of selecting Finalists;(b) may also be used for inclusion and/or read out in any programme produced in connection with the Contest; and(c) will not be supplied to third parties (other than the Contest Parties) other than as is reasonably necessary to select Finalists and administer the Contest.
31. Any personal information provided by the Contestants, will only be used by us in accordance with its Privacy Statement which is accessible for the purposes of the Contest or as otherwise set out in these Terms and Conditions.
Liability
32. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall exclude or limit the Contest Parties’ liability for death or personal injury caused by their staff or supplier's negligence or for fraud. Subject to this, none of the Contest Parties can accept any responsibility for any damage, loss, injury or disappointment suffered by any Contestant entering the Contest or as a result of accepting the Prize. None of the Contest Parties are responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any computer on-line systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software failure of any email or entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to Contestant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in the Contest.33. None of the Contest Parties promise that the services relating to the Contest will be free from errors or omissions nor that they will be available uninterrupted and in a fully operating condition. These services may be suspended temporarily and without notice in the case of system failure, maintenance or repair or for reasons reasonably beyond the control of any Contest Party. We will not be liable in the event that all or any part of the service relating to the Contest is discontinued, modified or changed in any way.
Standard terms
34. In the event that any Contestant does not, or is unable to, comply with and meet these Terms and Conditions and the Contest Information, We shall be entitled at its sole discretion to disqualify such Contestant, without any further liability to such Contestant. In these circumstances, any prize won by the Contestant may be forfeited. All Contestants must comply with any directions given by any Contest Party including but not limited to any and all relevant laws, rules and regulations, and where applicable.35. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Terms and Conditions shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these Terms and Conditions shall otherwise remain in effect and shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein.
36. These Terms and Conditions and the Contest Information shall be exclusively governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States.