Five One Eight Contracting has been named a 2026 IABE National Excellence Award winner — one of the rarest honors IABE awards, earned by fewer than 1% of businesses evaluated nationally.
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Atrium Aesthetics has been named a 2026 IABE Regional Excellence Award winner, meeting a 97 percent evaluation threshold reached by fewer than one in 1,000 businesses. The Chico, California medspa, led by Veronica Silvestri, FNP-BC, offers advanced non-surgical aesthetic treatments including laser therapy, microneedling, and neuromodulator injections.
