North West Regional Construction Award winners announced
North West Regional Construction Award winners announced
The North West construction sector celebrated the achievements of the region’s best and most innovative projects and organisations at last night’s annual awards ceremony, which was held at The Palace Hotel, Manchester.
Hosted by the Centre for Construction Innovation (CCI), the Constructing Excellence centre for the North West, and part of the School of the Built Environment at the University of Salford, 16 awards were presented to winners, selected from over 150 nominations.
Notable winners included Manchester City Council, which picked up a hat-trick of awards, Ordsall Hall Museum, which won the Project of the Year along with the Heritage Award, and Brockholes Visitor Centre, which was awarded a special Judges’ Award, as well as the Sustainability Award.
This year, the ‘Young Achiever’ Award was introduced which looked to recognise a young achiever within the industry with less than five years’ experience. CCI wanted showcase young talent in North West construction. Finalists all demonstrated a positive impact against the current Generation for Change priority areas of people, sustainability and innovation.
Commenting on the awards, Roy Stewart, Operations Director at CCI, said: “The sector is still experiencing tough times economically, but, through our work with industry and through the evidence on display, it is gratifying to see so many clients, consultants, contractors and their supply chains doing so much great work.
“The Awards show just how our industry is investing in training, investing in people and adding value to everything they do. In the North West we have a construction industry that is helping its clients deliver value for money and buildings and infrastructure that are fit for purpose; both our industry and our clients are showing leadership through these tough times and innovation in all that it is done.”
Key sponsors included the University of Salford, Hill Dickinson, Lend Lease, GB Building Solutions, Premier Guarantee, Cruden Group Limited, Conlon Construction Ltd, Wilmott Dixon Construction, Kier Construction and Mansell Construction Services.
The list of winners on the evening is as follows:
Leadership and People Development Award
Winner: Cruden Group Limited
Finalists: Blackpool LEP, Blackpool and the Fylde College
Lend Lease
Mitchell’s Scaffolding Ltd
Sustainability - Our Legacy Award
Winner: Brockholes Visitor Centre, Mansell Construction Services Ltd
Highly Commended:The Green Base – Paragon Construction Group
Finalists: Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College – Pozzoni LLP
Bowes Street Regeneration – Manchester City Council
Helena Partnerships BISF Project - Forrest
Hope Academy – Willmott Dixon Construction
Integration and Collaborative Working Award
Winner: Ghyll Head Outdoor Centre, Boathouse - Manchester City Council & Construction Framework Partners
Finalists: Great Sankey High School 6th Form Block –McGoff & Byrne Ltd
Orchard Grove, Darwen – Wates Living Space and Together Housing Group
Ronald McDonald House, Manchester – AEW Architects
Saint Ambrose College – Balfour Beatty Construction Northern Limited
Business Innovation Award
Winner: Create Construction Ltd – Responsible Innovators
Highly Commended:Recipro – Recipro Managed Service
Finalist: Fast Fence Ltd - Greenhoard
Heritage Award
Winner: Salford City Council, Urban Vision & Lloyd Evans Prichard - Ordsall Hall Museum
Highly Commended:Forge Lane Water Tower – AEW Architects
Finalists: Blackpool Winter Gardens – Donald Insall Associates, Blackpool Council
Crewe Municipal Buildings – Fulwood Roofing (Northern Ltd)
UK Restoration Services
Contractor of the Year Award
Winner: Kier Construction
Highly Commended:Conlon Construction Ltd
Finalists: Emanuel Whittaker Ltd
Forrest
Laing O’Rourke
The Wates Group
SME of the Year Award
Winner: Warden Construction Limited
Highly Commended:Mitchell’s Scaffolding Ltd
Finalists: D Morgan PLC
Emanuel Whittaker Ltd
McGoff & Byrne Ltd
PLP Construction Limited
Client of the Year Award
Winner: Bolton Council
Finalists: Blackpool Coastal Housing
Knowsley Council
Oldham Council
Young Achiever of the Year Award
Winner: Nathan Woodall, Lend Lease
Finalists: Aimee Bond, Blackpool Coastal Housing
Eric Lou, Create Construction Ltd
Project of the Year Award
Winner: Salford City Council, Urban Vision & Lloyd Evans Prichard - Ordsall Hall Museum
Finalists: Brockholes Visitor Centre - Mansell Construction Services Ltd
ESSA Academy - Kier Construction
Great Sankey High School 6th Form Block - McGoff & Byrne Ltd
Hope Academy - Willmott Dixon Construction
St Helens College Town Centre Campus Redevelopment - Interserve Construction Limited
Judges’ Award for Special Achievement
Winner: Brockholes Visitor Centre, Mansell Construction Services Ltd
Local Economic Awards
Cheshire, Warrington & Wirral Local Economic Award
Great Sankey High School 6th Form Block - McGoff & Byrne Ltd
Cumbria Local Economic Award
Ghyll Head Outdoor Centre, Boathouse - Manchester City Council & Construction Framework Partners
Lancashire Local Economic Award
Bradley Youth Hub - Arcus Consulting LLP
Liverpool Local Economic Award
Hope Academy – Willmott Dixon Construction
Manchester Local Economic Award
Bowes Street Regeneration – Manchester City Council
Highly Commended: Salford Construction Partnership
Image is of the Ordsall Hall Museum team. L-R: Lucy Meacock, Andrew Kepczyk (Lloyd Evans Prichard), Sue Lightup (Salford City Council), Paul Mallinder (Urban Vision), Anthony Dillon (Award presenter – Wilmott Dixon Construction)
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