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 6^th 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 6^th 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 6^th 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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