Winners crowned at North West Regional Construction Awards
A packed-out Titanic Hotel in Liverpool saw Morgan Sindall Construction retain its contractor of the year gong, while North View at North Manchester General Hospital was named building project of the year for 2025.
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The 19th edition of the North West Regional Construction Awards took place last Thursday and was attended by 350 industry professionals.
The ceremony was hosted by journalist Lucy Meacock and held in partnership with Constructing Excellence, and the University of Salford, where Meacock is chancellor.
A&B Engineering was the headline sponsor of the event, which was organised by Clear.
Place North West, Tilbury Douglas, Morgan Sindall, Hays Recruitment, North West Construction Hub, Fresh Start Waste Services, Innovation Fire and Engineering and Relentless also supported the event.
Peter McDermott, head judge and professor of construction procurement at the University of Salford, said: “We offer congratulations to all of those shortlisted in 2025 as the standard was so high, this was a huge achievement.
“Very well done to all our winners and highly commended – and good luck to the projects and businesses who will now be put forward to the national Constructing Excellence Awards taking place in London in November 2025.”
Head judge Peter McDermott welcomed guests to the ceremony. Credit: Carl Sukonik
PROJECT OF THE YEAR – BUILDING
North View, Manchester
Organisations involved: Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust,
Integrated Health Projects (IHP), Day Project Management, Gilling Dod Architects, Curtins, Waterman Building Services, Rider Hunt
PROJECT OF THE YEAR – INFRASTRUCTURE
Smardale Gill Viaduct
Organisations involved: Northern Viaduct Trust, Story Contracting, Ramboll
PROJECT OF THE YEAR – RESIDENTIAL
Beecham’s Building
Organisations involved: Nicholson Group, ADS Structural Architect, Rotary St Helens
SUB-REGIONAL PROJECT OF THE YEAR – CHESHIRE, WIRRAL AND WARRINGTON
Warringtonfire
Organisations involved: Warringtonfire, Tilbury Douglas, Hoare Lea
SUB-REGIONAL PROJECT OF THE YEAR – CUMBRIA
West Cumberland Hospital phase two
Organisations involved: North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Trust, GRAHAM Construction, CCL Solutions, Gilling Dod Architects, Rider Levett Bucknall, Curtins, DSSR Consulting Engineers, Iteriad, Ridge & Partners, Tenos Fire Engineering Consultants, FP McCann.
SUB-REGIONAL PROJECT OF THE YEAR – LANCASHIRE
Civil Service Hub, King Street, Blackpool
Organisations involved: Blackpool Council, MUSE Places, Department of Work and Pensions, VINCI Building, Chroma Project Management, MAKE Architects, ARUP Structural Consultants, Aecom
SUB-REGIONAL PROJECT OF THE YEAR – GREATER MANCHESTER
North View, Manchester
Organisations involved: Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Integrated Health Projects (IHP), Day Project Management, Gilling Dod Architects, Curtins, Waterman Building Services, Rider Hunt
SUB-REGIONAL PROJECT OF THE YEAR – LIVERPOOL CITY REGION
Merseyside Fire & Rescue, Training and Development Academy
Organisations involved: Wates Construction, Merseyside Fire & Rescue Authority, Ryder Architecture, Curtins, A&B Engineering, Idom Merebrook
CLIENT OF THE YEAR sponsored by NWCH
Merseyside Fire & Rescue Authority – Nominated by Wates
CONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR sponsored by Place North West
Morgan Sindall Construction
CLIMATE ACTION AWARD
Net Zero Heroes – Seddon – Organisations involved: Seddon- Net Zero Heroes (NZH)
DELIVERING VALUE AWARD
Setting new standards for community focused schools
Organisations involved: Department for Education, Morgan Sindall
ESG AWARD
A&B Engineering: Sustainable Engineering at Plot A3 New Bailey
Organisations involved: A&B Engineering, English Cities Fund (Muse, Legal & General, Homes England), Bowmer + Kirkland, Make, Cundall
INNOVATION AWARD sponsored by A&B Engineering
Warringtonfire
Organisations involved: Warringtonfire, Tilbury Douglas, Hoare Lea
INTEGRATION AND COLLABORATIVE WORKING AWARD
Warringtonfire
Organisations involved: Warringtonfire, Tilbury Douglas, Hoare Lea
PEOPLE AND CULTURE AWARD sponsored by Place North West
Tilbury Douglas: Better Together
Highly commended: Conlon Construction Limited – Transition to Employee Owned Business
REGENERATION AND CONSERVATION AWARD sponsored by Morgan Sindall Construction
Bolton Library Restoration and Refurbishment
Organisations involved: Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council, Clear Futures, Robertson Construction North West, The Creative Core
RETROFIT AWARD
Your Home Better – Retrofit Demonstration Project
Organisations involved: Pete Abel and Cat Thompson, Your Home Better, Red Co-operative, Concept Heating
SME OF THE YEAR – sponsored by Hays Recruitment
RECOM Solutions
G4C FUTURE LEADER AWARD
Mustafa Kadigol, Stellar Heavy Industries UK
