Awards: Stockport Council, Altrad NSG, CCI winners
Woodbank Wood in Stockport won a silver award in the Royal Forestry Society's Excellence in Forestry Awards 2013. Stockport Council's Woodbank Wood, which was entered in the urban forestry category in the North West awards, runs adjacent to the River Goyt from Woodbank Memorial Park near Stockport town centre towards Poise Brook and Chadkirk.
Scaffolding and industrial services firm Altrad NSG has achieved its eighth consecutive Gold Standard for excellence in health and safety. The Deeside-based firm, which operates at sites across the UK, was awarded a Gold Medal for Occupational Health & Safety, by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.
The North West construction industry gathered last week at the Palace Hotel in Manchester for the seventh annual North West Construction Awards. Hosted by the Centre for Construction Innovation, the Constructing Excellence Centre for the North West the night saw 16 award winners and eight highly commended finalists rewarded for their accomplishments.
The winners were as follows:
Leadership & People Development Award. Sponsored by McGoff & Byrne
Winner: B4Box
Highly Commended: Kier Construction
Integration & Collaborative Working Award
Winner: Manchester Town Hall Complex, Transformation Programme, submitted by Laing O'Rourke
Highly Commended: Laneshawbridge Primary School, submitted by Conlon Construction
Business Innovation Award. Sponsored by Aspect Construction
Winner: CombiSave, submitted by Mole Group
Highly Commended: Ni Smartbuild, submitted by MPulse
Health & Safety Award. Sponsored by Willis
Winner: FT Finley
Highly Commended: Mitchell's Scaffolding
Sustainability Award. Sponsored by Capita Symonds
Winner: Armstrong Point, submitted by Tolent Construction & Kingspan Environmental
Heritage Award. Sponsored by Laing O'Rourke
Winner: Florence Institute, submitted by Purcell
Contractor of the Year Award. Sponsored by Hill Dickinson
Winner: Kier Construction
Client of the Year Award
Winner: Cheshire West & Chester Council nominated by Kier Construction
Highly Commended: LHT nominated by CITB ConstructionSkills – Talent Pool
Young Achiever Award. Sponsored by Equity Housing Group
Winner: Mohamoud Hersi & Sean Millican, Wates Construction nominated by Atom Regeneration
Highly Commended: Aimee Bond, Blackpool Coastal Housing, Brendan Hutton, WMB Installations, Debra Bunn, Cundall, Holly Brunt, Kier Construction
SME of the Year Award
Winner: B4Box
Highly Commended: Create Construction
NW Project of the Year Award
Winner: One Angel Square – Co-operative Group Head Office, submitted by BAM Construction
Highly Commended: Northside Bridge, submitted by Birse Civils / Balfour Beatty
Regional projects of the year
Manchester:
Winner: One Angel Square – Co-operative Group Head Office, submitted by BAM Construction
Lancashire:
Winner: Armstrong Point, submitted by Tolent Construction & Kingspan Environmental
Liverpool:
Winner: Liverpool Central Library, submitted by Austin-Smith:Lord
Cumbria:
Winner: Northside Bridge, submitted by Birse Civils / Balfour Beatty
Cheshire, Warrington & Wirral:
Winner: Chester Town Hall Refurbishment, submitted by Lovelock Mitchell Architects
