North West Construction Award winners announced
The construction industry celebrated the achievements of the region’s best projects, organisations and individuals at the 12th annual awards ceremony and dinner attended by 415 guests in Manchester.
Hosted by the University of Salford, The Centre for Construction Innovation and Constructing Excellence, the evening saw 18 awards given out for outstanding examples of best practice, commitment, and collaborative and sustainable project delivery across the built environment. The event took place at The Principal Hotel on Friday 6 July.
Certain category winners will be put forward to the Constructing Excellence National Final, which will take place later in the year.
The full list of winners is as follows:
Client of the Year
Winner: The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Highly commended: Liverpool City Council
Contractor of the Year
Winner: Willmott Dixon Construction
Digital Construction Award
Winner: St Margaret’s C of E Primary School
Organisations involved: ISG, Manchester City Council, Premier Modular, Lovelock Mitchell, Patrick Parsons and Scott Hughes
Highly Commended: The Christie Proton Beam Centre
Organisations involved: Interserve, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, HKS Architects and Arup
G4C Future Leader Award
Joint Winner: Ryan Southern, Kier Construction
Joint Winner: Stephen Healy, B4Box
Health, Safety & Wellbeing Award
Winner: Safety First and Foremost, NG Bailey
Innovation Award
Winner: Smart M&E Plug & Play for Offsite Construction
Organisations involved: Patrick Parsons, Richmond Housing partnership, Legal & General Homes Ltd, Wimshurst Pellereti Architects and Extreme Low Energy
Highly commended: Greater Manchester Smart Community Demonstration Project
Organisations involved: Procure Plus, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Northwards Housing, Six Town Housing, Wigan Council, New Energy and Industrial Technology
Integration & Collaborative Working Award
Winner: Stockport Homes and B4Box
Highly commended: St Margaret’s C of E Primary School
Organisations involved: ISG, Manchester City Council, Premier Modular, Lovelock Mitchell, Patrick Parsons and Scott Hughes
Offsite Construction Award
Winner: Holiday Inn Trafford City
Organisations involved: Chapman Taylor LLP, Bowmer & Kirkland Ltd, Trafford City Hotel Limited, Tower Hotel Management Limited, IHG, CIMC MBS UK, Capita, Topland, Mill Lane Estates and Marick
Highly commended: shedKM
Outstanding Achiever Award
Winner: John Finlay, Manchester City Council
People Development Award
Winner: Manchester & Cheshire Construction Co
Preservation & Rejuvenation Award
Winner: Cumbria Infrastructure Recovery – Brougham Old Bridge
Organisations involved: Cumbria County Council, Mott MacDonald, Metcalfe Plant Hire Ltd – Civil Engineering Division, Curtins Consulting and Capita
Highly commended: Tatton Park Farm, Cheshire
Organisations involved: F Parkinson Ltd, Cheshire East Council, Tatton Park Farm, Buttress Architects and Focus Consultants 2010 LLP
SME of the Year
Winner: Lowbury Construction
Highly commended: MBC Building Contractors NW
Sub-Regional Project of the Year – Cheshire, Wirral and Warrington
Winner: Storyhouse Theatre, Chester
Organisations involved: Kier Construction, Cheshire West and Chester, Bennetts Associates, Ellis Williams, WSP and Charcoal Blue
Sub-Regional Project of the Year – Cumbria
Winner: Cumbria Infrastructure Recovery – Brougham Old Bridge
Organisations involved: Cumbria County Council, Mott MacDonald, Metcalfe Plant Hire Ltd – Civil Engineering Division, Curtins Consulting and Capita
Sub-Regional Project of the Year – Liverpool
Winner: Sensor City
Organisations involved: Kier Construction, University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University, IBI, Curtins and Lorne Stewart
Sub-Regional Project of the Year – Manchester
Winner: The Christie Proton Beam Centre
Organisations involved: Interserve, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, HKS Architects and Arup
Project of the Year Civils
Winner: Cumbria Infrastructure Recovery – Brougham Old Bridge
Organisations involved: Cumbria County Council, Mott MacDonald, Metcalfe Plant Hire Ltd – Civil Engineering Division, Curtins Consulting and Capita
Project of the Year Building
Winner: The Christie Proton Beam Centre
Organisations involved: Interserve, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, HKS Architects and Arup