North West Regional Construction Awards 2010
In the final part of our series previewing this year's North West Regional Construction Awards, which take place on Thursday, we revisit the Project of the Year 2009.
Project of the Year
Winner: Birse Coastal Partnerships Team & Wyre Borough Council
Award Applicant: Cleveleys Coast Protection Scheme
Project Location & Region: Cleveleys, Lancashire
Client: Wyre Borough Council
Main Contractor: Birse Coastal
Project Timescales: 142 weeks to Feb 2008
Project Contract Value: £19m
Type of Work: Replacement of infrastructure
Type of Client: Local Authority
Construction Product: Coast protection, new promenade, seating, shelters, feature lighting, new café and extensive landscaping.
Project Overview
- An iconic design
- A high-quality end product with a low carbon footprint
- Wyre Borough Council's largest ever civil engineering project, first formally partnered scheme and first ever procured using a quality assessment process.
- Throughout design and construction, safety and sustainability have been key considerations.
- Highlights how partnering has evolved from business arrangements between customer and contractors to envelop the wider community as part of the team; programme of consultation and communication with the local community
- Made a real difference to the local environment, the community, people's lives and their general well-being
- Project was delivered 61 weeks ahead of schedule.
- Saving of £1.417m on whole life costs.
- Evolving value engineering and design optimisation contributed to the time and money savings.
Impact
- Jobs created, money spent in the area, local business supported
- Social regeneration
- Social sustainability
- Waste and Recycling
- Innovative architecture, engineering and construction
- High levels of performance
- Reductions in cost, time and defects
- Commitment to health and safety, safe working conditions, improving management and supervisory skills
The Judges said: "This award was for a project that represented the very best of the regional construction industry. It represented the unique ability of the industry to deliver projects that demonstrated exceptional construction, but also the ability to shape and improve the environment in which we live. It had to deliver much more than simply the project requirements – and had to have an impact way beyond laying bricks and pouring concrete. It had to be a part of a wider regeneration and benefit to the community.
"Because of the regeneration that this project has inspired; because the project has created a transformation to the area and has created such a sense of place: The North West Project of the Year Award goes to…"
The 2010 North West Regional Construction Awards take place this Thursday 27 May at Southport Theatre & Convention Centre, organised by the Centre for Construction Innovation.
