North West Regional Construction Awards nominees unveiled

No 1 St Michael’s in Manchester, a 22-acre African habitat at Chester Zoo, and Limelight, a PBSA scheme in Liverpool are all up for the coveted project of the year gong.

Meanwhile, Morgan Sindall Construction will be hoping to retain the contractor of the year award it won in 2024.

The 19th edition of the NWRCA will be held on Thursday 10 July 2025 at the Titanic Hotel in Liverpool.

The full shortlist of nominees for the North West Regional Construction Awards 2025 can be found below.

Head judge Peter McDermott, professor of construction procurement at the University of Salford, said: “The awards continue to adapt to ensure a continued focus on the positive impact the construction sector contributes to communities across the Northwest. Respect for people, innovation, and collaborative working, were the original watch words.”

He continued: “In 2025, the focus is on both process and outcomes – for examples, climate resilience, ESG, social value and increasing retrofit. We commend this shortlist – if the Constructing Excellence principles demonstrated by the applicants were more widely adopted confidence would be high that the industry could meet the exciting demands being placed upon it by government and both public and private sector clients. We are delighted to be back in Liverpool for the Awards this year.”

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Project of the year

• All Saints Park

Organisations involved: Manchester Metropolitan University, Planit, Curtins, Drees & Sommer, Hoare Lee.

• Beecham’s Building

Organisations involved: Nicholson Group, ADS Structural Architect, Rotary St Helens

• 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 Cost Consultants

• Deyes High School

Organisations involved: Department for Education (DfE), Kier Construction – North & Scotland, Lydiate Learning Trust (LLT), Deyes High School, Pozzoni Architecture, TACE,

Ridge, DEP Landscape Architect, Dodd Group

• Hammerstone Road Depot

Organisations involved: Morgan Sindall Construction, Manchester City Council, North West Construction Hub Framework, Fletcher Rae, Curtins, Hannans, A&B Engineering

• Heart of Africa for Chester Zoo

Organisations involved: North of England Zoological Society, McPhillips (Wellington) Ltd, Chester Zoo, Gillespies, BJSE Consulting Structural Engineers, BDP, Rider Levett Bucknall UK

• Hughes House

Organisations involved: Equans, Home Group

• Human Challenge Facility

Organisations involved: Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Tilbury Douglas, AtkinsRéalis, Ellis Williams Architects, Steven Hunt Associates

• Island

Organisations involved: Bowmer + Kirkland, HBD – part of Henry Boot (Joint venture with the GMPF), Avison Yosandung, Cartwright Pickard, Curtins, Cundall, Gleeds, Gardiner & Theobald Kingsgate House

Organisations involved: DTZ Investors, RECOM Solutions, AEW Architects, Cogent BC, Urban Bubble, Savills, Gateley Vinden

• Limelight

Organisations involved: Blacklight Capital Partners, Falconer Chester Hall, Zerum, Big Red Construction, Homes for Students, Curtins, Abacus, Identity Consult, Re-form Landscape Architecture, J3 Advisory

• Manchester Metropolitan University Grosvenor Building

Organisations involved: Manchester Metropolitan University, Turner and Townsend, Cassidy+Ashton, North West Construction Hub

• Merseyside Fire & Rescue, Training and Development Academy

Organisations involved: Wates Construction, Merseyside Fire & Rescue Authority, Ryder Architecture, Curtins Consulting Engineers Ltd, A&B Engineering, Idom Merebrook Consulting Engineer

• North View, Manchester

Organisations involved: Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Integrated Health Projects (IHP), Day Project Management, Gilling Dod Architects, Curtins Structural Consultants, Waterman Building Services, Rider Hunt Cost Consultants

• Reimagining the Harris

Organisations involved: Conlon Construction Limited, Preston City Council and Buttress Architects

• Sandgate SEN School

Organisations involved: F Parkinson Ltd, Westmorland and Furness Council, Sandgate School, Architects Plus, Waterman Structures, Pettit Singleton Associates

• Smardale Gill Viaduct

Organisations involved: Northern Viaduct Trust, Story Contracting Limited, Ramboll

• Springfield School Extension

Organisations involved: MC Construction, Cheshire East Council, Davies Partnership, Halliday Meecham, Sutcliffe, Trowler Associates, Currie & Brown

• St Luke’s former Primary School

Organisations involved: Identity Consult, Salford City Council, Seddon Construction, PRP Architects.

• Tiber Community Building

Organisations involved: Krol Corlett Construction, Tiber Community, Condy Lofthouse Architects

• Warringtonfire

Organisations involved: Warringtonfire, Tilbury Douglas, Hoare Lea

• West Cumberland Hospital Phase 2

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.

• WP8C – Common Trench High Voltage Project

Organisations involved: NG Bailey, BAE Systems, Leck Construction, Optech Fibres

Client of the year – sponsored by NWCH

• Cheshire East Council – Nominated by Conlon Construction Limited
• Manchester City Council for Hammerstone Road Depot – Nominated by Morgan Sindall Construction
• Merseyside Fire & Rescue Authority – Nominated by Wates

Contractor of the year – sponsored by Place North West

• Kier Construction Limited
• Krol Corlett Construction
• Morgan Sindall Construction
• Rische Group
• Tilbury Douglas
• Willmott Dixon

Climate Action Award

• Green M&D Innovation at Dixons Newall Green Academy

Organisations involved: Morgan Sindall Construction, A&B Engineering, Department for Education

• Net Zero Heroes – Seddon

Organisations involved: Seddon- Net Zero Heroes (NZH)

Delivering value award

• Our Town Hall – the challenge of grade one-listed listed buildings

Organisations involved:  NG Bailey, Manchester City Council, Lendlease

• 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 &nGeneral, Homes England) Bowmer & Kirkland, Make, Cundall

• B-engineering Group

Organisations involved: Standing Tall Foundation, St Roccos

• No.1 St Michael’s, Manchester

Organisations involved: Relentless Developments, KKR, B K, Zerum

Innovation award – sponsored by A&B Engineering

• 4D visualisation of BIM models and construction programmes at Manchester Airport – organisations involved:  NG Bailey, Manchester Airport Group, XYZ Reality
• Warringtonfire – organisations involved: Warringtonfire, Tilbury Douglas, Hoare Lea

Integration and collaborative working award

• Cheshire East Council School Projects

Organisations involved: Conlon Construction Limited, Cheshire East Council, North West Construction Hub, Halliday Meecham

• DWP Echo Building

Organisations involved: Department for Work and Pensions, Seddon, Gilks Nantwich, Armex System, Fire Industry Specialist, Floorstore NW, Dale Lowe Decorators

• Heart of Africa for Chester Zoo

Organisations involved: North of England Zoological Society, McPhillips (Wellington), Chester Zoo, Gillespies, BJSE Consulting Structural Engineers, BDP, Rider Levett Bucknall UK

• Lisburne SEND School

Organisations involved: Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, Kier Construction

• Merseyside Fire & Rescue, Training & Development Academy

Organisations involved: Wates Construction, Merseyside Fire & Rescue Authority, Ryder Architecture, Curtins Consulting Engineers, A&B Engineering, Idom Merebrook Consulting Engineer

• Salford Five Sites

Organisations involved: Mansell, Clifton Green, Seddon, PRP, Ridge & Partners, Pozzoni, Curtins, Salford City Council

• Warringtonfire

Organisations involved: Warringtonfire, Tilbury Douglas, Hoare Lea

• Your Home Better

Organisations involved: GMCA, Red Cooperative, RetrofitWorks, Creative Concern

People and culture award – sponsored by Place North West

• Stronger Together: A&B Engineering’s Blueprint for Growth and Inclusion
• Transition to Employee Owned Business: Conlon Construction Limited
• DASCO Construction
• Hive Projects
• Procure Partnerships Framework: A People Strategy That Delivers Zero Turnover and Maximum Impact
• Tilbury Douglas: Better Together

Regeneration and conservation award – sponsored by Morgan Sindall Construction

• All Saints Park

Organisations involved: Manchester Metropolitan University, Planit, Curtins, Drees & Sommer, Hoare Lee

• Bolton Library Restoration and Refurbishment

Organisations involved: Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council, Clear Futures, Robertson Construction North West, The Creative Core

• Chorlton Library

Organisations involved: Equans, Manchester City Council

• Irwell Valley

Organisations involved: Identity Consult, Salford City Council, Seddon Construction, PRP Architects

• Smardale Gill Viaduct

Organisations involved: Northern Viaduct Trust, Story Contracting Limited, Ramboll

• St Mary’s Community Centre Extension

Organisations involved: Mawlawi Kurdish Cultural Centre, BARCX

Retrofit award

• Hammerstone Road Depot

Organisations involved: Morgan Sindall Construction, Manchester City Council, North West Construction Hub Framework, Fletcher Rae, Curtins, Hannans, A&B Engineering

• Manchester Aquatics Centre Phase 2: De-carbonisation

Organisations involved: Manchester City Council, Kier Construction, Pozzoni, TACE, SaferSphere, Ridge, NG Bailey, Ridge Partnership, Devin Consulting, Hann Tucker, SPL, 23Consult, Assent

• 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

• B-engineering Group
• BIMBox
• Collins Plastering Northwich
• Conlon Construction
• DASCO Construction
• Greenmount Projects
• Hive Projects
• Magnitude Quantity Surveyors
• Momentum Build
• Procure Partnerships Framework
• RECOM Solutions