The best in North West construction honoured
More than 500 people attended the lavish dinner and ceremony for the North West Regional Construction Awards 2010 last night in Southport.
The event, now in its fourth year and held at Southport Theatre and Convention Centre, began with a masquerade drinks reception and singers and dancers entertained guests during dinner before the awards were unveiled in the theatre auditorium complete with popcorn and ice cream.
The winners on the night were as follows:
Local People, Local Jobs Award
- Blackpool Build Up: Blackpool Council, Blackpool and the Fylde College
Places for People Award
- Crosby Lakeside Adventure Centre: Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council, Mansell, Owen Ellis Partnership, AECOM, Todd and Ledson, Alan Johnston Partnership
Skills and Education Award
- Bardon Contracting
Heritage Award
- Liverpool Canal Link and Pier Head Public Realm: Liverpool City Council, EDAW, Arup, 2020 Liverpool, Balfour Beatty, British Waterways
Equality and Diversity Award: Client
- Liverpool Housing Trust
Equality and Diversity Award: Contractor
- Wates Living Space
Business Award
- M6 Extension Carlisle to Guard Mill: Capita Symonds, Carillion, Highways Agency
Environmental Sustainability Award
- Saughall All Saints Primary School: Cheshire West and Chester Council, Lovelock Mitchell Architects, TACE, Willmott Dixon Construction, Rotary North West
Carbon Reduction Award
- BuilderScrap
SME of the Year Award
- D Morgan
Client of the Year Award
- St Helens Council nominated by Willmott Dixon Construction
Contractor of the Year Award
- Willmott Dixon Construction
Project of the Year Award
- Liverpool Canal Link and Pier Head Public Realm
Cheshire, Warrington & Wirral Best Practice Award
- Sir William Stanier Community School: Cheshire East Borough Council, Willmott Dixon Construction, Aedas Architects, GCM Consulting Engineers
Cumbria Best Practice Award
- M6 Extension Carlisle to Guard Mill
Lancashire Best Practice Award
- 608 and 609 Buildings: BAE Systems, Capita Symonds, Gleeds, Christal Construction Management, Aegis, BAM Construction, Fairhurst Design Group, Gifford, Balfour Beatty Engineering Services, McFadden Construction, Richmond Cladding, Freemont R&R, MG Barkers, Murrywood Construction
Liverpool Best Practice Award
- Liverpool Science Park: Neptune Developments, Falconer Chester Hall, Bingham Davis, Tweeds, Mayfield Construction, Atlasco Steel & Cladding, Genlec Electrical, Ambient Energy & Environment, Technic Mechanical Services, Davies Partnership
Manchester Best Practice Award
- Irk Valley Community Primary School: Robinson Design Group, Manchester City Council, Morgan Professional Services, Morgan Ashurst, Brown & Co (EE), Murray Building Services, The AA Group, Murraywood Construction, P&L Joinery Subcontractors, Parpac, White Young Green, Edmund Shipway
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- BAE Systems buildings
- Capita Symonds M6 work
- Liverpool Science Park
- Irk Valley Community Primary School
- Sir William Stanier Community School
- Willmott Dixon Construction
- St Helens Council
- Saughall Community Primary School
- Wates Living Space
- Liverpool Housing Trust
- Crosby Lakeside Adventure Centre
- Bardon Contracting
- Blackpool Build Up
The awards were organised by the Centre for Construction Innovation and sponsored by The University of Salford School of the Built Environment, European Regional Development Fund, North West Development Agency, Celebr8, Regenerate Pennine Lancashire, BRE, Morgan Ashurst, Willmott Dixon Construction, Conlon, Place North West and the Built Environment Improvement Network.
It would be good to correctly identify BDP’s Liverpool Office as the Concept Architect and Designer’s of the Crosby Lakeside Adventure Centre.
By Richard Elsdon