Twenty Eleven Winners

Integration & Collaborative Working

Project: Building an Active Future Programme

Leadership & People Development

Sponsored by: Gentoo Group

Joint Commended: Mott MacDonald & Esh Group

 

The judges were looking for an organisation that has shown the greatest respect for its workforce and communities through workforce development, skills & training, benchmarking, equality & diversity and improvements to the working environment.

 

Mott MacDonald think that leadership and people development is one of the keys to future business success. Their submission concentrated on Sustainability which is a complex and multi- faceted subject and successfully developing skills, process and expertise in this area for an integrated approach across their business.

 

The Esh Group has been a registered ('Investors in People)' employer since December 2000 and believes that their strength lies in their people. Their wealth of experience and knowledge is the group’s biggest asset and work hard to nurture and cherish this unique advantage through their employment policies an extensive training programme.

The Legacy Award – Sustainability

Sponsored by: NISP North East

Winner: The Hub, Barnard Castle

 

Sustainability has three key aspects and the Judges took these into account when judging this award.

The Hub in Barnard Castle is a totally unique project providing a sustainable, innovative “world class” facility, designed and developed in conjunction with young people. It provides access to a unique range of cultural, leisure, sporting, recreational and educational facilities all housed within a WOW factor building and setting which is in harmony with its rural location.

 

Highly Commended: Wates Living Space, Your Homes Newcastle, Gentoo Architects, Kent Desogn, Newcastle City Council, Bridging NewcastleGateshead, Hall & Partners, CK21 and DTA

Project: Riverside Dene, Newcastle

 

Commended: Interserve Project Services, South Tees NHS Foundation Trust, P+HS Achitects, NBBJ Architects, Billinghurst George & Partners and Jackson Coulson Partnership.

Project: James Cook University Hospital Oncology Redevelopment Project.

 

SME Award

 

Sponsored by: Wates Living Space

Winner: P Plunkett Tiling Contractors

 

The judges were looking for evidence of business improvement through people development; adopting best practice, collaborative and new ways of working.

 

The winner of this year SME Awards went to P Plunkett Tiling Contractors. They strongly believe that their directly employed workforce allows them to continuously improve. They strive for and achieve an ethos of “get it right first time and leave the customer wanting to come back for more”. Employees understand "what they do, and why they do it".   They maintain high standards of material procurement and take an active interest in their KPI results, always striving to how they can be better. With over 30 apprentices since 1996 they boast Skill Build winners and finalists, many still with the company. 

 

Joint Highly Commended: Hathaway & CK21 Consultants

Innovation

 

Sponsored by: Muckle LLP

Winner: Retrofit for the Future

 

This award recognises new working practices and the development of new solutions to the problems we encounter. Innovative solutions, which enhance the value of the finished product, without increasing the risks associated with it.

 

The Innovation Award went to Devereux Architects, Gentoo Group, Technology Strategy Board and Gentoo Construction. The scheme sets out to address how the causes of climate change, namely increased carbon dioxide emissions, can be tackled by the improvements to the existing housing stock. This was to a fixed budget and end results had to demonstrate that target savings were achieved. The approach taken by the design team was to adopt PassivHaus design principles to deliver the project goals.

 

Highly Commended: Derwentside Homes, Southdale, Stroma, Elliott Dent and North East Procurement.

Project: Ashby Crescent, Shotley Bridge

Health & Safety CDM

 

Sponsored by: APS (Association for Project Safety)

Winner: Riverside Dene, Newcastle

 

The winner of this years Health & Safety Award went to Wates Living Space, Your Homes Newcastle, Gentoo Architects, Kent Design, Newcastle City Council, Bridging NewcastleGateshead, Hall & Partners, CK21 and DTA. The value of health and safety has been ingrained in the project from the very start. What’s more, their commitment has been fully embraced by both the site team and supply chain and enabled them to set the ambitious target of one million incident-free man-hours and they are well on their way to achieving this.

Value

 

Sponsored by: Dunelm Property Services

Winner: Inspiredspaces – STaG

 

This award recognises projects which have been designed and constructed to achieve maximum benefit for owners and end users. Submissions received covered a cross section of schemes from the education, housing and transport sectors.

The winners Inspiredspaces –STaG shows that over the past four years they have been successful in achieving their key objectives establishing a long term capital programme delivering value for money.

It is their belief that the partnership exemplifies the values that sit at its

heart – that collaborative working will deliver opportunities for educational transformation through the delivery of high quality, cost effective solutions on time that benefit all stakeholders.

 

Highly Commended: FaulknerBrown, University of Sunderland, Morgan Sindall and Elliott Dent.

Project: The University Partnership – City Campus Framework

Heritage

 

Sponsored by: National Construction Academy

Winner: Lindisfarne Priory

 

This award recognises the achievement of high standards in the repair, re-use and revitalisation of the region’s historic buildings, sites and places.

The winner of this years Heritage Award went to Team Force Restoration and English Heritage. The project which forms the second phase of a larger project designed to add longevity to the structure through a measured scope of consolidation and repair works to the fabric preserving the monument for future generations to enjoy. The structure had suffered extensive masonry erosion and required also required re-pointing after previously inappropriate methods had been undertaken previously.

 

Joint Highly Commended:

Heritage Consolidation Ltd, Countryside Consultants,  Blackett Ord Conservation Engineering,

North Pennines Archaeology, Veronica Howard,  Jason Forrest and Natural England
Project: Barforth Hall Farm – Three Historic Structures Identified as ‘Heritage at Risk’

Kevin Doonan Architect Ltd, Heritage Consolidation Ltd, D Craig and Natural England
Project: Calf House, New Park Farm, Westgate

CIBSE North East Building Services – Best Practice Award

 

Sponsored by: CIBSE North East

Winner: BES Consulting Engineers – Dorset Avenue

 

This Award is given to the project or organisation that has best compiled with the spirit and standards or best engineering practice in Design and Procurement of Building Services associated with the Built Environment. The winner of this years Award went to BES Consulting Engineers.

Student of the Year

 

Sponsored by: Northern Counties Builders Federation (NCBF)

Winner (Professional): Natacha Redon, nominated by Northumbria University

Winner (College): Wayne Larkin, nominated by Hartlepool College

 

This Award recognizes the top students from both the prfessions and college sectors. The judges looked for students who have developed and achieved the most in terms of both examination results and efforts, and who have excelled in iniative going above and beyond what is required of them for the benefit of their employer and their own learning.

 

Highly Commended (Professional): Colin Lehane, nominated by Mott MacDonald

Client of the Year

 

Sponsored by: Ward Hadaway

Winner: Fabrick Housing Group

 

This award is for the client that has shown the greatest drive to ensure best practice principles are adopted on its projects and throughout the supply chain.

 

Highly Commended: Northumbrian Water

Achiever of the Year

 

Sponsored by: Dickinson Dees

Winner: Keith ‘Joe’ Jones, nominated by Clugston Construction

 

This award recognizes outstanding performance or influence by an individual who is truly inspirational in the opinion of the sector peer group. Keith Joe Jones showed exemplary actions that have changed the behaviour and performance of others and delivered disproportionate benefits for, and left a legacy in, the outputs of the built environment sector.

Project of the Year

Sponsored by: Corepeople Recruitment

Winner: The Hub, Barnard Castle

 

The judges had a challenging task in selecting a winner and many factors were considered, including, technical achievement, innovation, design, teamwork, health and safety, quality, programme, cost and application of best practice. The entries were judged on the basis of the quality and content, the judges’ individual knowledge of projects, site visits and various other methods.

The winner of the 2011 Project of the Year Award went to Clugston Construction, Teesdale Community Resources and Browne Smith Baker. This totally unique project providing a sustainable, innovative “world class” facility set in harmony of its rural location.

 

Joint Highly Commended:

Wates Living Space, Your Homes Newcastle, Gentoo Architects, Kent Design, Newcastle City Council, Bridging NewcastleGateshead, Hall & Partners, CK21 and DTA Consulting Engineers

Project: Riverside Dene, Newcastle

 

Miller Construction UK Ltd, Gateshead MBC, Northumbria Police, Ryder Architect, Desco, 3E Consulting

Project; North Tyneside Area Command Headquarters 

 

Commended: Willmott Dixon, Gateshead Council, NHS South of Tyne & Wear, S&P Architects and P+HS Architects

Project: Blaydon Leisure Centre and Primary Care Trust. 



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