13th Regional Construction Awards shortlist unveiled
Wednesday 8 May 2019
THE FINALISTS for the 13th North West Regional Construction Awards have been revealed ahead of the awards ceremony in July.
The awards are hosted by the University of Salford and Constructing Excellence North West.
This year’s list includes construction projects from Heysham Port to Heaton Hall and Wigan Bus Station to Liverpool’s famous Ogden’s Clock Tower.
The Awards celebrate outstanding examples of best practice in the construction of homes, workplaces, hospitals, schools, universities and transport infrastructure, with an emphasis on collaboration, innovation and sustainability.
Chair of Judges, Professor Peter McDermott from the University of Salford confirmed the largest ever number of entries – 140 – and said: “As judges we feel both challenged and privileged in choosing the winners from a series of fantastic entries for the 2019 Constructing Excellence Awards in the North West.
Change shines through
“It is an honour to see how progressive change shines through this industry as it responds to tough conditions in both the marketplace and the changing policy environment.
“The University of Salford is proud be be at the forefront of a progressive agenda in construction and to collaborate with industry in innovation, skills and adapting to new global challenges such as climate change.”
- Salford joins GM green infrastructure project to offset climate threats
Winners from the 2018 awards included Willmott Dixon Construction, crowned Contractor of the Year, Liverpool City Council who picked up Client of the Year, Lowbury Construction who earned up the SME of the Year Award and Manchester & Cheshire Construction who collected the People Development Award.
Among this year’s judges are: Gwen Beeken, Managing Director, Procure Plus; John Marland, Director of Building & Construction, Bruntwood; Guy Lawson, Director of the Civil Engineering Contractors’ Association NW, Milica Kitson OBE, CEO of Constructing Excellence Wales; Joanna Chomeniuk, Frameworks Lead, North West Construction Hub; Phil Cusack, Chairman, GM Chamber of Commerce; David Glover, Operations Director, Peel
The Awards ceremony will take place on Friday 12 July 2019 at The Titanic Hotel in Liverpool.
The shortlist in full
Client of the Year –sponsored by Place North West
Cumbria County Council - Infrastructure Recovery Programme
Manchester City Council Capital Programmes
Star Academies - Submitted by Wates Construction
Contractor of the Year sponsored by Hill Dickinson
Casey
D Morgan plc
Kier Construction North West
Morgan Sindall Construction
Wates Construction
Willmott Dixon Construction
G4C Future Leader Award sponsored by Crossfield Group
Ashleigh Gow - Kier Construction North West
Freya Woodward - Arcadis
Reanna Taylor - NG Bailey
Tom Smalley - Seddon
Digital Construction Award sponsored by Place Tech
Con-Net Application
Organisations Involved: Lowbury Construction Limited
Interserve - for the High Energy Beam Proton Project
Organisations Involved: The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Interserve Construction Limited, Interserve Engineering Services Limited, HKS London, Arup- Cardiff, Structural Design and Arup - Cardiff, M&E Design
Oakwood In Site Product Development
Organisations Involved: John Sisk & Sons Ltd, Oakwood Engineering Solutions
Wates Construction Field Tools
Organisation Involved: Wates Construction
Health, Safety & Wellbeing Award sponsored by Wates Construction
NG Bailey Group
Sandside Lodge SEN School, Cumbria - Organisation involved: Seddon
Innovation Award sponsored by Cowgills
Low Risk Construction Plant Simulator Intense Training Programme Targeted for Ex-offenders Opportunities
Organisations involved: CPUK Civils and Remediation, Novusand Tenstar
Overhead Innovation via Off Site Prefabrication
Organisations involved: Cubby Construction Ltd, Omexon, LSTC and Electricity Northwest
Rhenus - Sustainability via Chemical Remediation & Geotechnical Soil Stabilisation
Organisations involved: CPUK Civils and Remediation, BWB and Peel
Visual 5d Ltd
Integration & Collaborative Working Award sponsored by Weightmans
Campus Whitehaven
Submitted by: Wates Construction
Centralised Sterile Services Department Broadgreen University Hospital Submitted by: Willmott Dixon Construction
Circle Square and Affinity Living Projects
Submitted by: John Sisk & Sons Ltd
Heysham Port Linkspan Bridge & North Quay Wall Repairs -Submitted by: D Morgan plc
Wigan Bus Station - Submitted by: Transport for Greater Manchester, Austin-Smith:Lord LLP and Vinci Construction (NW) UK Ltd
Offsite Construction Award
Levens Primary School, Cumbria County Council
Organisations involved: Cumbria County Council, Levens CE Primary School, Day Cummins Ltd and Roland Hill (Aspartia) Ltd
EBN Schools Programme of Works, Manchester City Council
Organisations involved: Premier Modular Limited, ISG PLC, Manchester City Council, Lovelock Mitchell, BCM and Scott Hughes Design
Outstanding Achiever Award
Martin Brown, Fairsnape
Steven Hunt, Steven Hunt & Associates
Wayne Blair, Kier Construction North West
People Development Award sponsored by Kier
Circle Square and Affinity Living Projects
Organisations involved: John Sisk & Son Ltd
Development Strategy for Training of HM Prison Service Ex-Offenders Programme
Organisations involved: CPUK Civils and Remediation
F Parkinson Ltd
Galliford Try - Building North West
Morgan Sindall Construction
Steven Hunt & Associates
Preservation &Rejuvenation Award
Corn Exchange Phase II, Aviva Property Investment Trust, Manchester
Organisations involved: Aviva Investment Property Trust, ISGPLC, 5plus Architects, Arcadis, Buro Happold, Cundall, Spring & Co and Queensbury Real Estate
Heaton Hall Renovation Works, Manchester City Council
Organisations involved: Manchester City Council and Conlon Construction
Hotel Indigo, Manchester
Organisations involved: Bowmer + Kirkland North West, UBH Manchester Ltd, Gleeds Management Services, 3D Reid, BH Group, Interstate Hotels Muir Associates and W J Structures
Hugh Baird College St Winefrides Campus, Bootle
Organisations involved: Crossfield Group, Hugh Baird College, IBI and Flinders Chase
Ogdens Clock Tower, Torus, Liverpool
Organisations involved: HMS Ltd and Torus Developments
Plymouth Grove, Bridgelea Primary School, Manchester City Council
Organisations involved: Manchester City Council and ISG PLC
SME of the Year sponsored by Hays Recruitment
Crossfield Group
Krol Corlett Construction Limited
Lowbury Construction Limited
MBC Building Contractors
Pearson Fraser Ltd
Steven Hunt & Associates
Project of the Year Award (Cheshire, Warrington & Wirral)
Huntington Community Primary School
Organisations involved: Kier Construction North West, KWS Architect, Huntington Community Primary School, Huntington Parish Council,Friends of Caldy Park, HE Simm M&E, Leach Structural Steel, PLF Brickwork and Delta Roofing.
Lingley Mere Site Remediation, Warrington
Organisations involved: CPUK Civils and Remediation, Muse Developments and United Utilities
Project of the Year Award (Cumbria)
Campus Whitehaven
Organisations involved: Cumbria County Council, Diocese of Lancaster, Copeland Borough Council, Copeland Community Fund, Nuclear Decommissioning Agency, Sellafield, Wates Construction, Mott MacDonald, Ellis Williams Architects, Curtins Consulting, St Benedict’s Catholic High School and Mayfield Specialist School
Levens Primary School, Cumbria County Council
Organisations involved: Cumbria County Council, Levens CE Primary School, Day Cummins Ltd and Roland Hill (Aspartia) Ltd
National College for Nuclear - Lakes College
Organisations involved: Seddon, Department for Business,Industry and Skills (BIS), EDF Energy and Sellafield Ltd
Project of the Year Award (Lancashire)
Heysham Port Linkspan Bridge & North Quay Wall Repairs
Organisations involved: D Morgan plc and Peel Ports
Redevelopment of Penwortham Control Building
Organisations involved: National Grid and Lowbury Construction
Project of the YearAward (Liverpool)
Centralised Sterile Services Department Broadgreen University Hospital
Organisations involved: Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital Trust, Liverpool City Council and Willmott Dixon Construction
FA Parklife
Organisations involved: Kier Construction NW, Liverpool City Council, Football Foundation, KWS, McArdle Sports Tech Ltd and HE Simm M&E
Hugh Baird College St Winefrides Campus
Organisations involved: Crossfield Group, Hugh Baird College, IBI and Flinders Chase
Paddington Village Infrastructure and Public Realm
Organisations involved: Morgan Sindall Construction,Knowledge Quarter (KQ Liverpool), Ryder Architects, Curtins, Ares Landscape Architects and Liverpool City Council
St Julie’s Catholic High School Organisations involved: Kier Construction North West, Liverpool City Council, IBI Group, Curtins Structural Engineers, St Julies Catholic High School and Marie Curie Hospice
Westhead Avenue, Kirkby
Organisations involved: Lane End Group, Torus / LMH and AA Projects
Project of the Year Award (Manchester)
BUPA Place
Organisations involved: Morgan Sindall Construction, ChapmanTaylor, Colliers, Turner & Townsend, Bupa UK, ID:SR, Shepherd Gilmour and Genlec
Heron House
Organisations involved: Kier Construction North West, Manchester City Council, Bruntwood, Walker Sime, MCC Building Manager, Jacobs,NWCH and MCC Highways
Rhenus Logistics HQ - Remediation
Organisations involved: CPUK Civils and Remediation, BWB and Peel
The Lowry Hotel - Presidential Suite
Organisations involved: Krol Corlett Construction, The Lowry Hotel, Goddard Littlefair, GDMP and YS Associates
Track replacement National Cycling Centre in East Manchester, Manchester City Council Capital Programmes
Organisations involved: Manchester City Council and ISG PLC
Wigan Bus Station
Organisations involved: Transport for Greater Manchester,Austin-Smith:Lord LLP and Vinci Construction (NW) UK Ltd
Wythenshawe Hospital, Emergency Department
Organisations involved: Interserve Construction, Wythenshawe Hospital and IBI Group
Value Award
FA Parklife
Organisations involved: Kier Construction NW, Liverpool City Council, Football Foundation, KWS, McArdle Sports Tech Ltd and HE Simm M&E
Heron House
Organisations involved: Kier Construction North West, Manchester City Council, Bruntwood, Walker Sime, MCC Building Manager, Jacobs, NWCH and MCC Highways
Low Risk Construction Plant Simulator Intense Training Programme Targeted for Ex-offenders Opportunities
Organisations involved: CPUK Civils and Remediation, Novus and Tenstar
Moss Side Leisure Centre Refurbishment Manchester City Council
Organisations involved: Manchester City Council and ISG PLC
Paddington Village Infrastructure and Public Realm
Organisations involved: Morgan Sindall Construction and Liverpool City Council
The Clockworks, Manchester
Organisations involved: Galliford Try Partnerships North West, One Manchester, IDP Architects, Sigmat and AA Projects
Further details aboutthe event can be found at www.constructionawardsnw.co.uk
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Gareth Hollyman, Senior Press & PR Officer (Science)
0161 295 6895 g.b.hollyman@salford.ac.uk
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