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Welcome to the 12th annual North West Regional Construction Awards.
The annual Awards event has become recognised across the region as the biggest and brightest celebration and showcase of excellence for our construction and infrastructure sectors. More significantly, the applications process and the rigorous judging procedure serve to both drive improvement, and to demonstrate excellence, in the delivery of construction and infrastructure, and indeed facilities of all kinds.
With 18 categories ranging from 'Client of the Year' to 'People Development', these awards are pan-industry and recognise more than the great projects delivered; they focus on people, their behaviour and the approaches taken to achieve best social value, as well as, economic value.
Last year, we saw an increase in both the number and the quality of entries to the Awards. As a result the North West won more categories than any other region at the National Constructing Excellence Awards, held in London in November, 2017.
Since the publication of the Farmer Review, 'Modernise or Die', in October 2016, National Constructing Excellence has marked a shift in gear and clarified the core mission to support disruption of the industry’s delivery models for better social and economic built environment outcomes. This shift is reflected in the Awards.
Consistency in the Awards process and categories is maintained through the Constructing Excellence Regional Partnership. To the challenges and opportunities presented by market conditions and BREXIT, in our region we can add devolution. Early 2018 will see the publication of a national 'Construction Sector Deal' and 'Greater Manchester will work in partnership with the Government to develop a Local Industrial Strategy'. These initiatives recognise both the peculiarities and particularities of the construction sector and the regional economies. The regional Constructing Excellence Awards can become an important source of evidence for how these policies need to play out differently across the regions and may result in more Local Construction Industry Strategies.
Regular entrants will notice some changes this year –the Young Achiever Award has a new name and new criteria. This Award is now called the G4C Future Leader Award. We also have two new categories the Offsite Construction Award and the Outstanding Achievement Award. Please ensure you read the application forms thoroughly if entering into these categories.
The Awards are hosted by the Centre for Construction Innovation (School of the Built Environment) at the University of Salford and by Constructing Excellence North West.
Wishing you all the very best of luck for the 2018 Awards!
Professor Peter McDermott
Chair of the North West Judging Panel
Constructing Excellence in the North West
Board Member National Constructing Excellence
Contractor of the Year | Sub-Regional Project of the Year (Cheshire, Wirral and Warrington; Cumbria, Liverpool, Lancashire and Manchester) |
submitted by Kier Construction
submitted by Willmott Dixon
Northern Hub Alliance
Network Rail, Siemens, Skanska BAM, Amey Sersa
Interserve Construction Limited, The Christie, HKS, Arup
Northern Hub Alliance
Network Rail, Siemens, Skanska BAM, Amey Sersa
Urban Splash, ShedKM
Northern Hub Alliance
Network Rail, Siemens, Skanska BAM, Amey Sersa
Morgan Sindall, Oldham MBC, Project Managers UK Ltd, BDP
Kier Construction, Cheshire West and Chester Council, Bennetts, Ellis Williams
Costain, Highways England
Northern Hub Alliance
Network Rail, Siemens, Skanska BAM, Amey Sersa
F Parkinson Ltd, Maggie’s Centres, de Rijke Marsh Morgan, (dRMM) Architects, Robert Lamberdelli Partnership, Booth King Partnership Ltd
Kier Construction, Pozzoni
Kier Construction, Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, Ryder Architecture
EnergieKontor UK Limited, Capita, ConserveFor, E3 Ecology Limited
Kier Construction, Pozzoni
B4Box
Mott MacDonald
Kier Construction, Pozzoni
Cumbria County Council, Mott MacDonald
Kier Construction, Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, Ryder Architecture
VBA, Environment Agency, CH2M, Arcadis (UK) Ltd
F Parkinson Ltd, Maggie’s Centres, de Rijke Marsh Morgan, (dRMM) Architects, Robert Lamberdelli Partnership, Booth King Partnership Ltd
'Modernise or Die' – that was the name, or more importantly the fundamental message, of my 2016 review for the UK Government.
The Constructing Excellence Awards recognise and promote the very best behaviours and practices that drive positive change in the industry. They demonstrate why and how our industry can constructively and robustly challenge every element of the way we do business to ensure we are able to deliver outstanding buildings and infrastructure safely, reliably, profitably and sustainably for the benefit of our customers, our colleagues and wider society.
'Modernise or Die' identified 10 core symptoms of our ailing, and frequently failing industry, principally caused by three main factors (survivalist/reactionist mindset, mal-aligned commercial interests, and no strategic imperative for change). Most importantly it made nine inter-twined recommendations designed to help enable the built environment sector to finally commence a transformational journey of modernisation and improvement that has now become critical to sustaining its very future.
These awards celebrate those construction clients that create the best environment for the supply chain to deliver successful outcomes. The importance of strong client leadership of industry change through intelligent commissioning is a major theme of my review and I would not underestimate its importance in enabling the construction sector to respond accordingly and up its game. These awards also celebrate organisations that have clear strategies for understanding client needs and consistently delivering outstanding customer satisfaction as well as social value. Innovation, collaboration, people development, the nurturing of young achievers, and the creation of apprenticeships and sustainable employment outcomes are all critical elements to delivering outstanding built assets that enable users/occupiers and the community at large to thrive in their daily lives.
I urge you to engage whole-heatedly with the change agenda encouraged by these awards – be inspired by the brilliant winners and finalists, but more importantly learn from their actions and success to drive your own business and people forward. Decide your own future - Modernise or die – it’s your choice.
Mark Farmer
CEO Cast Consultancy and author of 2016 independent government review 'Modernise or Die'
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North West Regional Construction Awards application process please email:
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