Construction News Awards 2011: Finalists announced

The new-look Construction News Awards attracted more entrants this year than ever before, vying for the opportunity to have their successes and innovations showcased across the industry.

As a result, we have more companies than ever who have made the shortlist – and more reasons to come and join the celebrations and make the most of the networking opportunities on the night.

New categories for 2011 include Employer of the Year, QS of the Year, Retrofit Project and Tomorrow’s Company. And of course this year’s awards, sponsored by DEPA, continue to feature the best projects of all sizes, and well deserved recognition of the commitment to health and safety, training and use of technology.

And the finalists are:

Best Use of Technology

• Hill International with Aconex
• Clancy Docwra
• Costain
• Plastic Surgeon
• Speedy
• Groundforce
• Van Elle

Contractor of the Year
Sponsored By Depa

• Balfour Beatty Major Civil Engineering
• Costain
• Interserve Project Services
• Kier
• Thomas Vale Construction
• Vinci Construction UK
• Wates

Employer of the Year

• Imtech
• Lakehouse
• Mace
• Skanska
• United House
• Vinci
• Wates

Environmental Project

• Bramall Construction, Park View Community Primary School
• Clegg Construction, Greenhouse, Leeds
• Costain, Church Village Bypass
• Interserve Project Services, Dartington Primary School
• Kier, The Open Academy, Norwich
• Imtech, Cardiff and Afan Advanced Digestion plants
• Skanksa and Balfour Beatty JV, M25 Widening Section 1x
• Thomas Vale Construction, Apedale Energy Station: Visitors Centre

Health & Safety

• BAM Nuttall
• GAP Group
• Haydon Mechanical & Electrical
• Kier
• Pectel (A Keltbray Division)
• Prater
• Shepherd Engineering Services
• Warings Contractors

Product Innovation

• Balfour Beatty Plant & Fleet Services, Lo Loc
• Clancy Docwra, Mobile Reprocessing Unit
• Hanson UK, Hanson Easypile
• Insulslab, SFRC (Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete)
• Kijlstra, Square Manholes
• Lakesmere/Hemsec Installations Collaboration, Thru-Wall
• Shepherd Engineering Services, SES PRISM “Raised Floor Modules”

Project under £10m

• BAM Nuttall, Bristol City Docks Operating Infrastructure Project (BCDOIP)
• BAM Nuttall, RSAR Civils Package2 - Caversham Road Bridge
• Buckingham Group Contracting, 888Sport Premier Grandstand at Fontwell Park
• Kier, Bio Medical Research Unit, Southampton University Hospital Trust
• Kier, The Bristow-Clavell Science Centre
• Leadbitter Group, Henderson Centre, St George’s College
• Thomas Vale Construction, Blakenhall Community Centre
• WHAT_architecture, Cowley St Laurence Church of England Primary School and Children Centre

Project £10 - £50m

• Carillion, A40 Western Avenue Bridges Replacement
• GB Building Solutions, William Wake House
• Kier, One Reading Central
• Kier, St George’s C of E School
• Kier, Ordnance Survey
• Leadbitter, Southampton City College
• Shepherd Engineering Services, Piccadilly Gate Development, Manchester
• Spencer, Port Of Tyne Renewable Fuels Terminal

Project over £50m

• Balfour Beatty Construction Northern, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
• Costain, Church Village Bypass
• Galliford Try, M40 Junction 15 (Longbridge) By Pass
• Interlink M74 JV, M74 Completion Project
• Kier, The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge
• Skanska, 2 Kingdom Street
• TfL London Rail and Balfour Beatty / Carillion Joint Venture, London Rail East London Line Project

QS Firm of the Year

• Cyril Sweett
• DSG Quantity Surveyors
• Faithful and Gould
• Franklin + Andrews
• Rider Levett Bucknall
• Turner & Townsend

Retrofit Project of the Year

• Clegg Construction, Greenhouse, Leeds
• East Thames, Greener Homes for Redbridge
• Green Structures, Zero Carbon Loft
• Mott MacDonald, Repairing the Silver Jubilee Bridge Deck
• Larkfleet Group, Retrofit: 2a Cherry Holt Road
• United House, Bertram Street Low Carbon Retrofit
• Wates Living Space, City South Tower Blocks Phase 1, Hulme

Rising Star

• Kenny Macfarlane, Clive Durose Woodturners
• Lee Headen, Shepherd Construction
• Nazmin Makda , Owls Hall Environmental
• Rob Henson, Alumet Systems (UK)
• Rossi Higgins, MorrCo
• Segun Alakiu, Speedy   

Specialist Contractor of the Year

• Alumet Systems (UK)
• FK Construction
• Lakesmere
• MorrCo
• Prater
• Shepherd Engineering Services
• Yorkon

Sustainability
Sponsored by H+H

• Balfour Beatty, 2020 Vision and Roadmap
• Clancy Docwra, Mobile Recycling Unit
• Kier, “Reducing Our Short Term Impact, Leaving a Long Term Legacy”
• Thomas Vale Construction, The 3 Pillars of Sustainability - a 1 Way Approach
• United House,   Sustainability in United House
• Warings Contractors, Warings - Building a Sustainable Future
• Wates, Reshaping Tomorrow

Training

• Alumet Systems (UK)
• Balfour Beatty Rail
• Everglade
• Lakehouse
• Shepherd Engineering Services
• Thomas Vale Construction          
• Wates

Tomorrow’s Company

• CG Pitcher
• FK Construction
• Hydrock
• Jones Bros Ruthin (Civil Engineering) Co
• Lakesmere
• MorrCo
• Vital Energi

The winner of the Judges’ Awards sponsored by RMD Kwikform will be announced on the night.

The inspiring winners will be announced at the prestigious ceremony on 12 July at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London.

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