Six firms win ‘most considerate’ site awards

Winners of the CCS 2018 National Site Awards

Six contractors have picked up awards for running the most considerate construction sites of 2018.

The awards, presented at ceremonies attended by over 3,000 guests at venues in Edinburgh, London and Manchester from 9 to 27 April, were part of the Considerate Constructors Scheme’s 2018 National Site Awards, which applied to registered sites that completed in 2017.

Sites were eligible to win the top accolade of ‘Most Considerate Site’ within the following six project value bands: Under £500k; £500k to <£1m; £1m to <£5m; £5m to <£10m; £10m to <£50m; and £50m and over.

The Most Considerate Site awards recognise one site in each value band with the highest level of consideration in respect of the community, environment and workforce.

The winners of the Most Considerate Sites were:

• Minton Lane – Northern Gas Networks (project value under £500k)
• Lovell Partnership Norwich – Overbury (project value £500k to <£1m)
• Hutton C of E Primary School – John Perkins Construction (project value £1m to <£5m)
• Eastern Balancing Reservoir – Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure (project value £5m to <£10m)
• Bravo Taxiway Realignment – Ferrovial Agroman (project value £10m to <£50m)
• Greenwich Peninsula Upper Riverside –  Mace (project value £50m and over)

The Scheme presented 840 National Site Awards, out of a total of around 8,000 eligible to win an Award. In addition to the six Most Considerate Site Awards, there were 348 Bronze, 304 Silver and 159 Gold, as well as 23 Most Considerate Site runners-up.

It was the first year that sites based in Ireland were eligible to win awards.

This year’s awards also introduced special recognition for ‘Ultra Sites’, following the launch of Ultra Site registration earlier this year. Ultra Sites were recognised for their outstanding commitment in collaborating with their supply chains during the awards ceremonies. A separate awards ceremony will be held for top performing Ultra Sites later this year.

Considerate Constructors Scheme chief executive Edward Hardy said: “On behalf of the Considerate Constructors Scheme, I would like to offer my congratulations to all 2018 National Site Award winners.

“Winning a Scheme National Site Award is a monumental achievement. To receive this top level of industry recognition reflects how much effort and commitment award-winning sites have made to push their standards, and those of the industry, to even higher levels.

“I would also like to offer my very special congratulations to the winners of the 2018 Most Considerate Sites accolade, demonstrating the very best in considerate construction and setting the bar incredibly high for the rest of the industry to strive to achieve. I would also like to congratulate those sites recognised for their commitment to the Ultra Site programme.

“These awards recognise sites which are at the forefront of industry best practice and we thank them, and all sites and companies registered with the Scheme, for their continued commitment to improving the performance, image and reputation of our industry.”