All Building articles in Awards Events 2007 – Page 2
-
News
Fit Out Specialist of the Year
WinnerIBEX InteriorsIBEX Interiors further enhanced its credentials this year by achieving ISO 14001 and BREAM assessor status. And that level of professionalism certainly paid off in its £2.3m Caxton House project, where it helped Land Securities refurbish the Department of Work and Pensions’ new offices. The building was occupied throughout, ...
-
News
Essential Site Services Specialist of the Year
WinnerKeltbrayDemolition professionalism has been taken to new heights by Keltbray this year, and its reward was selection to prepare the way for four major new towers going up in London currently. Technical innovation in top-down construction was to the fore at 20 Fenchurch Street. And in the demolition of Arsenal’s ...
-
News
Cladding Specialist of the Year
WinnerPraterExcellence in off-site manufacture of innovative cladding systems has won Prater the confidence of key clients such as Bovis Lend Lease and Stanhope. In tight environments, where speed of installation is crucial, its pre-assembled wall-solutions have allowed other trades more time to perform their work – small wonder it’s won ...
-
News
Sustainable Engineer of the Year
WinnerArup This was one of the most fiercely contested categories of this year’s awards, but a quick look at Arup’s list of ‘firsts’ goes some way to demonstrating why it won. The first to design a net zero carbon house that also meets the Code for Sustainable Homes Level 6; ...
-
News
Sustainable Development of the Year
WinnerAspire Defence Capital Works – Project Allenby/Connaught The strength of the Aspire scheme in embracing sustainability in its fullest sense led to the team winning its second award this year. This 10-year construction project is the largest PFI contract ever awarded by the Ministry of Defence as it looks to ...
-
News
Sustainable Contractor/Construction Manager of the Year
WinnerSkanska This Swedish contractor takes a very methodical and complete approach to sustainability, underpinned by a host of tools, training and monitoring strategies that ensure it is as green as possible. What is so commendable is having hit its targets it simply ups the ante and sets an even tougher ...
-
News
Sustainable Consultant of the Year
WinnerBioRegional Consulting Probably best known for the BedZED eco village in Sutton, south London, BioRegional Consulting stood out for the diversity of its work. As well as its groundbreaking efforts in eco housing it has also been involved in sustainable forestry, sustainable farming and recycling. It uses the One Planet ...
-
News
Sustainable Client (or Developer) of the Year
WinnerBritish Land winner British Land’s bold vision of achieving carbon neutrality by 2008/2009 is just one of the many reasons why it has stood out from the crowd. Runner up in last year’s competition, the developer has continued to up its game, with sustainability at the heart of all its ...
-
News
Sustainable Building of the Year - Small Project
WinnerScott Wilson incorporating Cameron Taylor and Helionix Designs – The Pines Calyx The judges were bowled over by this entry. The team behind the project have shown real passion, creativity and drive in creating one of the most sustainable commercial buildings in the UK.A joint venture between conservation engineers Scott ...
-
News
Sustainable Building of the Year - Largest Project
WinnerFeilden Clegg Bradley – Heelis BuildingHeelis, the National Trust central office in Swindon, is an exemplar in two vital areas. One is that it demonstrates that buildings with normal commercial constraints can be made significantly greener for little extra cost. The second vital area is the commitment from both the ...
-
News
Best Housebuilder of the Year
WinnerBerkeley Group This is the latest addition to Berkeley Homes’ impressive portfolio of awards for sustainability. It also came first in this year’s ranking of the top 20 most sustainable housebuilders, which is put together by a team of sustainability experts. The reason it does so well is because sustainability ...
-
News
Best Sustainable Business Practice
WinnerKingspan Insulated Panels In 2006 the Carbon Trust carried out surveys at three of Kingspan Insulated Panels’ sites and issued a report specifying a six point plan for energy savings. Throughout 2007 the company has been using these reports as the basis for developing strategies to reduce its carbon footprint. ...
-
News
Best Sustainability Initiative for the Public Sector
WinnerAspire Defence Capital Works - Project Allenby/Connaught, Aldershot and Salisbury WinnerAspire Defence Capital Works has successfully shown how to embed sustainability into a major programme of works, covering everything from quality of build through to community involvement and innovative recycling. The team behind the scheme are delivering an £8bn green ...
-
News
Sustainability Leadership Award
WinnerDavid Strong David Strong has had a phenomenal 2007, emerging as one of the most influential figures in the drive to make the industry sustainable. The year started with the formation of the UK Green Building Council which he was instrumental in getting off the ground – the group has ...
-
News
Sustainability Champion Award
WinnerTrevor Butler, Building Design Partnership This was a closely fought award but in the end the winner proved himself by his allround capability including his natural leadership in low carbon design, his ability to communicate this to other design professionals and clients and his impressive dedication to raising the awareness ...
-
News
Innovative Technology Award
WinnerBovis Lend Lease Contractor Bovis Lend Lease is not content with driving up standards of waste minimisation and site efficiency. It has pressed ahead with creating a really smart way of recycling a commonly used site material – plywood.The category’s winning concept Re-Plas – short for Recycled Plastic Board - ...
-
News
Sustainable Architect of the Year
WinnerArchitype Sustainability is absolutely fundamental to Architype’s ethos. It actively introduces its clients to sustainability features and strategies and even introduces green features when the client doesn’t specify them. All its projects bear the hallmarks of this approach – for example the client wasn’t involved with the specification of ...
-
News
Building 99% Campaign Award for Refurbishment
WinnerParity Projects This Carshalton Grove Eco-Renovation development could have been considered as near impossible to develop sustainably. An inefficient three-bedroom semi-detached Victorian house built in 1890 there is also no south facing roofs to easily utilise solar power and the interior had no cavity walls to easily insulate. A challenge ...
-
NewsSustainability Awards 2007
The awards for environmental excellence in the construction industry took place last week at the Hilton Hotel, London
-
News
Specialist Brickwork Contractor of the Year
Sponsored by CPI EuromixAs market leader in dry mortar technology, CPI EuroMix is proud to sponsor the Brick Awards 2007. Operating from ten plants throughout the UK and Ireland the company provides a productive, efficient and cost effective solution to all construction site mortar and render requirements. With a solid ...