All Building articles in Awards Events 2007 – Page 5
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Building Contractors Safety Programme
Sponsored by: The Health and Safety PeopleWinner and finalists:Clugston Construction is this years winner, showing that it pays not just to learn from your mistakes, but from your near misses too...Clugston ConstructionHitting a zero-accidents target is not just about crossing fingers and hoping workers that dont take risks, and nobody ...
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Best Housebuilders Safety Programme
Winner and finalists:Miller Homes hands-on approach and thorough site inspection system impressed the judges in this categoryMiller HomesMiller Homes is a flagship example of active involvement in health and safety improvement. In summer 2005, the 700m-turnover company, which on any given day has about 4,500 workers on its sites and ...
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Best Public Safety Programme
Winner and finalists:Liverpool Housing Trust wins this award for the all-encompassing nature of its programme, which assesses more than 70 contractors and involves the entire supply chainLiverpool Housing TrustWorking with more than 70 contractors, Liverpool Housing Trust (LHT) realised that it was important to make sure everyone was toeing the ...
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Best Safety Programme from a Designer or Engineer
Sponsored by: Butler and YoungWinner and finalists:The new CDM regulations have put design to the forefront of reducing risk on site, which makes the work done by companies like this years winner, Buro Happold, all the more importantBuro HappoldBuro Happold is a company that aims to instil a sense of ...
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Best Safety Product or Equipment
Winner and finalists:Reelfix takes the plaudits for showing that something as seemingly simple as a wire dispensing reel can significantly improve site safety and reduce waste in the processReelfix Construction Products, ReelfixUnused lengths of tying wire left for site operatives to trip over are a common sight on any construction ...
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Best Training Initiative
Winner The Chartered Surveyor’s Training TrustThe Chartered Surveyor’s Training Trust (CSTT) stood out in this category for its efforts to open the surveying profession to individuals from all backgrounds and provide an alternative to graduate recruitment. It does this by helping young people from underprivileged und underrepresented groups enter prestigious ...
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Best New QS Firm
Sponsored by Solution Solution is a boutique technical recruitment agent providing staffing solutions to the built environment across a variety of key sectors. Our in-depth market knowledge and flexible approach to both clients and candidates has seen us a play integral role in the recruitment process of many leading and ...
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Best M&E Specialist Cost Consultant
Winner RidgeFor 25 years Ridge has led the way in M&E consulting, with other firms replicating its blueprint for success. Over the years it has developed innovative systems and tools to help clients, including the Ridge Pricing Schedule, a bespoke tender document which facilitates easier negotiation and allows transparency of ...
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Best Innovation
Winner Faithful + GouldFaithful + Gould’s Whole Life Value toolkit is an important innovation designed to improve decision making in project investment. The tool is designed to help clients understand the relationship between costs, time and quality and takes into account important issues such as the environment and community. The ...
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Working Well Together Small Firm Award
Sponsored by: Construction SkillsWinner and finalists:Small companies used to be seen as the final frontier of health and safety, but increasingly firms are putting their workerswellbeing first. This years winner, Northern Claddings approach to reducing hand injuries is a case in pointNorthern CladdingThe popular image of the tough roofer as ...
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Occupational Health Risk Management Award
Winner and finalists:Clugston Construction has raised the profile of occupational health in its organisational structure something for which at least 54 members of staff have reason to be extremely thankful...Clugston ConstructionHealth may always go hand in hand with safety in organisational terms, but Clugston wanted to make sure the former ...
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Integrated Project Safety Award
Sponsored by:Construction SkillsWinner and finalists:Bovis Lend Lease has tackled the issues raised by Buildings Safer Skyline campaign head on at its Grand Arcade project in CambridgeGrand Arcade, CambridgeThe recent spate of fatalities involving cranes has shocked many both inside and outside the industry, highlighting the need to improve outdated systems ...
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Working Well Together Site Worker of the Year Award
Sponsored by: LincsafeWinner and finalists:The people at the sharp end can make a real difference to the health and safety cultures on site, as these four site workers, led by Ellmer Constructions Jim Murphy, proveJim Murphy, Ellmer ConstructionJim Murphy, the frontman of Byrne Groups subsidiary Ellmer Constructions safety poster campaign, ...
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Health and Safety Champion of the Year Award
Sponsored by: APSFinalists: Heathrow Terminal 5 has almost become a byword for good safety practice, so it is fitting that its health and safety director should be championed with this awardClive Johnson, Heathrow Terminal 5Clive Johnson was the first person on record to specify full collective protection for scaffolding erectors ...
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Working Well Together Campaign Award
Sponsored by: MetronetFinalists:Bilingualism, white vans and actors have all been put to good use in WWT campaigns. But the winner is an initiative that set the ball rolling...Construction Health and Safety Initiative, Haydock ParkIt is often said that the smaller companies, without the resources of many large contractors, are the ...
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Young Architect of the Year
This year’s Yaya shortlist was a very strong field, but Carmody Groarke emerged as the clear winner, impressing the judges with its energy and determination.Unlike most young practices, it has deliberately avoided the traditional bread-and-butter domestic projects, and instead has used the competition system as a way of testing ideas ...
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Best All-round QS Firm
Winner EC HarrisEC Harris scooped the Best All-round QS Firm award this year for its remarkable ability to adapt to clients’ changing needs. This was particularly impressive when you consider the range of projects it works on – not only was it at the heart of the successful delivery of ...
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QS Young Achiever of the Year
Winner Suzanne Graham, Turner & TownsendJust one week’s work experience in construction was all it took for confirm to Suzanne Graham that a career in quantity surveying was the path for her. After she left school, entering the industry seemed like the natural thing to do.Suzanne joined Turner & Townsend ...
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Outstanding Safety Achievement Award
Sponsored by: Bovis Lend LeaseFinalists:Atkins’ boss swept to victory in this category for championing the health and safety cause in his own company and the rest of the industryKeith Clarke, AtkinsIf only more chief executives had Keith Clarke’s commitment to health and safety. Since joining Atkins in 2003, he has ...
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International Achievement Award
Winner EC HarrisThe International Achievement trophy, awarded for EC Harris’ impressive portfolio of work around the world, makes it a double win for the QS this year. With over 30 years experience of delivering stunning projects in the Middle East, the firm has established itself as a market leader among ...