2007 Winners
NW Business Award – for supply chain and process development which resulted in cost savings, business improvement and integrated working – Liverpool Housing Trust – 2nd Generation Partnering
NW Skills and Education Award – for their attitude to corporate and social responsibility and the environmental awareness training given to all staff. – Birse Civils Ltd
NW People and Jobs Award – for their non-denominational Christian charity dedicated to eliminating poverty housing worldwide. They work with volunteers from all backgrounds, races and religions to build homes together with families in need – Liverpool Habitat for Humanity
NW Infrastructure Award – due to the high standard of entries the judges were unable to decide on an overall winner and agreed on joint winners – Murrays’ Mills, Ancoats and New Islington Sustainable Community
NW Quality of Life Award – for the use of sustainable methods of construction on brownfield land which has benefited the local community and the improved facilities have helped improve the results of its pupils – The Academy of St Francis of Assisi, Liverpool
Liverpool BPC Award – An organisation that has strived to ensure the construction boom in Liverpool benefits the local people through training and the learning of new skills – The People Pool
Cheshire, Warrington & Wirral BPC Award – a project that has worked tirelessly to ensure that the long term unemployed have an opportunity to work on a prestigious project and make new careers in construction – Bovis Lend Lease (Golden Square, Warrington)
Manchester BPC Award – The environmental credentials of the winning project are exemplary, especially for the way they have used renewable energy sources and its zero carbon agenda – AMPPS Building
Lancashire BPC Award – for a coastal scheme chosen by the judges for its worth, not only as sea defence, but as a new and fabulous public space for the community – Cleveleys Coastal Defence
Cumbria BPC Award – a groundbreaking regeneration project which has united the community, client and contractor in the delivery of a new and vibrant area – The Waterfront, Barrow-in-Furness
Contractor of the Year Award – a family business with a growing reputation that has delivered significant results in terms of culture and change management – PLP Construction Ltd
Client of the Year Award – for a construction client who has worked collaboratively with their supply chain in an integrated manner, and who has taken on board the principles of sustainable development. The 2007 award went to a private sector client who has recognised that value includes not only the development, but the community and surrounding environment and has ensured that local people have been trained and given the opportunity to work extensively on this project – PRUPIM (Arndale Shopping Centre, Manchester)
Project of the Year Award – an iconic building which has become a focal point of this cities skyline, a building that has become the benchmark for all that will follow in future years – Beetham Tower, Manchester
Related information:
- More information can be found at www.constructionawardsnw.com