The awards have been submitted and the judges have spoken – it is now time to announce the shortlist for the West Midlands Celebrating Construction Awards!
With over 160 entries across 12 categories, this year’s awards have been packed full of outstanding, pioneering projects, products and people. Each of the judges have assessed three of the 12 categories on a strict and confidential marking system to establish the award category winners, highly commended and shortlisted entries.
Through categories such as the sought after Project of the Year and Innovation Award – the Celebrating Construction Awards will showcase some of the most ground-breaking projects and products from the Midlands. This is an event not to be missed!
For the 9th year, the West Midlands Celebrating Construction Awards will be presented at a high profile dinner on 13 May 2016. More than six hundred leaders and innovators from across the construction sector will gather at the ICC, Birmingham, to celebrate the very best industry projects.
The shortlist for this year’s Celebrating Construction Awards are as follows:
BIM Project of the Year:
· Sandwell Council – West Midlands Community BIM Framework
· Speller Metcalfe – Habberley Learning Campus
· Stepnell – StepCare
Client of the Year:
· The University of Birmingham School of Education
· Walsall Council
· Whitefriars Housing
Health & Safety Award:
· Kier Construction – Central
· Lift & Engineering Services
Heritage Award:
· Bournville Village Trust – The Quadrangle
· Cundall – Friars Mill
· K4 Architects – The Old Fire Station
· Shaylor Group – Royal Shakespeare Company’s (RSC) Swan Wing
Innovation Award:
· Black Country LEP alongside the 4 Black Country local authorities; Wolverhampton, Sandwell, Walsall & Dudley – Ontrack WM
· Cundall- Cundall Virtual Acoustic Reality
· Ramboll UK – The Post & Mail Development
· RCM – Y Wall
Integration & Collaborative Working Award:
· Deeley Construction & Warwickshire College Group – Pershore College
· Kier Construction – Oakley Wood Crematorium
· Pick Everard – Old Square Shopping Centre
· Sandwell Council – West Midlands Community BIM Framework
· Scape Design & Ashe Construction – Academy Primary School
Leadership & People Development Award:
· Lift & Engineering Services
· Sandwell Council & Growth Spark – Growth Spark APP
Project of the Year:
· Atkins, Mace & Network Rail – New Street Station
· Corstorphine + Wright – Summer Fields
· Deeley Construction & Warwickshire College Group – Pershore College
· Interserve Construction – Aston Webb Student Hub, University of Birmingham
· Portakabin Group – Royal Stoke University Hospital
· Shaylor Group – The BIFoR Project
· Speller Metcalfe – Habberley Learning Campus
· Willmott Dixon Construction -The UoB School
SME of the Year:
· Colmore Tang Construction
· McDermotts
· O’Brien Contractors
Legacy Award for Sustainability:
· Cundall – One Planet Company
· Q Sustain & Network Rail – New Street station
· Walsall Housing Group – Project WARM
Value Award:
· Carillion, Sandwell Council & Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS – Midland Metropolitan Hospital (MMH)
· EOS Facades – The Sandwell UTC – Health and Futures
· Sandwell Council
· Stepnell – Montague House
Young Achiever of the Year:
· Cundall – Charlotte Homer
· Cundall – Daniel Floyd
· ProBuild 360
· WM Housing Group – Edward Langtry
