Construction’s best performing “ultra sites” revealed

Grant Prior 6 years ago
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The UK’s best-performing construction jobs have been revealed at this year’s Considerate Constructors Scheme’s 2019 National Ultra Site Awards ceremony.

Ultra Site winners celebrate their success
Ultra Site winners celebrate their success

Highways England’s A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme was crowned with the highest honour winning the coveted ‘2019 Ultra Site of the Year Award’.

There were a total of ten Ultra Site award categories and, for the first time, the top-performing supplier within six of these award categories were also honoured with a special individual recognition award.

The winning Ultra Sites are:

Client Recognition Award: The National Space Centre, Leicester

Led by contractor: Woodhead Group

Collaboration Award: A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme

Led by contractor: A14 Integrated Delivery Team

Community Engagement Award: The National Space Centre, Leicester

Led by contractor: Woodhead Group

Constructions First Impressions Award: The Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre

Led by contractor: Robertson Construction Group – Major Projects

Environmental Best Practice Award: Highways Partnering Agreement, Term Service Contract, Nottinghamshire

Led by contractor: Tarmac Trading Ltd

Fairness, Inclusion and Respect Award: A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme

Led by contractor: A14 Integrated Delivery Team

Future Constructors Award: Les Quennevais School, Jersey

Led by contractor: ROK Regal Construction

Workforce Wellbeing Award: Smart Motorways Project M23

Led by contractor: Kier Highways

Innovation of the Year Award: The Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre

Led by contractor: Robertson Construction Group – Major Projects

Ultra Site of the Year Award: A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme

Led by contractor: A14 Integrated Delivery Team

 

The winners of the individual recognition awards for Suppliers are:

Collaboration Award: BDV Recovery Ltd

Community Engagement Award: Munnelly Support Services

Environmental Best Practice Award: Wernick Hire Ltd

Fairness, Inclusion and Respect Award: J L Knight Roadworks

Future Constructors Award: J L Knight Roadworks

Workforce Wellbeing Award: Munnelly Support Services

Hundreds of guests from the UK’s top-performing Ultra Sites gathered at the Plaisterers’ Hall in central London yesterday for the awards ceremony, which was presented by Ann Bentley, the Construction Leadership Council lead on Supply Chain and Business Models.

The aim of Ultra Sites is to achieve ever greater integration of a contractor’s supply chain to meet and exceed the Scheme’s Code of Considerate Practice.

Considerate Constructors Scheme Chief Executive Edward Hardy said: “Ultra Sites represent a real turning point for the construction industry, by providing a way for the industry to work more collaboratively and realise the benefits of this greater integration for their workforce, community and environment.

“The winners and finalists of these awards range from small scale local projects through to large scale regional multi billion pound projects. This clearly shows how the Ultra Site model can be embraced by any type of construction activity, no matter the size, scale or budget.

Click here to view the 2019 Ultra Site Award winners.

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