Five site managers have been recognised as the top talent in their field during the NHBC’s Pride in the Job Awards…
The top site managers across the UK have been recognised during a gala event in London.
The National House Building Council’s (NHBC) Pride in the Job Awards, which saw five winners beat around 16,000 others to become the UK’s Supreme Winners, was hosted by comedian Kevin Bridges.
The awards were granted to site managers who have demonstrated their ability to drive up standards in the housebuilding sector.
The five winners were:
- Kirk Raine of David Wilson Homes (Mercia) won the Large Builder category for his work at the Webbs Meadow development in Telford
- Paul Dunnett of Berkeley Homes (South East London) was named the winner in the Multi-storey category for overseeing work at the Saffron Square site in Croydon
- Steve Walker of CG Fry & Son took the title in the Medium Builder category for managing the North East Quadrant development in Dorchester
- Michael Thomas of South Meadow Homes was the winner in the Small Builder category for the Gibba’s Way (Phase 3) site in Pembroke
- David Barratt of DF Barratt Ltd won in the Single Home category for Ivy House in Darlington
NHBC chief executive Mike Quinton said: “NHBC’s mission is to ensure the highest construction quality in new-build homes across the UK and site managers play a pivotal role in making this happen.
“Our PIJ champions and runners up beat an incredible number of others to win the title, and they can justifiably claim to be among the best in the business, knowing that the homes they build are of the very highest quality.
“Pride in the Job has now been running for 35 years and our analysis shows that winning sites have higher levels of consumer satisfaction with fewer claims and defects, reinforcing the importance of the competition for both NHBC and the house-building industry.”
Housebuilding remains a key component of the government’s economic and societal plans, with a million new homes expected to be built by the end of this parliament.