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OFFSITE CONSTRUCTION AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED
The inaugural Offsite Construction Awards dinner, hosted by OSC Magazine,
took place on Tuesday 30 October 2007 at the National Motorcycle Museum in
Birmingham. Some 400 plus guests representing the cream of the offsite
sector gathered to hear the winners announced from the 44 shortlisted
entries.
OFFSITE CONSTRUCTION AWARDS 2007 WINNERS:
(followed by Judges' comments)
Best Use of Concrete (Sponsored by British Precast)
Winner: Bison - Sport City Manchester “…pushing the boundaries of offsite construction with its impressive
circular design…”
Best Use of Steel (Sponsored by Henley Building Solutions)
Winner: Caledonian - The Paragon Project “… shows all the classic ingredients of a steel-frame building with a wide
applicability across many different sectors…”
Best Use of Timber (Sponsored by Combilift) Winner: Satellite Architects - Percy Street “…the magnificent Larch glulam timber frame works perfectly with the steel chassis…”
Best Offsite Housing Project (Sponsored by Vent-Axia, Schneider Electric & Thorn Lighting) Winner: Henley Building Solutions - IQFive, Birmingham “…an extremely neat and well-executed scheme from start to finish delivering a functional and attractive living space…”
Best Offsite Health Project (Sponsored by Ruukki) Winner: Taylor Woodrow, NG Bailey & Panaloc - St Helens & Knowsley PFI Hospitals Project “…this showed some marvellous collaborative working across all three parties with a real commitment to producing patient-focused design…”
Best Offsite Education Project (Sponsored by Kingspan Off-Site)
Winner: Framework CDM - Dulverton SureStart Centre
“…a bright, lively use of space that provides a beautiful environment…it is
also a fantastic advert for the ‘business’ of offsite construction…”
Special Award for Innovation (Sponsored by Van Elle)
Winner: Henley Building Solutions – IQFive “…felt to possess enough overall qualities to win in a very strong and
varied field…extremely high levels of precision manufacturing, including the
production of a new ‘figure 3’ roll formed element…”
Gold Award for Overall Offsite Excellence (Sponsored by Lloyd's Register)
Winner: Caledonian - The Paragon Project “…this project really reflects many of the successful aspects of offsite and
in particular modular construction…it shows all the hallmarks of competitive
cost, quicker delivery and better quality throughout…”
For further information about the Offsite Construction Awards and the winning projects, please contact: Sarah Payling or Gary Ramsay on 0161 950 4500 or email: s.payling@oscmagazine.com or g.ramsay@oscmagazine.com
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