The Roofing Awards are now into their seventh year, and with each year that passes the numbers for both attendance and entries grow. This year was no exception. On the 18th May in Birmingham, the roofing industry came together to celebrate the very best from across the roofing spectrum, the event was hosted by popular TV presenter Matt Allwright.
Winners of the 2012 Roofing Awards are:
Pitched Roofing
Roof Slating – Richard Soan Roofing Services, Folkington Manor
Roof Tiling – Forster Roofing Services Ltd working with Sandtoft, Cricket Pavilion and Shelter
Flat Roofing
Single Ply – Owlsworth Roofing Ltd working with Sika Sarnafil, Hoopers Yard
Reinforced Bituminous Membrane (RBM) – M & J Flat Roofing Ltd working with IKO plc, D.S. Smith Packaging, Yorkshire
Liquid Applied Roofing – Stirling Lloyd Construction Ltd, New Olympic Stadium
Industrial Roofing & Cladding
Roof Sheeting – Lakesmere Ltd, Belvedere Riverside Resource Recovery Facility
Vertical Cladding – KGM Roofing, Siemens, Lincoln
Sustainable Roofs
Green Roofs – Prater Limited, Peacehaven Water Treatment Works
Solar – KGM Roofing, Arnold Lodge
Shingles & Shakes – Kingsley Roofing working with John Brash, The Orchard
Specialist Roofing
Heritage Roofing – Fulwood Roofing Services North West working with Worthingtons Roofcrafts of Bolton, Crewe Municipal Building
Fully Supported Metal Roofing – Full Metal Jacket Ltd, Lizard Lifeboat Station
Individual awards:
As always, the Roofing Awards also look to put the spotlight on those individuals and organisations that go above and beyond the call of duty. This year the NFRC Health & Safety Champion 2011 went to Andrew Desmonde, trainee supervisor for Longworth Building Services Limited. He does more than just his job but sets to lead by example. His commitment and resolve, led him even during his training, to become a site supervisor, to make sites safer not only for himself and his co-workers but other trades too, daring to stand out from the crowd when others were unable or willing to do so.
Exceptional Contribution to Training, in partnership with CITB-ConstructionSkills, went to Briggs Amasco Limited. Training is an everyday part of this organisation’s ethos but they have gone further and built a dedicated training room for not only themselves but other trade associations and organisations to use to train other contractors extending the benefit of training to all in the roofing sector.
Also being presented with an accolade was the best of the best from the NFRC Safety in Roofing Awards – those who scored highest within their roofing discipline – Northstone (NI) Ltd for slating and tiling; Martin-Brooks (Roofing Specialists) Ltd for flat roofing; and Swift Roofing Services Ltd for industrial roofing and cladding. A high number of gold, silver and bronze awards were presented to members at the regional annual general meetings earlier on this year.
The Lead Contractors Association presented the Murdoch Award and Murdoch Sponsor’s Award for the best leadwork. This year the Murdoch Award was won by NDM Metal Roofing & Cladding for their work on Regent Palace Hotel in London. The sponsor’s award was won by A P Chant Building Services for their project Palladian Country House.
The Awards of course could not have happened without increasing and continued support from all the partners, hosts and sponsors. In particular to SIG Roofing and Roofline who are fundamental to the existence and development of the awards.
This year, the awards hosts were CompetentRoofer, the Liquid Roofing and Waterproofing Association (LRWA), the Roofing Tile Alliance (RTA), the Lead Contractors Association (LCA), the National Federation of Roofing Contracts (NFRC), the Lead Sheet Association (LSA) and the Single Ply Roofing Association (SPRA).
Key partners this year were B&CE Benefit Schemes (The People’s Pension), The British Land Company PLC, the Green Roof Centre, Life+, CITB-ConstructionSkills, Electrical Contractors Insurance Company (ECIC) and Quality Assured National Warranties (QANW).
Special thanks to our sponsor, who were: Associated Lead Mills, Cupa Natural Slate, EJOT, Flag-Soprema, ICB, Icopal, IKO plc, John Brash & Co, Kingspan Limited, Marley Eternit, OHS Limited, Redland, Renolit Cramlington, Rockwool, SealEco Ltd, Sika Limited, SFS intec and WJ Horrod.
