The UK’s
best-performing Ultra Sites have been revealed at this year’s Considerate
Constructors Scheme’s 2019 National Ultra Site Awards ceremony.
Highways England’s A14
Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme Ultra Site was crowned with the
highest honour at this year’s awards, winning the coveted ‘2019 Ultra Site of
the Year Award’.
This year, 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 prestigious venue of
Plaisterers’ Hall in central London on 18 July 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. Being the
highest level of attainment in consideration and best practice, they are the
pinnacle of excellence across the construction industry.
Considerate
Constructors Scheme Chief Executive Edward Hardy said: “Special congratulations
to each award-winning Ultra Site and award-winning Supplier who have set the
bar of considerate construction to an exceptional level. Congratulations also
to each finalist, whose efforts in driving greater collaboration across their
supply chain is commended.
“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.
“Thank
you to everyone involved in making Ultra Sites such a success. We look forward
to its continuing growth and development as the model to achieve greater
standards in considerate construction throughout the supply chain.”
