Last Friday saw the culmination of six months of meticulous planning by the Constructing Excellence Yorkshire and Humber team based at Leeds Beckett University to bring you this year’s #CEYH2017 awards and what an incredible night it was! Held at the Queen’s Hotel in central Leeds, we welcomed over 350 of the region’s construction and property professionals to our 10th Anniversary celebration of the best examples of industry achievement in the last twelve months.
Sponsored by Galliford Try and once again hosted by Danni Hewson, BBC Look North’s business correspondent and industry champion, attendees were treated to networking drinks and a three course summer themed meal, set against our spectacular Yorkshire and Humber AV backdrop of Burnsall Village. We also welcomed Rosie Millard, Chair of Hull City of Culture as our keynote speaker for the evening who gave a captivating presentation on everything Hull has been up to this year so far and a taster of what is still to come. Rosie’s speech definitely went down a storm with our Humber contingent who are rightly proud of their home city! Continuing the Yorkshire theme was our awards playlist featuring only bands from the region; Def Leppard, the Cult and Chumbawumba to name a few; and our Yorkshire coast themed fun photobooth where attendees posed with hats, ice creams and even an inflatable seagull against a picture of Scarborough.
Our host for the evening, Danni Hewson from BBC Look North with an opening address on security
However the real regional stars were the outstanding projects, schemes and organisations who made up the CEYH2017 finalists. Fourteen awards were handed out in total covering the key best practice themes of Constructing Excellence as well as the much coveted and fiercely contested “Selfie of the night”. A special Chair’s award was also handed out posthumously to Dr Andrew Platten, former Associate Dean of Arts, Environment and Technology at Leeds Beckett University who was tragically killed in a cycling incident last July. In honour of Andrew, this year’s chosen charity was Brake and the team were thrilled to raise over £2500 through donations and raffle entries. Many thanks to Keelham Farm Shop, Queen’s Hotel, Snap Recipe Box and East 59th for their generous prize donations.
(Left: Lisa Kendall from Brake UK collecting their cheque, Right: Our lit up bike in tribute to Dr Andrew Platten who sadly passed away in a cycle incident in July 2016)
However the real winner on the evening was the industry itself. The sheer diversity of projects from local regeneration schemes to multi-million facilities demonstrates once again that the Yorkshire and Humber region is at the forefront of pushing boundaries, driving up standards and finding new ways to work collaboratively to achieve mutual cross sector benefit. So all we have left to do is extend a huge THANK YOU to all our sponsors, supporters, entrants, judges and participants. We look forward to seeing you again in 2018!
If you are interested in being involved in #CEYH2018 (sponsoring, entering or assisting) please contact Liz or Donna on 0113 812 1902 or via email to ckeevents@leedsbeckett.ac.uk. We look forward to hearing from you!
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FULL LIST OF WINNERS AND HIGHLY COMMENDED
Client of the Year (Sponsored by Addleshaw Goddard)
Winner – Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, Nominated by Interserve Construction
Highly Commended: The University of Sheffield, Nominated by Faithful+Gould
Digital Construction (Sponsored by Shulmans LLP)
Winner – National College for High Speed Rail – Rail Training Academy, Willmott Dixon Construction
Health, Safety and Wellbeing (Sponsored by SES Engineering Services)
Winner – East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Highly Commended – Sheffield Retail Quarter Phase 1, Turner & Townsend
Innovation (Sponsored by Henry Boot Construction)
Winner – The Willerby and Derringham Flood Alleviation Scheme, East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Highly Commended – M62 J22-25 Lighting – Energy Saving, A-one+ Integrated Services
Integration and Collaborative Working (Sponsored by Trimble Solutions)
Winner – A1(M) Leeming to Barton improvements, Carillion Morgan Sindall Joint Venture
Highly Commended – Edward Boyle Library Refurbishment, Galliford Try Building Ltd
People Development (Sponsored by Kier Northern)
Winner – Engage for Success Programme, A-one+ Integrated Services
Highly Commended – Attracting and developing early talent, NG Bailey
Preservation and Rejuvenation (Sponsored by Leeds Beckett University)
Winner – Leeds Kirkgate Market Refurbishment, Interserve Construction
Highly Commended – Edward Boyle Library Refurbishment, Galliford Try Building Ltd
Highly Commended – Victoria Quarter Conservation, Aura Conservation Ltd
Project of the Year Buildings (Sponsored by Gosschalks)
Winner – Leeds Kirkgate Market Refurbishment, Interserve Construction
Highly Commended – Leeds City Council Housing PFI Regeneration Project (Little London, Beeston and Holbeck)
Project of the Year Civils (Sponsored by Turner & Townsend)
Winner – Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme, BAM / MottMacDonald Joint Venture
Highly Commended – Sandsend Road Coastal Protection Scheme, Balfour Beatty
SME of the Year (Sponsored by YORHub)
Winner – Anderson Green Ltd
Highly Commended – Britcon Ltd
Sustainability (Sponsored by Faithful+Gould)
Winner – Central Square, DLA Design
Highly Commended – East Riding of Yorkshire Council Civil Engineering Services
Value (Sponsored by Britcon)
Winner – Yorkshire Water in collaboration with Turner & Townsend
Highly Commended – Gatecrasher Apartments, Cartwright Pickard
Best of the Best (Sponsored by Yorkshire and Humber Constructing Excellence Club)
