2021 Winners

Twenty gold and silver medallists across ten categories, the Rising Star Award, the President’s Award, Client of the Year, Team of the Year and one Construction Manager of the Year.

An evening of entertainment and celebration at one of London’s top venues. Browse images from the big night.

An evening of entertainment and celebration at one of London’s top venues. Browse images from the big night.

Twenty gold and silver medallists across ten categories, the Rising Star Award, the President’s Award, Client of the Year, Team of the Year and one Construction Manager of the Year.

Marc Burton

MBE FCIOB

2021 Construction Manager of the Year

Jersey General Hospital Nightingale wing

Build a fully functional 180-bed hospital in just 25 days? Pre-Covid, laughter might have been the likely response, but for Marc Burton, along with the whole island of Jersey, the urgency was entirely justified. Marc’s expertise and ability to galvanise the island’s construction sector saw the completed building handed over, significantly under budget, after just 25 days on site. The excellence of Marc’s achievement was recognised by the award of an MBE.
It was Marc’s extensive local knowledge that made this scheme so successful. With local lockdown creating an available pool of 6,000 construction workers on the island, he knew that site labour would not present a risk.

Gold Winners

ACCOMMODATION UP TO 4 STOREYS

Jack Wells MCIOB

Willmott Dixon Construction

The Homestead Building, St Albans

ACCOMMODATION OVER 4 STOREYS

Steven Vaux MCIOB

Morgan Sindall

Residence Inn/Moxy Hotel Slough

SCHOOLS UNDER £20 M

James Wood MCIOB

Morgan Sindall Construction

Vandyke Upper School, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire

SCHOOLS OVER £20 M

Fergus Brown MCIOB

Heron Bros

Early Years Expansion 2020, East Renfrewshire

Higher Education

Nick Preedy MCIOB

Willmott Dixon

Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Building, Coventry

Office

Emily Hoggins MCIOB

BAM Construction

22 Handyside Street, King’s Cross

PUBLIC AND LEISURE

Shaun Burrows MCIOB

Willmott Dixon

Delamere Forest Visitors Centre, Northwich, Cheshire

Healthcare

Marc Burton FCIOB

Garenne Construction Group

Jersey General Hospital Nightingale Wing

REFURBISHMENT & RESTORATION UNDER £10 M

Megan Forster MCIOB

Coniston Ltd

Royal Norwegian Embassy, Kensington, London

REFURBISHMENT & RESTORATION OVER £10 M

Chris Linfoot MCIOB

Willmott Dixon Interiors

Old Admiralty Building, Westminster

Silver Winners

ACCOMMODATION UP TO 4 STOREYS

Mick Hill MCIOB

Willmott Dixon

The Beeches and the Nevilles, Leeds

ACCOMMODATION OVER 4 STOREYS

John Higgins MCIOB

McAleer & Rushe

Onyx, Birmingham

SCHOOLS UNDER £20 M

Andy Mitchell MCIOB

Willmott Dixon

Ropemakers Academy, Hailsham, East Sussex

SCHOOLS OVER £20 M

Lianne Lawson

Willmott Dixon

Dixons Trinity Chapeltown, Leeds

Higher Education

Jack Pitt MCIOB

ISG

The Sir Michael Uren Hub, Imperial College, London

Office

David John MCIOB

Willmott Dixon

Llys Cadwyn (fomerley known as Taff Vale Redevelopment)

PUBLIC AND LEISURE

Robert Sankey

Client project manager, Greater Manchester Police

Specialist Operations Centralised Hub, Manchester

Healthcare

Vince Kesterton MCIOB

Tilbury Douglas

Birmingham Nightingale Hospital

REFURBISHMENT & RESTORATION UNDER £10 M

Sam O’Neill

Oakmont Construction

Union, Stockley Park, Uxbridge

REFURBISHMENT & RESTORATION OVER £10 M

Dale Harris MCIOB

Morgan Sindall Construction Central

Pantycelyn Halls, Aberystwyth

Rising Star

Lydia McGuinness

  Team of the Year

BAM Construction T-Zone 11 - 21 Canal Reach

  Client of the Year

Merthyr Tydfil Council

Highly Commended

Peter Sharpe MCIOB

Laing O’Rourke

Tony Northcott MCIOB

Kier Construction

CIOB President’s Award

During the last two years we have proudly published our very own quality code and quality guide, which are now widely used across the industry. I am delighted to have supported during my presidential year the CIOB’s push to improve the quality of output from our industry. Past Presidents Paul Nash and Roger Flanagan have driven this work over many years and I pay tribute to their wonderful contribution to our industry. However, there is one person, who has done more than anyone else to introduce new ways of working into our industry, with a relentless focus on promoting modern methods of construction, with all its benefits for our industry’s profile, productivity, long-term profitability and overall product quality.

Mark Farmer

CEO and founding director of consultant Cast

The CEO and founding director of consultant Cast, with over 30 years of experience in construction and real estate, Mark Farmer has become a recognised expert on a variety of industry and policy-related issues. Perhaps most famously, he authored the Farmer Review, an influential 2016 independent government review of the UK’s construction labour model, entitled ‘Modernise or Die’. In 2019, he was appointed as the government’s champion for modern methods of construction in housebuilding. His many other roles include being a member of the Construction Innovation Hub Industry Board, the Construction Leadership Council senior advisors group, a board member for Construction Scotland Innovation Centre, national co-chair of Constructing Excellence, while being a trustee of the MOBIE educational charity. Mark is also an honorary professor at The University of Salford’s School of Built Environment and holds honorary doctorates from the University College of Estate Management and the University of Wolverhampton. As an acknowledgment of his work in driving real long-term change in our industry and lifting quality standards, I am delighted to award Mark Farmer the CIOB’s President’s Award 2020/2021.