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
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.
