Buildings delivered by contractor BAM Construct UK won three out of nine awards at the Public Architecture Awards.
The BOHO Core 1 building in Middlesborough received a commended award and two Hampshire projects, Hampshire County Council鈥檚 new offices, Elizabeth聽II Court in Winchester,聽and Wellstead Primary School in Hedge End, were both highly commended.
The awards were presented聽last night聽by the Society of Chief Architects of Local Authorities, SCALA,聽which holds an annual architectural competition to reward excellence for design and construction in the public sector. This is the eighth聽year of the competition.聽
Nigel Badcock, Chairman of SCALA鈥檚 assessment panel, said: 鈥楾he competition recognises excellence in聽design and construction in the public sector and聽rewards the contributions made by the whole construction team, specifically聽the client, the architect and the contractor. It has only happened once before that聽a contractor聽has聽won multiple awards.鈥�
The Award Ceremony was held at The Low Wood Hotel on the shores of Lake Windermere last night. BAM is unusual among contractors in having a chief executive who is an architect.
Steve Gregory, Commercial Manager for BAM聽South East聽, said, 鈥楨lizabeth II Court and BOHO 1聽are聽proven highly successful collaborations聽between ourselves and the architects,聽Bennetts Associates'聽and Xsite Architecture, respectively,聽and in the case of Wellstead School聽we worked with the local聽authority鈥檚 own architect and formed a very strong partnership too. It is gratifying that this award recognizes these partnerships 鈥� something often overlooked and a key factor behind most successful buildings.鈥�
It is BAM's second nod from the architects profession this year. In January it was voted second best contractor to work with in the UK by readers of Building Design Magazine. In April, it appointed an architect as its newchief executive, Graham Cash.
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