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Winner: Geobear – Shugborough Tunnel Shaft Void Filling & Tunnel Lining The Shugborough Tunnel, carrying the West Coast Mainline, was built in 1846-47 and is located beneath a National Trust property featuring extensive gardens in Staffordshire. “The scheme epitomised an exemplar delivery of a complex engineering challenge and the project…

Winner: Pantera – Wood Wharf A3 Carpentry & Joinery Wood Wharf, which will feature up to 3,600 new homes spread across four buildings, is the first ever residential development to take place in Canary Wharf. Pantera’s role on the 346-apartment A3 site was the company’s biggest-value project to date and,…

Winner: WellMax Scaffolding – The British Museum The iconic Grade l-listed British Museum in central London is home to one of the largest collections of artefacts in the world. Delivering the scaffolding package for vital conservation works was no small task, with the company obliged to meet the client’s requirements…

Winner: Benchmark Scaffolding Benchmark Scaffolding has chosen to focus on “the more technically challenging type of projects”, where it aims to differentiate itself through technical expertise and the application of the latest design technology. “It was great to see such vision regarding net-zero carbon, and the demonstrable use of innovative…

Winner: NG Bailey Celebrating its centenary in 2021, family-owned NG Bailey has grown from its founding, with 12 staff carrying out domestic electrical installations, to become a £600m business with a workforce of over 3,000. “This company adapted its strategy to meet the changing demands of the industry and is…

Winner: Cantillon Cantillon’s Blossom Street project for British Land was the company’s biggest contract to date, a third larger than anything it had tackled before. It was also the first to include a major structural package that included piling, raft, slab, lift shafts, columns and walls, and brought added complexity…

Winner: NG Bailey In its centenary year, NG Bailey has continued to innovate and put communities at the heart of its work, across a spread of vertical sectors including health, education, nuclear and defence. The MEP specialist delivered a series of demanding projects, including five NHS Nightingale hospitals, the UK…

Winner: VPS UK VPS has harnessed a broad range of innovations to reduce risks in road construction, which remains among the riskiest jobs in the UK. The company also supported its client, HW Martin, to achieve a UK milestone with the first certified carbon-neutral scheme delivered for Highways England, on…

Winner: GBE Mechanical and electrical specialist GBE has pushed boundaries in offsite production and adopted the latest digital technology and production methods – such as robotic welding – to move as much work as possible from the site to a safe and productive manufacturing facility. At the 42-storey One Bishopsgate…

Winner: Erith Contractors Projects tackled by Erith Contractors include the Paddington ‘Cube’ development, where the firm handled the bulk excavation of a four-storey basement that involved removing 70,000 cubic metres of material and installing 37,000 tonnes of reinforcement, 11,300 linear metres of piling and 14,000 cubic metres of concrete. All…