Builders Celebrated in Building Control Awards

A range of building work from home extensions to listed building alterations was celebrated this week at Bath & North East Somerset Council’s Building Control Awards.

The winners for the Building & Design Quality Awards for 2015 were announced at a ceremony at the Guildhall, Bath, on Friday, 12 February.

It’s sixteenth year running, the awards are designed to promote and reward builders and designers in the area who excel in their achievements.

They were presented by the Council’s Chief Executive, Dr Jo Farrar, and Chairman, Councillor Ian Gilchrist, alongside Elaine Marson, Chairman of the Bath Stone Group. Philip Mansfield, the Council’s Building Control Manager, introduced the winners and gave feedback from the judges.

Councillor Liz Richardson (Conservative, Chew Valley North), Cabinet Member for Homes & Planning, said: “This is the sixteenth year Bath & North East Somerset Council’s Building Control has run the awards and once again the judges have been impressed by the good number of high quality nominations.

“It is really good that the Building Control section can use this scheme to promote high quality in building construction and design in our area and I would like to congratulate the winners of this year’s awards for their high quality work.

“We would also like to thank the Bath Stone Group once again for kindly sponsoring this year’s awards.”

The award winners received an inscribed Bath Aqua glass bowl and framed certificate.

Winners from these awards will be entered into the regional Local Authority Building Control (LABC) Building Excellence awards and possibly then into the national LABC Building Excellence awards.

Building Quality Award Winners:

• South West Contractors for a domestic extension at Stoneleigh Lodge, Lansdown Road, Bath
• Ken Biggs Contractors for new housing at Upper Langridge Farm, Lansdown, Bath
• John Perkins Construction for work at Fosse Way School, Longfellow Road, Westfield, Radstock
• Emerys of Bath for listed building work at 10 – 13 Somerset Place, Bath

Building Quality Highly Commended:

• Dawson Building Ltd for a domestic extension at Burchell House, Lower Bristol Road, Clutton
• Ashford Homes for new housing at 22 Crescent Lane, Bath 
• Charlcombe Homes for new housing at Oakdene, Granville Road, Bath
• ED & W Bodman Ltd for new boat houses at Saltford Rowing Centre, Bath Road, Saltford
• G F Watt & Son for listed building work at Tythe Barn, Gibbet Lane, Norton Malreward

Design Quality Award Winners:

• Seth Stein Architects for new housing at Upper Langridge Farm, Lansdown, Bath 
• SM Harris & Associates for work at Chew Magna Primary School, Chew Magna
• Argyll Design Partnership for listed building work at Tythe Barn, Gibbet Lane, Norton Malreward

Design Quality Highly Commended:

• Philip Clifford for a domestic extension at Burchell House, Lower Bristol Road, Clutton
• Hetreed Ross Architects for a domestic extension at 12 Mount Road, Bath 
• BBA Architects for new housing at 14 – 16 Monmouth Place, Lower Bristol Road, Bath 
• Alan J Hayes for new boat houses at Saltford Rowing Centre, Bath Road, Saltford
• Hetreed Ross Architects for listed building works at Flat 5, 18 Park Lane, Lower Weston, Bath