Construction and Engineering Awards 2020

83 Construction & Engineering Awards 2020 BUILD BUILD Construction & Engineering Awards 2020 82 ased in Tunbridge Wells and Hastings, LG Contractors offers a complete servicing package designed to execute everything from responsive road repairs to planned road servicing. Equipped with a cutting-edge fleet of plant and equipment, LG Contractors is available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, always ready to carry out their services that have been accredited and approved by bodies and organisations such as Checkatrade. Although based in the south of England, LG Contractors is able to provide surveying services and surface recommendations for projects on sites across the entirety of the UK. Specialising in tarmacadam, asphalt surfacing, block paving, complete concrete works, drainage and site levelling, LG Contractors also provides competitive services in drives, car parks, footpaths and forecourts for domestic customers, as well as services for local authority contracts. Renowned for their versatility and technical skills, the team at LG Contractors are all fully insured and CITB, CSCS and Best Road Surfacing & Repair Specialists 2020 - South East England LG Contractors pride themselves on providing complete road surfacing services that are well-reputed for exceeding expectations. Based in Tunbridge Wells and Hastings, but operating all across the UK, LG Contractors’ team of professional and experienced experts are committed to providing the highest standards of customer care and competitive services for commercial, public and domestic clients, regardless of the scale of the project. As the firm celebrates success at the Construction and Engineering Awards 2020, we went to find out a little more. B Sep20438 EXOR accredited contractors, who are committed to delivering excellent service and high standards in every finished product. Creating tarmac driveways built to provide durability, using asphalt technology that enables total versatility and building surfaces that require minimal maintenance, LG Contractors is committed to providing sustainable and complete road surfacing solutions for its broad spectrum of clients. However, as the firm principally works on highways contracts, they have felt the impacts of the shortage of government funding for local authorities, making it difficult to maintain highways both now and in the future. Fortunately, due to a prosperous collaboration with Kier Highways that has been developing over almost a decade, LG Contractors remains optimistic about the future. Over the last eight years, LG Contractors has built a strong professional relationship with Keir Highways which has led to LG Contractors becoming the Supply Chain to the firm in the Royal Kingston upon Thames Lohac Contract. This has provided an excellent boost to the visibility and business activity of LG Contractors, and is a partnership that the firm is keen to continue strengthening over the years ahead. However, prosperous collaborations such as this would not be possible without the exceptional reputation that the team behind LG Contractors has cultivated over the years. All LG Contractor operatives are supported as if they were family, guaranteeing them a safe and healthy working environment and encouraging their development through regular and rigorous training and this shines through the LG Contractors brand. With combined industry experience across the workforce that exceeds five hundred years, it is unsurprising that the determination and well-curated industry knowledge has gained LG Contractors and its team well-deserved success and recognition in this year’s Construction and Engineering Awards. Contact: Lewis Gillam Company: LG Contractors Ltd Web Address: www.lgcltd.co.uk Most Trusted Building Services Provider 2020 - North Yorkshire ituated in Stokesley, North Yorkshire, Barry Shaw & Son Building has established its reputation as a family-run business committed to reliable and high- quality building and construction services. The firm was established and is managed by Barry Shaw, who began his career in the building trade when he has fifteen and has since accumulated over fifty years of experience in the industry as a foreman, site manager and building control and planner. Today, Barry is assisted by his son, Richard, and together they provide a prompt and professional service, with all of their work fully guaranteed. Key to the delivery of an exceptional project that exceeds a client’s expectations is good communication and flexibility. Barry and Richard take pride in their ability to understand a client’s dream and realise their vision. Whether they are a hanging a door, fitting a kitchen or bathroom or completing a full renovation or new build, requiring the application of planning and building applications and project management, Barry Shaw & Son is always committed to delivering quality workmanship and customer service of an exceptional standard. This was employed in a recent and particularly notable project taken on by the firm in a national park, which comprised of the bespoke construction and construction of an enormous barn and outbuilding that had been in a terrible state of disrepair. The construction process included putting in handmade solid oak trusses and a swimming pool, all of which was overseen by Barry Shaw & Son, who project managed the entire construction. The job ran smoothly from start to finish and saw the cohesive coordination of a variety of trades and suppliers. It was a monumental project, but one that earned Barry Shaw & Son the top prize in the North York Moors National Park Authority Design Award. The excellent skills, knowledge and professional outlook employed by Barry and his team have been recognised repeatedly by an abundance of positive feedback and referrals, predominantly in the completion of sixty-two jobs on Checkatrade that have gained the company a 10/10 rating across all four sectors of assessment. After fifty years in the building trades sector, Barry is still aware of the evolving trends in the industry and is now seeing a development in the way people are adapting their living spaces as a result of the pandemic and resultant national lockdowns. This has led to a lot of internal structural work and renovations, and the increased demand for the construction of one-off garden offices has presented Barry and his team with the opportunity to expand into the manufacturing specialism, a development which Barry had been eager to move towards for some time. Consequently, Barry and his team are looking forward to bright future with a positive outlook. With their continued commitment to delivering reliable and high-quality service to every one of their clients, Barry & Son Building undoubtedly has many more years of exciting building and construction projects ahead. Contact: Barry Shaw Company: Barry Shaw and Son Building Limited Web Address: www.barryshawbuilding.co.uk S For Barry Shaw and his son Richard, building services are not just a job, they are a family tradition. Barry Shaw & Son Building boasts over fifty years of experience in the building trade, from which they have distilled knowledge and insights to create an award-winning firm with a reputation for quality and reliability. We dug a little deeper to find out more about this remarkable family-run building enterprise. Sep20694