Paul Marlow, a construction manager at McAleer & Rushe, was crowned Construction Manager of the Year 2016 at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel yesterday (September 15) in a night dominated by winners from family owned firms.
He was awarded his prize for the £29m project to build a 14-storey student block with 759 student flats for Unite Students. The block at Angel Lane in Stratford was completed in 80 weeks.
Marlow, from County Tyrone Northern Ireland, who won the Residential Over Seven Storeys category before being chosen from the 11 category winners for the overall title, said he was shocked and speechless to win the award and paid tribute to his team and the CIOB. He delivered the Angel Lane project on time and on budget despite the start being delayed by two months due to land issues. Marlow radically revised the building strategy to save two months from the programme.
Marlow’s McAleer & Rushe colleague Ciaran Tiffney won the category for Seven Storeys and Under. It is the first time the Northern Irish company has won an award.
Other family firms, Willmott Dixon, Wates and Sir Robert McAlpine, each won two categories apiece (see below) from the 86 finalists.
Paul Nash, CIOB president, who spoke at the event packed with 800 people, said: “To be a CMYA finalist is a fantastic achievement and will stay with you for the rest of your life.”
Chris Blythe, chief executive at the CIOB, commented: “This has been another extraordinary year for CMYA. In every category we have seen project managers of all ages delivering exceptional projects, mastering multiple challenges, and achieving world-class quality with exemplary leadership skills.
“It’s the first year that we have seen the use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) from the conception to completion of many projects. This is an important milestone in the evolution of our industry, indicating the increasing complexity and sophistication of built environment work and the pivotal role that construction managers play within project teams.
“Congratulations to Paul and all our finalists and medallists. You are taking our industry to the next level.”
The full list of winners are:
New build & refurbishment over £36m
- Gold: James Williams, Mace, for the construction of a 15-storey office block,12-14 New Fetter Lane, London.
- Silver: Paul Fowles, Kier Construction, for the Princess Royal Grandstand at Cheltenham Racecourse.
New build & refurbishment £20-£36m
- Gold: John Cole, Sir Robert McAlpine, for the Grande, Aberdeen, an eight storey office and 12-level car park.
- Silver: Anthony Mitchell, ISG, for TPP headquarters, a four-storey office building in Leeds.
New build & refurbishment £14-20m
- Gold: Mark Pitman, Willmott Dixon Construction, for the Fusion Building,Poole a four-storey campus
- Silver: Tim Green, Simons Construction, for Private Patients Unit, Nuffield Hospital Cambridge
New build & refurbishment £10-14m
- Gold: David Norman, Wates Construction, for refurbishment of Dowty Propellers industrial facility, Mitcheldean Gloucestershire
- Silver: Matt Bidewell, Morgan Sindall, construction of nine-storey student complex, All Saints Green Norwich
New build & refurbishment £7-10m
- Gold: Mike Walmsley, Willmott Dixon Construction, for Royton Leisure Centre Oldham
- Silver: Jim Wilson, Morgan Sindall, for Laidsland Primary School, East-Dunbartonshire
New build & refurbishment £5-£7m
- Gold: Alan May, Sir Robert McAlpine, for a two storey office block, OneSubsea
- Silver: Mark Wolverson, Willmott Dixon Construction, for St Matthews Primary School Plymouth
New build & refurbishment £3-5m
- Gold: Rakesh Chavda ICIOB, VolkerFitzpatrick, for the construction of offices over six storeys behind retained facade at 41 Welbeck Street.
- Silver: Leigh Bennett, Interserve Construction, for the refurbishment & extension of Longley Centre in Northern General Hospital Sheffield.
New build & refurbishment £0-3m
- Gold: Mark Penny ICIOB, ISG, for the new school project Lulworth & Winfith Primary School, Wareham Dorset
- Silver: Peter Griffiths, Coniston, for the refurbishment of Epping Forest District Museum at Waltham Abbey.
Residential 7 storeys and under
- Gold: Ciaran Tiffney ICIOB, McAleer & Rushe Contracts, for 24 apartments in a seven-storey block in central London.
- Silver: Lawrence Baxter MCIOB, Wates Group, for Phase 1 of brownfield regeneration and delivering 324 homes in Kent.
Residential over 7 storeys
- Gold: Paul Marlow, McAleer & Rushe Contracts, for construction of Unite Angel Lane, Stratford. A student tower block for 759 students.
- Silver: David Roswell MCIOB, Wates Group, for Pure Aldgate, a 19-storey student accommodation in Aldgate London.
Restoration
- Gold: Vince Finnegan, Wates Construction, for refurbishment of the 17th Century facilities in a Grade 1-listed building at Royal Hospital Chelsea.
- Silver: David Packham MCIOB, BAM Construct UK for restoration of The German Gymnasium, the restoration of Victorian building including extensive work to the roof.
