by Sarah Topping | Jun 21, 2022 | Awards, News
Following our success at last year’s North West Regional Construction Awards, we are delighted to confirm that we have been shortlisted in 7 categories across our Construction, Property, and Highways businesses. These are: 🏆 Contractor of the Year – Kier Construction 🏆 Client of the Year – Knowsley Council 🏆 People Development – Kier Construction 🏆 Liverpool Sub-Regional Project of the Year – Shakespeare North Playhouse 🏆 Manchester Sub-Regional Project of the Year – 11 York Street 🏆 Health, Safety & Wellbeing Award – Windy Harbour, Kier Highways 🏆 Net Zero – Windy Harbour, Kier Highways This year is the sixteenth North West Regional Construction Awards and it is the most significant celebration of best practice and best value in the North West and the only event of its kind that connects every single discipline of construction working towards a sustainable built...
by Sarah Topping | Jun 14, 2022 | Awards, News, Project Information
We are delighted to confirm that we have been shortlisted in four cateogries at this year’s Constructing Excellence Yorkshire & Humber Awards. They are: Newmarket House, LeedsBuilding Project of the Year Leeds City CouncilClient of the Year Kier GroupDiversity and Inclusion York St John University, Creative CentreBuilding project of the year Held every year in July, the Constructing Excellence Yorkshire and Humber Awards focus attention on some of the most important issues in the construction sector. They recognise the very best companies, collaborations and projects sharing best practice and inspiring others to adopt new and better ways of working that deliver outstanding results. From all those entrants the judges select the very best projects, schemes and teams to go forward to represent the Yorkshire and Humber region at the national Constructing Excellence Awards in...
by Sarah Topping | Jun 14, 2022 | Awards, News
We are delighted to confirm that Rhys Brown, Senior Site Manager in our North & Scotland business was successful at this year’s Pride of Kier Awards where he won the ‘One to Watch’ category. L-R Liam Cummins, Helen Redfern and Rhys Brown Designed to recognise the best of the best, the awards will celebrate the commitment, pride, and passion of our people. Rhys’ nomination praised his consistently high level of commitment and determination to successfully handover a range of construction projects, from healthcare to residential. His reliability and track record have seen him work on some of his region’s most high-profile schemes. Rhys is an advocate of the digital revolution and has taken a lead role on the change of IT platforms used during the day-to-day running of the projects he works on,. He supports those who are less comfortable with the technology, which has led to increased productivity and reduced health and safety concerns. During his final year at university, Rhys worked on-site while studying full-time and used projects he was involved in to craft his dissertation topic, receiving 80% and graduating with first class honours. On his win, Rhys said: “Thank you for the North East office for the nomination at this year’s Pride of Kier Awards. It has been an extremely busy period over the last few years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so to represent the business at the awards was an honour and was nice to finally have the opportunity to meet work colleagues from across the wider business unit. It was also good to follow in the footsteps of Alex Taylor winning the...
by Sarah Topping | Jun 13, 2022 | Awards, News, Project Information
We are delighted to confirm that we picked up 4 awards at the recent Design In Mental Health Awards 2022 for our work delivering Rowan View Medium Secure Unit for Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. Rowan View provides class-leading medium secure mental health facilities in Liverpool. This 123-bed, mental illness, and learning disabilities medium secure facility was procured through the P21+ framework. In partnership with IBI Group Architects, we took away the awards for the following categories: We were also highly commended in the Project of the Year (New Build) category. Find out more about Rowan View...
by Sarah Topping | May 17, 2022 | Awards, News
We are delighted to confirm that Kier have been shortlisted at this year’s Downtown In Business City of Manchester Awards in two categories: Kier Construction Category : Contractor of the Year Christie Commins Category : BDM / salesperson of the Year The City of Manchester Business Awards (COMBA) was established by Downtown Manchester in 2010 to acknowledge and celebrate companies and entrepreneurs that have made a successful and significant contribution to economic growth in the city region. If you would like to vote for us in either category, please click...
by Sarah Topping | Apr 5, 2022 | Awards, News, Project Information
We are delighted to confirm that our project for Flintshire County Council, Queensferry Learning Campus, has been shortlisted in two categories at this years Constructing Excellence Wales Awards. They are: The project created a new Pupil Referral Unit known as Plas Derwen, a single storey community hub, a new community primary school hall, kitchen and main entrance area. In addition to the new and remodelled buildings, the project had associated landscaping works, including the rerouting of the public footpath through the new campus to enable the primary school direct access to their playing fields. The Constructing Excellence in Wales awards are recognised across the Welsh built environment as the biggest and brightest celebration of best practice in Wales. Winners will be announced at the awards ceremony taking place on Friday 17th June in...
