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Winner: GBE – Bringing digital tools to the workface Mechanical and electrical contractor GBE said it aims to integrate the latest digital technologies into its processes to improve both safety and productivity. In particular, it said its digital-twin approach enables rich collaboration with other trades, “giving ownership to the site…

Winner: Eave with Galliford Try Highways – Eave hearing protection system Eave aims to tackle “an epidemic” of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) in the construction sector, where as many as 14 per cent of the workforce suffers with hearing difficulties. The debilitating effects not only harm the sufferers directly but…

Winner: Freedom – POC-MAST Freedom’s point-of-connection mast (POC-MAST) promises to improve safety while both speeding up and cutting the cost of connecting to the high-voltage electricity grid. “We liked it for being safer, less costly and more efficient, with environmental benefits due to less concrete, and evidence of continued innovation…

Winner: Kier – HMP Five Wells The £253m HMP Five Wells project will deliver 1,680 new prison places, as part of the Ministry of Justice’s aim to modernise the prison estate, to make it more efficient, safer and better focused on rehabilitation. A core goal is to optimise design, procurement,…

Winner: DGP Logistics DGP Logistics employs just over 100 people, representing 22 nationalities and 20 different ethnic groups. In 2018, it set out to improve its gender diversity, aiming to increase female representation by 50 per cent within three years, but actually achieved a 77 per cent improvement in two.…

Winner: Sabre Jetting Services Hydro-demolition specialist Sabre Jetting Services says its commitment to learning and development is not limited to legal requirements and technical training, but also encompasses “soft skills, leadership and mental health awareness”. “Sabre has gone beyond all expectations. It has developed a training and development programme for…

Winner: OFR Consultants Focused on fire safety, OFR Consultants has grown strongly since its inception in 2016. The employee-owned business now lists 84 on its roster, and has delivered work for NHS Nightingale hospitals, Google, the All England Lawn Tennis Club, and the Antarctic Research Centre, among others. “The firm…

Winner: Galliford Try Infrastructure - Highways – A46 Anstey Lane widening The A46 Anstey Lane project saw no accidents or safety incidents of any kind across 93,000 hours worked. Contractor Galliford Try also said it scored highly in client satisfaction, with Midlands Highways Alliance (MHA) awarding an overall survey score…

Winner: Fortel Group Fortel Group took a determined approach to the health and safety challenges of COVID-19, very rapidly assembling a toolkit of help and advice on its website in the early days of the pandemic. “The toolkit enabled us to share constantly updated critical information to our dispersed workforce,”…

Winner: TopHat – Low Carbon Homes TopHat said its White Road project for Medway Council represented a showcase of what can be delivered using offsite construction, with the project’s 20 homes accounting for less embodied carbon than one traditionally built home. Once occupied, each of the houses should deliver a…