LABC Building Excellence Awards 2022 winner: Best Purpose-Built Accommodation

More than 850 leading construction industry figures attended the LABC Building Excellence Awards at the Westminster Park Plaza Hotel to celebrate best practice, quality, and exemplary standards in construction.

The LABC Building Excellence Awards focus on professional skills and competence, as well as projects, with categories for ‘People’ and ‘Places.’

A panel of industry experts judged a selection of the highest quality projects, professionals, and teams from around England and Wales to showcase solutions to complex technical or construction issues, site constraints and technical innovation. The awards highlight the vital contribution public sector building control teams make as part of the project team, ensuring safe, sustainable, and high-quality construction projects. 

LABC is delighted to announce that the winner of the Best Purpose-Built Accommodation is Havelock Place, North Tyneside. The project was designed by Shadbolt Group and built by Brims Construction. The client was Northumberland Estates Ltd with Age UK.

This development is a new build specialist health-care facility providing residential care and supported living accommodation for those with dementia and early-onset dementia. It comprises two bungalows, 36 self-contained one and two-person apartments for supported living and communal activity spaces with lounge areas, a dining room, and quiet rooms with a visitor apartment.

The development is surrounded by a range of stunning outdoor areas, with a mix of seating, activity, and sensory planting areas. Numerous design constraints had to be overcome, including blending in with existing residential properties and providing access and facilities for the fire service, and Part L requirements were exceeded. The long-running LABC partnership with South Tyneside Council and the inspection team from North Tyneside helped to ensure excellent communications at all stages of the project, including pre-application advice.

Congratulating the whole team on their success, Lorna Stimpson, LABC Chief Executive said.