LABC Building Excellence Awards 2022 winner: Public Service Superstar

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 Public Service Superstar Award is Dawn Whamond from Sussex Building Control.

Dawn has been in the construction industry for 22 years and is a Technical Support Officer with Sussex Building Control. Dawn really is the epitome of a public sector superstar, balancing team, IT, partners, and customer priorities whilst maintaining a strong eye for detail. With recent restructures, Dawn has stepped up to fill gaps and support the team. She has been instrumental in improving both culture and operations and is described by her colleagues as the backbone of the business - dedicated, reliable and a champion for local authority building control, ensuring customers are at the heart of their service in practice. 

Congratulating Dawn on her success, Lorna Stimpson, LABC Chief Executive said,