LABC honours 'superstars' (2016)

Thirteen employees of local authority building control teams in England & Wales have won the LABC Superstar Awards. These outstanding individuals were nominated by their own work colleagues because they always go the extra mile to support their customers, protect the public or improve their departments’ performance.

A winner was chosen for each of LABC’s regions and Wales by a judging panel including external building industry experts.

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Chair of the judging panel Marcus Jefford, Operations & Marketing Director at Saint-Gobain’s Greenworks, commented: “I really appreciate the efforts of building control people to deliver a good service. I see similarities in my own business world working in one of the UK’s largest builders’ merchants operations, where we have thousands of people delivering excellent service to customers, either face-to-face or supporting the many added value services we provide to builders. I was amazed by the scope and depth of work carried out by building control and we saw many examples of great work by individuals covering, training, emergencies and danger to the public, consumer protection and everyday support for good builders, architects, developers and property owners. It certainly helped me to see local authority building control in a new light.”

Speaking at the awards ceremony at the Leicester Marriott Hotel, LABC Managing Director Phil Hammond said: “We have some fantastic people in the LABC network who frequently do far more than their job description demands. We’re in the frontline during floods and emergencies and we really care about public service and public protection. We also have our everyday work of helping the construction industry, builders, architects, agents and developers to create high quality buildings. This work is largely invisible and local authorities don’t have many ways to recognise their own Superstars. So we thought we’d say ‘thank you’ and recognise the best.”

The 13 Superstar winners

North West - Wayne Timperley, Manchester City Council

Central - Trevor Clements, East Herts District Council

East Anglia - Ian Boulton, Cambridge City Council

East Midlands - Steve Costall, Harborough District Council

London - Julian Tanton, City of Westminster Council

Northern - Bill Richards, South Tyneside

South East - Sue Daly, Tandridge District Council

South West - Terry Lunt, Tri Council Partnership

Wales - Hayley Williams and Rebecca Witcomb, Powys Building Standards Consultancy

West Midlands - Melanie Davies, Shropshire Council

West of England - Geoffrey Charles Harrison, Herefordshire Council

Yorkshire - Les Chapman, North Yorkshire Building Control Partnership

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2016 LABC Superstar Awards Winners

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Trever Clements - Superstar Winner - Central	Ian Boulton - Superstar Winner - East Anglia
Steve Costall - Superstar Winner - East Midlands	Julian Tanton - Superstar Winner - London
Bill Richards - Superstar Winner - Northern Region	Wayne Timperly - Superstar Winner - North West
Terry Lunt - Superstar Winner - South West	Sue Daly - Superstar Winner - South East
Hayley Williams and Rebecca Witcomb Superstar Winners - Wales	Geoffrey Harrison - Superstar Winner - West of England
Melanie Davies (collected by Andrew Dunning) Superstar Winner - West Midlands	Les Chapman - Superstar Winner - Yorkshire