LABC South East Winners & Highly Commended 2024

Meet the Winners...

Winner: Best Residential Extension

Paddock Way, Oxted

• Project Team: Ross Bowditch, Darren Edwards, Hyde Builders
• Local Authority: Southern Building Control Partnership

Winner: Best Residential Conversion or Alteration to an Existing Home

Old Rectory Lane, West Sussex

• Project Team: Folkes Architects, Fernpark Ltd, Gartenart Swimming Ponds, McCarey Simmonds Consulting Civil & Structural Engineers
• Local Authority: Sussex Building Control

Winner: Best Residential Conversion to a Single New Home

Frant Road, Kent

• Project Team: OPEN Architecture, Full Works Projects, Colin Long
• Local Authority: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council

Winner: Best Individual New Home

Shawfield House, Hampshire

• Project Team: Whiterok Ltd, Perry Champion
• Local Authority: Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council

Winner: Best Residential & Small Commercial Designer

Zachary Stephens, ZJS Architectural Design

• Local Authority: Hart & Rushmoor Building Control Partnership

Winner: Best Residential & Small Commercial Builder

Trevor Harman, Barclay Developments (UK) Ltd

• Local Authority: Sussex Building Control

Winner: Construction Specialist of the Year

Colin Coulthard, Sunninghill Construction Co Ltd

• Local Authority: Sussex Building Control

Winner: Best Small New Housing Development 

The Paddocks, Bramley

• Project Team: Castlethorpe Homes Ltd, Ridge & Partners
• Local Authority: Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council

Winner: Best Medium Volume New Housing Development 

Parkgate House, Warlingham

• Project Team: Kempton Homes Southern Ltd, OPEN Architecture, Open Engineering
• Local Authority: Southern Building Control Partnership

Winner: Best High Volume New Housing Development

Hartland Village Phase 1, Farnborough

• Project Team: St Edward Homes Ltd, A&Q Partnership
• Local Authority: Hart & Rushmoor Building Control Partnership

Winner: Best Small Social Housing Development 

Albion Street, West Sussex

• Project Team: Cityzen Ltd, Cheesmur Building Contractors, Adur Homes (Adur & Worthing Council), MGAC, QED Structures
• Local Authority: Adur & Worthing Building Control Partnership

Winner: Best Large Social Housing Development 

Former Colt Industrial Estate, Havant

• Project Team: MH Architects Ltd, Vistry Countryside Partnerships Southern (formerly Drew Smith), VIVID Housing Ltd, Southampton & Eastleigh Building Control Partnership
• Local Authority: Havant Borough Council

Winner: LABC Site Manager of the Year

Damian Gray, Berkeley Group

• Local Authority: Hart & Rushmoor Building Control Partnership

Winner: Best Non-residential Extension, Alteration or Conversion

Long Man Inn', Wilmington

• Project Team: DK Architects, Colin Smith, PG Build, HT Partnership LLP
• Local Authority: East Sussex Building Control Partnership

Winner: Best Non-residential New Build

St James Industrial Estate, Chichester

• Project Team: BAQUS Construction & Property Consultancy, Mildren Construction Ltd, RH Partnership Architects, ITD Consultants
• Local Authority: Chichester District Council

Winner: Best Public or Community Building

West Sussex Fire Station & Training Centre (Platinum House), West Sussex

• Local Authority: Sussex Building Control

Winner: Public Service Superstar

Roz Mothe, Sussex Building Control

Winner: Best Partnership with a Local Authority Building Control Team

APM Walker Construction with Sussex Building Control

Winner: LABC Newcomer of the Year

Charlie Nell, Sussex Building Control

Meet the Highly Commended...

Highly Commended: Best High Volume New Housing Development 

Argentum, Hove

• Project Team: Trinity Homes (UK) Ltd, ECE Architecture Ltd, Cayuga Homes
• Local Authority: Brighton & Hove City Council

Highly Commended: Best Partnership with a Local Authority Building Control Team

ZJS Architectural Design with Hart & Rushmoor Building Control Partnership

Again, congratulations all, and please feel free to spread your success far and wide by sharing the winners' page or YouTube URLs and if you're adding them on social media don't forget to use #LABCawards and @labcuk!

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