2024 Winners
CONGRATULATIONS to the 2024 Offsite Awards Winners – see below
WINNER OF WINNERS
Sponsored by: Build Offsite
Stelling Properties – Haileybury SciTech
Stelling Properties take on a different offsite build, on a restricted site where volumetric modular construction isn’t ordinarily considered as a solution. The project is in a prime position on Southampton High Street and will revive an historic building. The part listed building, was once home to the Bank of England and it’s striking façade and basement vaults will remain in place, paying homage to the original building which will be brought back to life with MMC.
ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by: MTX Contracts
Bond Bryan Architects – Kitchener Barracks
Transformational regeneration scheme at an iconic site with a rich military heritage in Chatham, Medway. Delivering a range of 2,3, 4 and 5-bed homes of varying typologies spanning houses and apartments as part of a 302-home scheme, including private and affordable homes, set within an extensive new public realm. The heritage features of the site combine with modern design-led homes to create a thriving wellbeing-focussed neighbourhood.
PCE – HMP Millsike
Large-scale DfMA solution delivered by PCE’s proven Systemised Build Solution, Secure Prison. Having become the blueprint for success across the New Prison Programme, Secure Prison brings the assurance, consistency, and quality of platform-DfMA. HMP Millsike exemplifies the efficiency and value of PCE’s platform delivery, but the sustainability and social values considerations, too. HMP Millsike utilised significant embodied carbon reduction, whilst supporting effective prisoner rehabilitation.
BEST USE OF HYBRID TECHNOLOGY
Sponsored by: Aquarian Cladding
MTX Contracts – Northwick Park Hospital – Multi-Platform Rooftop A&E Expansion
This project saw the creation of a compliant 32-bed short-stay ward above London’s busiest A&E department at Northwick Park Hospital London, in one of the most complex build programmes ever undertaken by MTX to date. The challenging location in the middle of a busy hospital site required the use of one of Europe’s heaviest lifting tower cranes to install the multi-platform MMC build. The dedication of the entire MTX team ensured safe delivery in record time, with minimal operational disruption.
BEST USE OF MEP & POD TECHNOLOGY
Sponsored by: Pipekit
SES Engineering Services – AESC UK
SES Engineering Services (SES) were appointed to deliver specialist MEP services at one of the UK’s largest and most complex projects, AESC’s £450m car battery ‘gigafactory’, Sunderland. Working in partnership with Wates, and harnessing the expertise of its offsite manufacturing facility Prism, SES has set a new benchmark for the future of large scale projects, showcasing the very best of MMC and offsite manufacturing principles. In many aspects it has delivered a series of industry ‘firsts’.
BEST USE OF STEEL TECHNOLOGY
Sponsored by: Steel Construction Institute (SCI)
Metek – Heaps Mill, Park Lane, Liverpool
This 10-storey project is 9 storeys of LGSF on a GF podium by others with a GIFA of 4,530m2 to create a 104 Apartment Residential building. Built on the site of the Grade 2 Listed Heaps Mill on Liverpool’s waterfront, this brand-new residential development in Liverpool will offer luxury accommodation and five-star onsite facilities by our client, Legacie. The relatively small footprint made this a challenging project to design in terms of bracing and stability for our in-house Engineering team.
BEST USE OF TIMBER TECHNOLOGY
Sponsored by: Structural Timber Association (STA)
B&K Structures, dRMM, Arup & Stora Enso – WorkStack, Charlton
Drawing inspiration from a ‘log-stack’, Charlton WorkStack breaks the mould of ubiquitous ‘tin-shack’ industrial units. The overlapping, cantilevering workspaces – progressively increasing in size – utilise the lightweight strength of CLT to create much-needed workspace on a reduced and compact urban site. Innovative, flexible, and commercially successful, the project is a trailblazer for re-industrialising our cities and is the UK’s first light industrial building of its type and scale.
BEST USE OF VOLUMETRIC TECHNOLOGY
Sponsored by: The Modular and Portable Building Association (MPBA)
Stelling Properties – 31 High Street, Southampton
Stelling Properties take on a different offsite build, on a restricted site where volumetric modular construction isn’t ordinarily considered as a solution. The project is in a prime position on Southampton High Street and will revive an historic building. The part listed building, was once home to the Bank of England and it’s striking façade and basement vaults will remain in place, paying homage to the original building which will be brought back to life with MMC.
BUILDING PERFORMANCE PIONEER
Sponsored by: Aalter – Automated design solutions
Engenuiti, Holmes Miller Architects, KLH UK & Rolton Group – Buntingford First School
Buntingford First School provides space for over 330 pupils and is Hertfordshire County Council’s first net zero school building. The low embodied carbon of the CLT & glulam frame is offset using gold partners, and the full Passivhaus design minimises the operational energy required from the on-site renewable energy sources. Alongside the impressive sustainability credentials, the school delivers high-end teaching spaces, including a rooftop classroom and a ‘forest school’.
CLIENT OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by: Stelling Properties
Ministry of Justice – HMP Fosse Way
HMP Fosse Way, a 1955 No male prison in Leicestershire which is part of the government’s £4 billion prison construction programme. This new prison commenced during the COVID 19 pandemic amidst the unprecedented national disruption to the country since World War 2. This successful constructed Lendlease project was delivered with with a safety record of zero critical incidents while achieving over 3.6 million hours worked without a safety critical incident.
COMMERCIAL PROJECT OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by: Leviat
B&K Structures, AKT II, Stiff & Trevillion, Stora Enso & Knight Harwood – Arding & Hobbs
Sensitively adding an elegant 20,000sq ft extension on top of a meticulously restored 1910 department store, the redevelopment of Arding & Hobbs has won wide acclaim for breathing new life into a once run-down Grade II listed building. Adding a new, spacious, light-filled pavilion, it has achieved a BREEAM Excellent rating, and showcases how a hybrid mass timber-steel solution can help clients meet modern standards of sustainability while reinvigorating historic buildings for the 21st century.
CONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by: Xpedeon
Kier – HMP Millsike
Kier is using BIM and digital techniques to achieve better, faster, and greener delivery of this new £400m prison for the MoJ. Maximising offsite construction, we have:
• Increased efficiency of the build by federating multiple designs into a single model
• Validated millions of data points in the model to optimise performance in use
• Digitally tracked all design issues for effective resolution, saving time onsite
• Saved costs and carbon by introducing real-time offsite component tracking
BIM/DIGITAL CONSTRUCTION AWARD
Sponsored by: hsbcad
Kier and Ministry of Justice – HMP Millsike
Kier is using BIM and digital techniques to achieve better, faster, and greener delivery of this new £400m prison for the MoJ. Maximising offsite construction, we have:
• Increased efficiency of the build by federating multiple designs into a single model
• Validated millions of data points in the model to optimise performance in use
• Digitally tracked all design issues for effective resolution, saving time onsite
• Saved costs and carbon by introducing real-time offsite component tracking
ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by: Frameclad
MJH Structural Engineers – College Road, Croydon
College Road is one of the most advanced offsite buildings ever constructed, standing 50 stories and 163m tall, in Croydon, South London by Tide and Vision. There are 2 connected towers in the project, a 35-storey tower providing 120 homes and a taller 50 storey tower providing 817 co living homes and seven floors of amenity spaces. At 163m tall, the taller tower surpasses its sister project 101 George Street, becoming the tallest steel volumetric building in the world.
HEALTHCARE PROJECT OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by: The Modular and Portable Building Association (MPBA)
MTX Contracts – Clatterbridge Hospital – The Cheshire and Merseyside Surgical Hub and Community Diagnostic Centre
This project consisted of a ground-breaking 3-phase development to the south east corner of Clatterbridge Hospital. The project included 4 new Ultraclean theatres, 18 first stage recovery beds, a CT scanner, MRI scanner, staff accommodation and ancillary spaces. This transformative project was completed in just over 2 years, from conception stage to handover. According to NHSI, this is the quickest construction of twin theatres delivered under the NHS TIF Funding programme.
INSTALLER OF THE YEAR
VKE Contractors – Town Quays Development – Block A
Town Quays represents the southern segment of the expansive Abbey Park development in Barking, bordered by Abbey Road, Town Quay/Highbridge Road, and facing the River Roding. VKE was appointed by Weston Homes as the groundworks and superstructure contractor for Block A of this prestigious scheme. The project culminated in an 11-storey building, delivering 62 affordable housing units to Barking & Dagenham Council on a ‘turnkey’ basis.
INTERNATIONAL PROJECT OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by: MMC Ireland
SUMMARY – 4 Modular Kindergartens in Lisbon
In this project, the studio explored for the first time a three-dimensional prefabricated and modular system based on U-shaped reinforced concrete pieces, which are grouped and overlapped according to the program’s needs. This system allowed for a significant acceleration of the construction process: in just 13 months, these 4 kindergartens were simultaneously built in different locations across the city of Lisbon.
OFFSITE PIONEER OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by: Lucideon
Robert Hairstans, Centre for Advanced Timber Technology (NMITE) and Edinburgh Napier University –
Timber Offsite Research and Education
Robert is a professor of offsite and industrialised construction at Edinburgh Napier University and the founding Director of the Centre for Advanced Timber Technologies at NMITE. He has led pioneering research into industrialised timber and offsite construction solutions and developed multiple innovative products which has led to significant knowledge exchange with hundreds of industry and public sector stakeholders. Impact from research/education has led to a number of award-winning projects.
PRIVATE HOUSING PROJECT OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by: Cladmate
Citu – Stãll
Stãll is located just on the outskirts of Leeds city centre and has been meticulously
designed to embrace the beauty of the surrounding natural landscape. It is made up of 50 new homes including, four-bedroom canal side townhouses and a mixture of 25, one- and two-bedroom apartments. Nestled alongside the tranquil Leeds and Liverpool canal and surrounded by lush greenery, it’s easy to forget that you’re only a short distance from Leeds city centre and the amenities of Kirkstall.
PRODUCT INNOVATION AWARD
Sponsored by: Combilift
Stelling Properties in collaboration with Aalter.ai – The Stelling Properties Building Configurator
Introducing Stelling Properties Building Configurator, a ground-breaking collaboration between Stelling and Aalter.ai technologies. This innovative tool has been adapted to Stelling’s unique product offering, allowing designers to automate early design stages, optimising design options with real-time data and rendering. By drastically reducing project time costs, it empowers faster, smarter decision-making. This cutting-edge solution showcases the power of automation in transforming the industry.
PROJECT/ CONSTRUCTION MANAGER OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by: Saint-Gobain
Peter Skinner – Wilberforce Consulting – Bridge Court, Desborough Road, High Wycombe
Bridge Court in High Wycombe proposes to find a swift solution to the temporary housing and refugee crisis with 58 modular homes. The scheme shows that Rapid Offsite construction can not only offer speed to a sector in urgent need, but can also be a model for high quality, energy efficient homes and be a vehicle for social impact. It offers a positive living environment for those most vulnerable and creates a path that will allow them to integrate back into society.
RETAIL/LEISURE PROJECT OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by: Cogent Consulting – Offsite Experts
Armadilla – Knock Shrine Accommodation Pods
Armadilla started working with Roman Catholic pilgrimage site Knock Shrine in 2022 and this year we have delivered the initial phase of nine of our iconic pods. With over 1.5 million visitors every year the shrine attracts school and other groups and with our pods can now offer stunning, modern and sustainable accommodation on site to further augment an already inspiring and contemplative attraction.
SOCIAL HOUSING PROJECT OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by: BeA
Royal Borough of Greenwich – Gilbourne Road
Gilbourne Road is a development of 15 zero carbon council homes, including one wheelchair-adapted home. The units range from one-bedroom to three-bedrooms in size, and the scheme provides a mix of apartments and houses. The development is built on an area of under-utilised, council-owned land, and the scheme is 100% social rent for people on the Royal Borough of Greenwich housing register. This scheme is part of our Greenwich Builds programme to create 1,750 council homes across the borough.
EDUCATION PROJECT OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by: Smart Architectural Aluminium
B&K Structures, Hopkins, Engenuiti, Integral Engineering Design, Stora Enso & Kier – Haileybury SciTech
Haileybury’s new SciTech Centre aims to unify the existing campus and promote connectivity between STEM disciplines. The first establishment in Europe to engage with Stanford University’s Stan-X research programme, it features state-of-the-art laboratories, IT and robotics suites, and 20 inter-connected seminar spaces. An exemplar of timber construction, this unique Education facility has doubled the size of the school’s previous provision while supporting their Net Zero sustainability goals.
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Best Use of Steel Technology
British Offsite – Abbey Quay, Barking, Weston Homes
Abbey Quay is a new landmark address fronting directly onto the River Roding, providing luxurious 1, 2 & 3 bedroom apartments within a waterfront urban village in the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham, with over 1,000 new homes. This scheme uses UNisystemSFS the most technically advanced, light gauge steel panel systems in the marketplace.
Education Project of the Year
SES Engineering Services – Life and Mind Building (LaMB)
The University of Oxford’s Life and Mind Building is the largest building project ever undertaken at this world-renowned campus. The 25,000 sq m site will house a world-class facility for 800 students and 1,200 researchers, creating a future-proof space for psychological and biological science.
SES boasts a rich 65-year history delivering engineering excellence. Partnering with Wates, SES has brought a forward-thinking approach and pioneering design and manufacture to this innovative build.
Private Housing Project of the Year
Bond Bryan & Tophat – Kitchener Barracks
Transformational regeneration scheme at an iconic site with a rich military heritage in Chatham, Medway. Delivering a range of 2,3, 4 and 5-bed homes of varying typologies spanning houses and apartments as part of a 302-home scheme, including private and affordable homes, set within an extensive new public realm. The heritage features of the site combine with modern design-led homes to create a thriving wellbeing-focussed neighbourhood.
Private Housing Project of the Year
PCE – Fulton & Fifth
Fulton & Fifth is an exciting, large-scale mixed-use development in Wembley. Comprised of 5 high-rise towers up to 28 storeys, the project utilises PCE’s hyTower® Systemised Building Solution DfMA and offsite technology to bring increased safety, speed, quality, and value. Hybrid ingenuity enables material and component interchangeability to help drive sustainable construction, whilst an offsite emphasis creates far less disruption to the local area and community.
Best Use of Hybrid Technology
PCE – The Fitzrovia W1
The Fitzrovia is a Grade A mixed-use building in in central London for property developer M&G Real Estate, working with Co-RE. The Architect is PDP London, with consulting engineers AKT II. The hybrid framed structure will provide 5,570 sqm of office space, mixed retail space on the ground and lower floors and eight premium residential units. Utilising PCE’s innovative HybriDfMA Frame System elevates speed, quality, safety and value.
