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21/06/2018

Miller Homes Site Managers Recognised At NHBC Awards

Miller Homes is celebrating after 11 site managers scooped prizes at the NHBC Pride in the Job Quality Awards.

The awards recognise site managers across the homebuilding industry who have showcased the highest possible standards of health and safety. Candidates are meticulously assessed across 44 areas of site management, including technical knowledge, consistency in the build process and quality controls.

The successful Miller Homes' site managers are as follows;

• Calum Punton, Regents Gate, Crossgates

• Derek Tait, Lady Victoria Grange, Newtongrange

• Jim Martin, Ferrygate Meadow, North Berwick

• John Harrison, Portland Wynd, Blyth

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• Paul Ritchie, Wheatfields, Seaton Delaval

• Simon Robson, Hunters Fold, Darlington

• Andrew Halladay, Croston Meadow, Leyland

• Bill Hughes, Fairfield Gardens, Widnes

• Michael Ramsbottom, City Fields, Wakefield

• Joseph Reynolds, Knights Chase, Ashby de la Zouch

• Simon Wilson, Dales View, Brailsford

Chris Endsor, Chief Executive of Miller Homes, said: "We are extremely proud of all of our site managers who have received this recognition from the NHBC for their ongoing dedication to building new homes safely and to the highest standards day in and day out.  It is a fantastic achievement to have their hard work recognised in this way and we wish them all the very best for the later stages of the competition."

NHBC Chief Executive Steve Wood said: "NHBC launched Pride in the Job in 1980, with the clear aim of promoting and driving the highest standards in new home building, 38 years on, this drive for excellence remains very much at the heart of the competition.

"Pride in the Job recognises the hugely important role site managers play in delivering high quality new home for residents and homeowners across the UK. Their role is undoubtedly one of the toughest in house building, they really do make the difference to quality on site."

(LM)

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