HBF announces shortlist for inaugural Housebuilding Innovation Awards The Home Builders Federation (HBF) has announced the shortlist for the first ever Housebuilding Innovation Awards. The awards scheme has been devised to recognise and reward the very best examples of house building, with the aim of promoting best practice and quality within the industry. The awards will be presented at the Savoy Hotel on 7 September 2005. The launch of the awards underlines the HBFs commitment to driving forward quality in new home delivery. The categories have been designed to reflect the key issues being tackled now by the industry and the Government, and will showcase the moves made to embrace change, improve standards and deliver high quality homes. The ten categories are: The Environmental Award, incorporating Greenleaf; Best Innovation in the Use of Materials and Products; Best Customer Satisfaction Initiative; Best Example of a Partnership between a House Builder and a Commercial Developer; Best Training/Staff Initiative; Best Partnership with a Supplier; Best House Builder/Public Sector Partnership; Best Example of Community Consultation; Most Innovative Use or Application of Technology; and Best Design Initiative/Partnership with an Architect. Rob Ashmead, Chief Executive of the HBF commented: The Housebuilding Innovation Awards are truly the industrys own awards, and are unique among the plethora of awards schemes within the house building industry because of their focus on the issues being faced right now. The awards recognise the great work being done within the industry to improve standards, and look set to become a major event in the house building calendar. Ends For more information please contact Katie Thompson at Portland on 020 7421 6120 or katie.thompson@portlandpr.co.uk Notes to editors About the HBF The Home Builders Federation (HBF) is the principal trade federation for private sector house builders and voice of the house building industry in England and Wales. The HBFs 300 member firms account for over 80% of all new houses built in England and Wales in any one year, and include companies of all sizes, ranging from multi-national, household names through regionally based businesses to small local companies. www.hbf.co.uk About the Housing Innovation Awards The Housebuilding Innovation Awards have been jointly launched by the HBF and Housebuilder. For more information http://www.house-builder.co.uk/contents/hbinov.htm Housebuilding Innovation Awards Shortlist 1. The Environmental Award, incorporating Greenleaf Allison Homes Eastern - Elsea Park, Lincolnshire Barratt Homes, Southampton Division - Park View, The Polygon, Southampton Crosby Homes Special Projects (NW) - greenquarter, Manchester 2. Best Innovation in the use of Materials and Products Barratt Developments - Terrapin Advance Housing Earthdome thermal mass housing Lovell Partnerships - Beswick, East Manchester 3. Best Customer Satisfaction Initiative Berkeley Homes Oxford & Chiltern David Wilson Homes Haslam Homes Miller Homes 4. Best Example of a Partnership between a House Builder and a Commercial Developer Barratt Leeds/ Rushbond Brewery Wharf, Leeds Barratt West London/Thornfield Axiom, Feltham, Middlesex 5. Best Training/Staff Initiative Haslam Homes Persimmon Homes St George 6. Best Partnership with a Supplier Haslam Homes/Wolseley Supply Chain Jones Homes/Tensar/Tully DeAth St Leonards, Sussex Urban Splash/Yorkon Moho, Manchester 7. Best House Builder/Public Sector Partnership Barratt West London - Visage, Swiss Cottage, London Berkeley Homes - Royal Arsenal, London Countryside Properties - Chatham Maritime, Kent Yuill Homes Queensbury, North Tyneside 8. Best Example of Community Consultation Berkeley Homes Royal Arsenal, London George Wimpey East Midlands - Mawsley Village, Northamptonshire Gleeson Regeneration Welsh Streets, Liverpool Haslam Homes Grimethorpe, nr Barnsley 9. Most Innovative Use or Application of Technology David Wilson Homes - Safety System Miller Homes - Web and text 10. Best Design Initiative/Partnership with an Architect Crosby Homes/Leach Rhodes Walker greenquarter, Manchester David Wilson Homes/ Design for Homes (PCKO) The Escape Project Stamford Homes/ LKR Design Group Michaelgate, Lincoln Stewart Milne/Malcolm Fraser architects Maryfield, Boness, East Scotland
