Local Developer Wins More NHBC Awards

Dorchester-based independent developer C G Fry & Son, is celebrating the success of two of its site managers, Steve Walker of Poundbury, Dorchester and Adrian White of Wyndham Place in Tisbury, Wiltshire,  receiving further awards at the NHBC (National House Building Council) ‘Pride in the Job’ 2014 regionals ceremony.  These prestigious awards follow on the back of four of the firm’s site managers being recognised with ‘Pride in the Job’ awards in July this year for individual C G Fry & Son developments across the South West.

Jim Lyons, Regional director for South West at NHBC/ Steve Walker, award-winning Site Manager – C G Fry & Son / Chris Rash, Commercial Director and Chief Financial Officer – NHBC

‘Pride in the Job’ is the only UK-wide competition dedicated to recognising site managers who achieve the highest standards in house-building and has been instrumental in driving up the quality of new homes for 34 years.  The judging process begins in July each year and lasts 18 months to ensure that site managers are assessed at every stage of the build.

This summer C G Fry had no less than four site managers awarded ‘Pride in the Job’ for individual sites across as many counties.  These included C G Fry & Son developments by Steve Walker at Poundbury, Dorchester Dorset; Adrian White for Wyndham Place in Tisbury, Wiltshire; David Pillinger, Fern Green in Langport, Somerset and Aubrey Harris for nine new apartments built to PassivHaus Principles with Sovereign Housing Association in Exeter, Devon.

On Friday 24 October 2014 - the eighth ‘Pride in the Job’ regional award ceremony for 2014 took place at the Winter Gardens in Weston-super-Mare to recognise the Seal of Excellence and Regional Winners in the South West. Steve Walker was announced as the South West regional winner in the medium house builder category and was delighted to also be awarded a ‘Seal of Excellence’ for the South West Quadrant, the latest phase of the prestigious Poundbury development C G Fry & Son has been developing with the Duchy of Cornwall since 1993.  The next development phase is the North East Quadrant; a mixed use development includes both residential and commercial with 1200 units remaining to be built.

As regional winner for the medium builder category, Steve will go through to the final Supreme Awards presented at the prestigious gala ceremony in London in January 2015.  The Supreme Award Winners are the overall national winners in each of the five builder categories, selected from the pool of Regional Winners with nine regions.  Steve comments: “It is always an honour to receive recognition through an award particularly from the NHBC.  I couldn’t have done it without the ongoing support of my dedicated team including my colleagues Mike Westcott and Joe Baggs and the hard-working sub-contractors on site.  I am very much looking forward to the Supreme Awards ceremony in January next year.” 

And it’s a double celebration for the Dorchester firm as site manager, Adrian White also won a ‘Seal of Excellence’ at the regional award ceremony for the desirable C G Fry & Son Wyndham Place development in Tisbury, Wiltshire. Kevin Murch ─ Construction Director C G Fry & Son said: “The NHBC ‘Pride in the Job’ award is the highest industry accolade a site manager can receive and we are immensely proud of the achievements of all of our 2014 award-winning site managers at C G Fry developments across four different counties. We are absolutely delighted for Steve and Adrian receiving their individual prestigious awards which are well deserved.  It is also wonderful to be publicly recognised as a company, as it’s the fifth year we’ve won the South West category in the medium builder category.  As a family-owned company, we consistently strive to build the highest quality new homes across the South West with meticulous attention to detail.  This ethos is embraced by each of our individual site managers and their hard-working teams. It is always gratifying to be publicly recognised by a well-respected national body such as the NHBC and the next stage is the exciting national awards being held in London in the New Year.”

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Independent Building Contractor Wins Multi-awards Across The South West

Independent South West builder C G Fry & Son Limited, well known for their part in the building of the internationally-known and prestigious Poundbury, Dorchester development with The Duchy of Cornwall, has been named as having four winning sites in the ‘Pride in the Job 2014’ awards.  The awards cover four individual developments for the company across the South West for sites based in Devon, Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire for which each Individual C G Fry & Son site managers has won a National House Building Council, (NHBC) ‘Pride in the Job 2014’ quality award. 

Back Row – Kevin Murch, Construction Director / Jason Hockey, Contracts Manager / Philip Fry, Managing Director
Front Row – Site Managers: Steve Walker / Aubrey Harris / David Pillinger / Adrian White

The quality awards organised by the National House Building Council (NHBC) for the South West region is the highest industry accolade a site manager can receive.   Having run for 34 years, ‘Pride in the Job’ is the house-building industry's most prestigious awards programme and continues to recognise the UK's best site managers.  *‘Pride in the Job Quality Awards’ and ‘Single Home Commendation Awards’ in the Small, Medium, Large and Multi-Storey builder categories were presented to the best 446 site managers from an initial pool of 15,000. 

Philip Fry, Managing Director C G Fry & Son says: “To have four individual site managers each win a quality award in as many different counties across the region is fantastic and publicly recognises the high standards we are maintaining at C G Fry.   Our mid to long-term business plan formulated ten years’ ago, was to expand and develop into a regional developer whilst maintaining our on-going quality and attention to detail.  Winning four individual awards across the region is a major achievement and is the result of the drive and passion of our valued site managers and their teams. It is always pleasing to be publicly recognised by an independent body such as the NHBC and this prestigious accolade endorses the company’s goals which has now come to fruition and is a reflection of all the hard work by the dedicated staff.”

The regional awards for C G Fry & Son sites include winning site manager Aubrey Harris for an affordable housing project constructed on behalf of Sovereign Housing Association built in Whipton, Exeter to PassivHaus standards and also David Pillinger of Fern Green development in Langport, Somerset.

Aubrey, an air-tightness champion, was the driving force behind the successful completion of the award-winning affordable housing project of nine new apartments in Exeter.  The innovative project was the first of its type for both C G Fry and Sovereign Housing, built to PassivHaus Principles.  Sovereign Housing is well-known for its ethos of making a real difference by making sure the homes they build and the services they provide allow residents to live the best life they can.  It is the first housing association to deliver apartments to PassivHaus Principles on infill land in Exeter. 

With a construction value of £1.1m, funding of £690,140 was made available through Recycled Capital Grant Funding and £124,360 provided by Exeter City Council.  The six, 1-bedroom and three, 2-bedroom flats reached air integrity below the objective of .75 with some test results achieving more than the original expectation. Purely through passive design elements, the new flats at Bevan House, Exeter will use approximately 90% less heating energy when compared to a standard UK building (2010 Building Regulation requirements).

Jason Walker, Sovereign’s Development Officer, says: “C G Fry did an extremely good job in respect to the quality of the build and they exceeded the overall air tightness of the scheme which is a very important aspect in relation to PassivHaus developments.”

Aubrey Harris, site manager C G Fry & Son says: “This is my second award, however my first with C G Fry & Son.  I feel honoured to be publicly recognised as Bevan House was an ambitious project and a very challenging site.  It was absolutely a team effort to get these great results.”

Kevin Murch, Construction Director C G Fry & Son Ltd says: “The NHBC is well-respected in the construction industry which looks at the consistency of good workmanship.  To win these prestigious multi-awards across a number of sites compounds the ongoing demand for a high standard of build and embraces the overall ethos of the company as a whole.  I am particularly proud of Aubrey as it was the first project of its type for both C G Fry & Son and Sovereign Housing and it was delivered at a very high standard. It was extremely challenging build in terms of both design and management which the construction team met head-on.  The turning point was Aubrey getting the team to grasp a new concept of building a very different type of project and move forward.  A fantastic achievement and well deserved.” 

David Pillinger site manager for Fern Green, Langport in Somerset has been with the company for two years and this is his first construction award.   ‘Fern Green' is a development of three and four bedroom homes reflecting the character and charm of rural Somerset.  It is adjacent to the company’s ‘Old Kelways’ site in Huish Episcopi which previously won an NHBC quality award for former site manager, Jason Hockey.

David Pillinger who has worked for two years with C G Fry & Son says: “I am very happy and elated to win this award and it’s a great achievement for the workforce on site as it was a real team effort.  Getting this recognition clearly shows the quality of the sub-contractors we carefully select and the standard of the workmanship and their pride in the job which delivers results.  We give them the tools and time to produce the quality of the standard that C G Fry sets and I am proud that they can they are also being publicly recognised for all their hard work and commitment.”

Kevin Murch, Construction Director C G Fry comments: “I am delighted for David as this is his first award with C G Fry.  It is very well deserved as he and his team are passionate about the delivery of quality work. It is also particularly satisfying as we previously won a NHBC award for Old Kelways so we have two winning sites at Langport.  I want to also take this opportunity to thank Jason Hockey the contracts manager for Fern Green, who has led the team to ensure we have maintained these very high standards.”

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Dorset developer is UK runner-up for creating exceptional homes

Dorchester-based independent developer C G Fry & Son announce Poundbury development site manager Steve Walker has been revealed as a national runner-up as the house building industry celebrated its heroes at the NHBC ‘Pride in the Job’ Awards. This is the only UK competition dedicated to recognising the exceptional people on the ground who oversee housing projects from start to finish.

Al Murray – aka. “The Pub Landlord and Mike Quinton, NHBC Chief Executive present Steve Walker of C G Fry & Son with his award

Steve (54) from the Dorset village Sydling St Nicholas, was rewarded for achieving the highest standards in all aspects of house-building, taking pride in everything from the wellbeing of his team to the satisfaction of new homeowners as well as quality craftsmanship, judged at every build stage.

He was awarded the Runner-up title in the Medium Builder category during a glittering gala awards ceremony in London, hosted by celebrity comedian Al Murray – aka “The Pub Landlord”. The Awards have been run by NHBC (National House-Building Council) – the UK’s leading warranty provider and standards setter for new-build homes – for over three decades, and have been instrumental in driving up standards in new home construction.

Steve Walker, Site Manager Poundbury – C G Fry & Son says: “I am delighted to have won this award and accept it on behalf of my loyal team and C G Fry; as I could not have achieved this recognition without their support.  In my work, I enjoy challenging designs and seeing the end results, of good quality. I bring 37 years of experience, a keen eye for detail, and treat every property as though it’s my own.”

Steve has worked for C G Fry & Son for 22 years and won three previous Pride in the Job Awards for his works at the prestigious Poundbury development in Dorchester for The Duchy of Cornwall. He was one of five Supreme Winners and five runners-up announced at the gala event in the competition’s various builder-size categories.

Kevin Murch Construction - Director C G Fry & Son comments: “As a company we are extremely proud that Steve has been publicly recognised with this high profile industry accolade which is well deserved. The ethos of C G Fry & Son is to consistently strive to build high-quality developments across the South West region with attention to detail.  Each of our site managers, and their teams share these values which is reflected in the quality of their work.”

The NHBC comment that new homes today are built to higher standards than ever before, and are highly energy efficient, which saves homeowners money.

Mike Quinton, NHBC Chief Executive, congratulated Steve: “Steve should be incredibly proud. He’s beaten around 15,000 other site managers to get to this point, putting him in the top one percent of his profession. It’s a fantastic achievement that proves that the homes Steve is producing are of an exceptional standard.  Prospective homebuyers in the Dorset area can do little better than to book in a viewing at Steve’s Poundbury site in Dorchester, which has been judged by NHBC and independent industry experts to be among the very best in the UK.”

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Independent Developer Wins Regional Award For Third Consecutive Year

Frys’ newest champion: Nathan Pyett and partner 

Julia at the regional Pride in the Job awards at Bristol

Dorchester-based C G Fry & Son has for the third year running won a top industry regional award for the medium size house builder category for their site at Balidon Place, Yeovil.  Judges in the ‘Pride in the Job’ competition organised by the National House Building Council (NHBC) voted Fry’s building site manager Nathan Pyett as this year’s South West regional winner in the category for medium-sized building

The awards made from an initial pool of over 13,000 site managers across the UK chose Nathan as one of the top-performing site managers to receive a 2012 Pride in the Job award. A Pride in the Job award is the highest industry accolade a site manager can receive and all winners have excelled in 12 months of rigorous judging.  The Regional Award winners will continue within the competition to compete for the ultimate accolade - the Supreme Awards - to be announced in January 2013.

41 year-old Nathan, lives at Beaminster and has been with C G Fry & Son all his working life. He joined the firm as an apprentice carpenter at the age of 17 and progressed rapidly to become a site manager at the age of 21.  Nathan says: “I enjoy the whole process of overseeing a project through, from the very start to the end result.  I’m hugely proud of this award, but it is also recognition for the efforts of all my team.”

Nathan won the ‘Pride in the Job’ award for his work at the new high-quality development, Balidon Place in Yeovil.  A former Maternity Hospital, Balidon House is located on West Coker Road one of the premier areas within the town.  The stone façade of Balidon House has been taken down and re-used to form the façade of a brand new building full of character, but with the benefit of being up-to-date with current building standards.   

C G Fry & Son is no stranger to awards and has an excellent reputation for producing a high-quality build.  The company has extensive experience in refurbishing and remodelling buildings of historical significance and the facade of the house has been painstakingly re-created using the original stonework. Balidon House will comprise of 12 spacious one and two bedroom apartments. Outside there will be communal gardens and parking.

Kevin Murch, Construction Director says: “This development is an exciting opportunity to restore and reinstate an important local building creating a quality new environment.  I am extremely pleased for Nathan and his team. The award sends out a clear message about the standards they are achieving. I am also delighted that this is the third year running that we have won the regional award - each time with different developments and site managers. It is always good to be publicly recognised with a prestigious award and it says something about the determination of everyone at the company who constantly strives to produce the very best in quality”.

An award-winning builder, C G Fry & Son is renowned for its extensive portfolio of high-quality projects ranging from private individual houses to major developments such as the prestigious Poundbury development in Dorchester for The Duchy of Cornwall.  And it’s a double celebration for the company in the 2012 ‘Pride in the Job’ awards with site manager, Steve Walker, receiving a Quality Award for his work at Poundbury.