Contractor Award Winner

Winner – Barnes  Construction for Spalding Hostel

In this category there was one highly commended and one winning scheme.

Team

Kings College (Client)
Atkins Realis (Cost Consultants/PM)
Barnes Construction (Main Contractor)
Bidwells (Architect)
JM Structures (Structural/Civil Engineers)
RPA (MEP)
Salus (Building Control)
Munro Building Services (MEP Subcontractor)

Judges comments

“This is for a contractor that has worked side by side with a College for a number of years, taking on difficult buildings and equipping them for the 21^st century.  King’s College has an ambitious refurbishment plan, which itself we commend, and its contractor has proved a huge asset.  Spalding Hostel, on Peas Hill, is an excellent example. It’s a highly complex set of three buildings, which Kings has owned since the 1790s, a rabbit warren of awkward fire compartments and staircases.  The result is not perfect environmentally, and cannot provide ideal access, but the contractors dealt with multiple problems that arose throughout the project, cheerfully and effectively, and are our clear winners.”