Eleven awards were presented at the ceremony, which aims to recognise quality and excellence within the Island’s construction industry.
Among the winners announced at the event held at the Hotel de France was AAL Recycling, which won the Villeroy & Boch Project of the Year up to £1 million for its work in returning the Plémont headland to nature, after the National Trust for Jersey bought the site jointly with the States last year.
AAL Recycling removed 15,000 tonnes of asbestos, concrete, metal, fixtures and fittings as well as granite from the former holiday camp site with more than 75 per cent of the material being recycled within the community and used on the Trust’s restoration projects.
And more than 7,000 tonnes of soil was taken from La Collette Recycling Park – which is run by AAL – to restore the land on the site.
Jersey Electricity’s Normandie 3 undersea power cable project won the Benest and Syvret Project of the Year over £1 million award.
The firm laid a third interconnector to Normandy, in partnership with Guernsey Electricity, as part of the Channel Islands Electricity Grid, to secure imported supplies of electricity from France.
And ROK Construction won the Comprop Business of the Year Award while its director, Robert Matthews, was awarded the Hepburns Industry Achiever of the Year Award for providing the stewardship that enabled the firm to grow successfully throughout the recession.
David Morris, chairman of the Jersey Construction Council Awards 2015, said: ‘There was an outstanding array of winners and nominees on show.
‘The industry has felt the impact of the recent economic downturn but has responded well by ensuring that we become renowned for delivering both excellence in our work and high standards of customer service.’
He added: ‘As an industry, we are keen that people see construction as a varied and fulfilling career option’.
Skills Jersey Star of the Future
Mark Brandon – Sun Works (C.I.) Ltd for ‘being a role-model for young people, not just in construction but throughout the business world’.
Hepburns Insurance Industry Achiever of the Year
Robert Matthews – ROK Construction Limited for his ‘dedication and perseverance through the success of a business which has seen enormous growth over the past few, very challenging years for the industry’.
Rossborough Sub Contractor/Supplier of the Year
Jayen Limited for demonstrating ‘that it promotes and operates within a healthy and safe environment and will seek to provide its staff with opportunities to expand their capabilities through training’.
Ogier Health & Safety Award
AC Mauger & Son Ltd for demonstrating ‘the highest levels of commitment to its own sites and in its nomination cited the excellent safety management of a high-density project situated on a corner of a major urban junction’.
JE Sustainability Award
The Dunes – Advanced Housing Systems Ltd for the ‘project’s use of the latest sustainable technologies including heat recovery systems and water-saving techniques’.
Insurance Corporation Consultant of the Year
Ross-Gower Associates for the ‘long-term strategic approach’ taken by a leadership team as its long-standing owner prepares for retirement.
Ronez Building Regeneration of the Year Award
St James Centre – Larsen Group for showing ‘a commitment to using local suppliers and dealing extremely well with the constraints that are placed on working within a site of historical interest’
Comprop Business of the Year
ROK Construction Limited for understanding ‘that every business has a commitment to the community in which it operates’ and foreseeing ‘the challenges that growth creates’.
Villeroy & Boch Project of the Year Up To £1 Million
Plémont Project – AAL Recycling for operating to a ‘very tight budget’ and meeting the key ecological demands of the project.
Benest & Syvret Project of the Year Over £1 Million
Normandie 3 – Jersey Electricity for showing ‘a level of project management skills that is rarely seen in Jersey’, through coordinating multi-national teams that were working on both land and sea.
JeCC Lifetime Achiever of the Year
