Surrey Building Control Awards

The aim of these new awards is to recognise and reward some of the best projects and people Surrey’s Local Authority Building Control (LABC) teams have worked with.

Surrey LABC recognises that excellent working relationships between all members of a project team are one of the keys to its success - from submission of plans through to completion of work on site.

As local authority teams provide the building control service for the majority of building projects across Surrey, we see many great examples of the highest standards of work and levels of compliance with the building regulations. These awards celebrate local people who care passionately about the work they produce and who go above and beyond for their customers!

The 2023 Awards are now closed - we had a very successful inaugral event! If you have project that will complete in 2023 you can submit your nomination early next year when the awards re-open.

Category	Description
Best residential extension	New domestic extension(s) increasing the footprint of a home or providing habitable space within the curtilage of the property
Best conversion/alteration of an existing home	Creation of additional habitable space in a dwelling i.e. garage/cellar/loft conversion or outbuildings converted to office/leisure space
Best conversion of a single new home	Conversion of a barn, retail/office space, industrial/commercial buildings or flats to a single dwelling
Best individual new home	High quality one-off new builds including self-builds
Best non-residential new build	Exceptional new commercial builds
Best sustainable project	Show use of renewables, good design, running and lifecycle costs, low air leakage, SBEM etc
Best public or community building	New build or extension to a building used for health, leisure, sports, tourism, defence, worship, transport, education
Best new housing development	Private housing sites, including conversion of existing buildings into new homes - such as offices to flats
Best Local Authority Housing project	Housing development project built for Surrey Local Authority
Best quality workmanship	Best builder, designer, craftsperson who continually produces high quality work e.g. design, brickwork, carpentry
Best site manager	A site manager who stood out, producing outstanding work on site with an excellent working relationship with the Surrey Building Control team.

The 2023 Awards are now closed.

2024 Awards details will be updated in due course.

Criteria (2023 Awards)

Projects/people could be nominated for more than one category submitted by anyone involved in a project.
The project or person being nominated needed to show an excellent continuous working relationship with one or more of the Surrey LABC teams and projects must have been completed in 2022.

Date	Stage in awards process
Monday 20 February 2023	Entries open
Thursday 6 April 2023	Entries close
Mid April 2023	Judging takes place
11 May 2023	Free awards presentation lunch takes place

Below are the winners and highly commended projects and people that were successful in the 2023 Awards.

Waverley Building Control had multiple winners and highly commended awards!

Best conversion or alteration to an existing building

Highly Commended: The Semaphore Tower, Cobham

Winner: The Coach House, Broadoaks Park, West Byfleet

Best sustainable project

Winner: Site B/now Laurel Close, Godalming.

This is a Waverley nominated project, for a Waverley Borough Council social housing scheme.

Best Residential Extension

Highly Commended: 24 Thames Side, Staines-Upon-Thames

Winner: Starvelle Barn, Baynards*

*This project was nominated by Waverley Building Control

Best Public or Community Building

Highly Commended: Hazelbank Stores, Ewhurst*

Winner: Quadrant House, Caterham

*This project was nominated by Waverley Building Control

Best Site Manager

Highly Commended: Mark Davenport, Davenports Construction Ltd.

Winner: Clive Healey, Countryside Partnerships*

*This person was nominated by Waverley Building Control

Best Quality Workmanship - Best Builder

Highly Commended: KG Brickwork (Kenny Collins)

Winner: Craig Grover and team at Grover Building Services*

*This person nominated by Waverley Building Control

Best Quality Workmanship - Best Architect

Highly Commended: Helen Nightingale, HEN Designs

Winner: Ava O'Grady and team at C7 Architects*

*This person was nominated by Waverley Building Control

Best New Housing Development

Highly Commended: Broadoaks Park, West Byfleet

Winner: Oakpines, Warlingham

Best New Local Authority Housing Development

Winner: Site B/now Laurel Close, Godalming.

This is a Waverley nominated project, for a Waverley Borough Council social housing scheme.

Best Individual New Home

Highly Commended: Treetop View, Farnham*

Winner: 25 Sunbury Island Court, Sunbury-on-Thames

*This project was seconded by Waverley Building Control

Below is a list of the LABC teams that make up Surrey Building Control and the councils they cover.

Elmbridge Borough Council and Epsom & Ewell Borough Council - operating as EBCS

Guildford Borough Council

Mole Valley District Council, Reigate & Banstead Borough Council and Tandridge District Council - operating as Southern Building Control Partnership

Runnymede Borough Council

Spelthorne Borough Council

Surrey Heath Borough Council

Waverley Borough Council

Woking Borough Council

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