Now in its tenth year, the biennial British Gypsum National Trophy Awards celebrate craftsmanship and recognise the contribution that contractors make to the UK construction industry on a daily basis.

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2. Now in its tenth year, the biennial British Gypsum NationalTrophy
Awards celebrate craftsmanship and recognise the contribution that
contractors make to the UK construction industry on a daily basis.
This year’s winners for each category are:
• Michael Sobell Sports Centre and School, Aberdare (Education,
Hospitality & Healthcare)
• Five Pancras Square, London (Plasterboard)
• The Enterprise Centre, Norwich (Innovation and Sustainability)
• Great Minster House, London (Residential)
• ResortsWorld, Birmingham (Commercial)
• Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester (Plaster)
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3. Michael Sobel Sports Centre and School
Education, Hospitality & Healthcare

4. This world-class building comprises a
new secondary school, caretaker
lodge, multi-use games courts, skate
park, public playground and
landscaping works, as well as a sport
and leisure centre with an athletics
track and stadium.
The project was recognised by the
judges for its “acoustic excellence”
and close work with the local
community throughout the design
and build process.
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Michael Sobel Sports Centre

5. Five Pancras Square
Plasterboard

6. Kier Major Projects
Five Pancras Square
The judges praised the
collaboration between client,
contractor and local authority,
commenting all parties were
“embedded in the process” and an
“example of good teamwork.”
Camden Council’s new site at Five
Pancras Square in King’s Cross has
successfully lowered the
maintenance costs of its properties
by over £500,000 per year and
significantly reduced the building’s
carbon footprint.

7. The Enterprise Centre
Innovation and Sustainability

8. Morgan Sindall
The Enterprise Centre
One of the UK's greenest buildings,
The Enterprise Centre was described
by the judges as “an exemplar of low
embodied energy and carbon
construction technologies” due to the
use of bio-renewable materials
sourced through local supply chains.
The Enterprise Centre has been
designed and delivered to achieve a
BREEAM outstanding rating and is a
recognised centre of excellence at a
European level, providing world-class
facilities through its sustainable
design.

9. Great Minster House
Residential

10. Stanmore
Great Minster House
Stanmore was recognised for its
work on the project as a number of
unique challenges were present
from the start, which required a high
level of collaboration from all parties
to develop project-specific working
methods.
The judges praised this entry for its
fast turnaround to meet an
extremely tight client programme.
Periods of the build had in excess of
140 on site workers per day.

11. Resorts World Birmingham
Commercial

12. GallifordTry
Resorts World Birmingham
As Europe’s first resort destination,
this project was recognised by the
judges for the wide range of exciting
leisure and entertainment facilities it
brings together under one roof.
A range of specialist systems were used
throughout the project to meet the
bespoke detailing required, including
those with high fire and acoustic
performance, which catered to the wide
range of uses in a small space.

13. Whitworth Art Gallery
Plaster

14. Whitworth Art Gallery
CW Solutions Ltd
Constructed over a period of two
years, the refurbishment and
extension of the historic building
incorporated the use of specialist
plasters for specific areas to create
vaulted ceilings and curved walls.
This project was recognised for its
use of plaster solutions to achieve
specific sustainability targets,
including a 10 per cent carbon
consumption reduction - a significant
achievement as the building has
increased in size by a third.

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