December 2008 - Halcrow

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Halcrow wins UK Excellence Award
Halcrow’s consulting business group has been named a winner at the
2008 UK Excellence Awards, run by the British Quality Foundation at a
glittering awards ceremony on 14 October.
The award follows an ‘exemplary’ business model submitted
for assessment in July. It recognised the team’s excellent client
relationships and its relentless focus on process improvement.
Mark Brown, managing director of the business group, praised his
team’s hard work, adding: “This award acknowledges our commitment
to business improvement and our desire to place excellence at the
heart of Halcrow’s strategy.”
Batty about the environment
Princess Anne with BBC presenter Louise Minchin
presents the UK Excellence Award to Halcrow’s
Michael Fairey, Mark Brown and Andrew Ball
If they could speak, the bat population adjacent to South
East Water’s Wichling Pumping Station would be
thanking Halcrow profusely. The project team’s mitigation
measures – led by Charlie Dwight – ensured minimal
impact on the bats’ habitat, which was recognised through
a Green Apple Award for environmental best practice.
A-nother-one, UK
A-one – Halcrow’s joint venture with Colas – has won the
Highways Agency-sponsored ‘health and safety at work’
award for its recent use of the ultra light Durakerb product.
At 6kg, the product dramatically reduces the risk of
accidents by allowing it to be laid by hand.
During the awards ceremony, A-one received a clutch
of accolades – more than any other organisation – for its
marked and positive contribution to the health and
safety of both employees and professional users of the
transport network.
Powering ahead
Poland
Halcrow’s Polish team has secured a
commission to deliver a 24.5km expressway.
Connecting Jezewo and Bialystock, the
£4.5 million project is an integral component
of the Warsaw to Bialystock arterial network.
The expressway is the third contract won
this year by the team and was awarded by
the general directorate of public roads
and motorways.
The tender was led by project
manager Rafal Szwedowski, while
Bob Diffin will head up the scheme
with Brian Johnstone providing
technical and contractual advice.
Highways heroes, UK
The Horrocks Avenue corridor in Liverpool
has received a Green Apple Award for
environmental best practice.
Once dominated by cracked bitumen, the
area is now a more welcoming, aesthetic
space for local residents and users.
Halcrow was part of the winning team,
which was led by Birse Civils.
Masterplanning merits, UK
Halcrow’s landscape team blitzed the field
at Homes for Scotland’s 2008 Designing
Places Awards, taking top plaudits in the
inaugural masterplanning category.
The pioneering homezone project at
Greendykes North will underpin future
Edinburgh streetscape guidance.
A-one for all, UK
A-one was given a virtual A+ by the
Association of Consulting Engineers
(ACE) at its annual Engineering
Excellence Awards ceremony. It
recognised the team’s outstanding
work creating the wider structure
which now carries the A66 over the
River Tees in the north of England.
A barnstorming charge, UK
Halcrow left the Institution of Civil Engineers 2008 south
west annual awards dinner with a ‘highly commended’
accolade for the Barnstaple Western Bypass project.
The award recognised the environmental
considerations at the heart of the Devon County
Council scheme – contractor Nuttall and Halcrow
worked closely to ensure minimal disruption to the
protected Taw Estuary.
Completed last year, the £27 million project
earned universal public support, relieving
Devon’s chronic traffic congestion woes.
Awards in brief