Project Allenby wins award (From Basingstoke Gazette)

Project Allenby wins award

10:26am Wednesday 1st October 2008

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A PROJECT which has been under way for more than two years and involves the replacement of most of Tidworth military buildings has scooped a major award at the annual Construction Industry Awards in London.

The awards, now in their 13th year, are sponsored by Contract Journal and recognise outstanding business performance throughout the construction industry.

This award recognises companies who have made a change in their approach to construction through a product, process, innovation, design solution or project, or combination of these.

Project Allenby (delivered on behalf of the MoD by Aspire Defence, a joint venture between Carillion and KBR) provided enough evidence to win the award by showing how these changes have made a difference in practice.

The project beat off stiff competition from Aggregate Industries, Birmingham Construction Partnership, British Gypsum and Marshalls.

Receiving the award, Lorna Russell, environmental manager for Aspire Defence capital works said: "Winning the award against such strong competition gives the whole team a real sense of satisfaction by being recognised as an environmental leader.

" It has shown how important sustainability is to Aspire.

"This is a joint achievement and reflects the commitment to sustainability as well as the excellent working relationship between Aspire and the MoD.

"This award is a reflection of all of the hard work which everyone on the project has put in over the past two years - well done."

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