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CENE Building Project of the Year 2019 - Rutherford Cancer Centre North East

The North East construction industry came together last Friday to see shining examples of performance through the Constructing Excellence North East Awards 2019. In its fifteenth year, the ceremony recognises companies, projects and individuals by their peers for excelling over the last year. Rutherford Cancer Care North East was awarded the overall winner and Janet Nash House, CEF IT HQ commended within the Building Project of the Year category.

The North East construction industry came together last Friday to see shining examples of performance through the Constructing Excellence North East Awards 2019. In its fifteenth year, the ceremony recognises companies, projects and individuals by their peers for excelling over the last year.

Desco were delighted to have three directors join over 500 construction professionals to represent and celebrate the achievements across 15 Award categories including, Integration & Collaborative Working, People Development, Sustainability, Innovation, Digital Construction, Health, Safety & Wellbeing, Preservation & Rejuvenation, Value, Client of the Year, SME of the Year and the prestigious Project of the Year.

We were thrilled when two of our shortlisted projects within the Building Project of the Year category were announced. Janet Nash House, CEF IT HQ was commended and the Rutherford Cancer Care North East was awarded the overall winner.

The team will now be invited to join the other regional winners at the Constructing Excellence National Final in London in November, providing the opportunity to receive further recognition on a national level.

Congratulations to all involved in the project and we look forward to the National Awards in November.

The judge’s provided the following comments on the winning project;

“The winning project is a game-changer and the first privately funded centre of its kind in the UK. This project demonstrated excellent teamwork and collaboration leading to it being delivered on time, within budget and with exceptionally high levels of safety. Focusing on the end users needs throughout the project, the finished building settles into a quiet lakeside location to provide an overall feeling of calm, putting the patient at the heart of the process and optimising their journey at a time of illness and stress. The project team effectively managed an international team to deliver an excellent project for a client with no experience of the new build construction process.”