The shortlist for the Prime Minister’s (PM’s) Better Public Building Award has been announced, and with 32 nominees it includes a number of with conservation and related works, including refurbishment, works on traditional buildings and historic infrastructure such as the Borders Railway, representing projects from throughout the UK.
The Cabinet Office writes:
The Prime Minister’s Award is the pinnacle of the British Construction Industry Awards. It is for excellence in construction and design for buildings and civil engineering projects. The award recognises publicly funded construction projects that are completed on time, on budget and bring real change to their local community…
Full list of nominees for the 2015 Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award:
- Alfriston Swimming Pool, Alfriston School
- Burntwood School, Wandsworth Borough Council
- Church Bridge Reconstruction, South Gloucestershire Council
- Courtyard Housing, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
- Crossrail Running Tunnels, Crossrail Limited
- Dawlish Sea Wall Emergency Works, Network Rail
- Five Pancras Square, London Borough of Camden
- Gobbins Coastal Pathway, Larne Borough Council
- Guys Tower, Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
- Herne Hill Flood Alleviation, Southwark Council and Thames Water Utilities
- Humber Bridge Main Span Bearing Replacement, Humber Bridge Board
- Lancaster University Engineering Building, Lancaster University
- Littlehaven Promenade and Sea Wall, South Tyneside Council
- M25 LUS, Managed Motorway, Highways England,
- Maggies Cancer Caring Centre, Lanarkshire, Maggies Cancer Caring Trust
- Manchester Metrolink Phase 3, Transport for Greater Manchester
- Mayfield School, London Borough of Redbridge
- National Graphene Institute, University of Manchester
- Pudding Mill Lane, Crossrail
- South Glasgow University Hospital and Royal Hospital for Sick Children, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
- Steart Coastal Management Project, Environment Agency
- Stockley Airport Junction Civil Main Work, Network Rail
- Strabane Works Depot and Waste Transfer, Strabane District Council
- Teeside Transporter Bridge, Middlesborough Council
- Tennison Road Bridge Replacement, Network Rail
- The Borders Railway, Transport Scotland
- The Brooks Building, Manchester Metropolitan University
- The Core, Science Central, Newcastle City Council
- Tottenham Court Road, Transport For London
- University of Greenwich, Stockwell Street Library and Academic Building, University of Greenwich
- Weston Library, New Bodleian Library Refurbishment, University of Oxford
- William Street Quarter, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
The award for the winning project will be presented at the British Construction Industry Awards ceremony in Park Lane, London on 14 October. Previous award winners include the Medmerry Flood Defence Scheme, Tate Modern and the Velodrome at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
