The British Construction Industry Awards 2008
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industry awards 2008

BCIA 2008 Short Listed Projects

A complete list of short listed projects is given below. All UK schemes are eligible for one of the project categories depending on their size: the Small Building Award and the Small Civil Engineering Award sponsored by Benaim (projects up to £3m); the Building Award and the Civil Engineering Award sponsored by Autodesk (projects £3m to £50m); the Major Project Award sponsored by Ramboll Whitbybird (over £50m). Overseas schemes are eligible for the International Award which is open to projects of any size.

In addition, all UK projects are eligible for the special categories irrespective of size. These are the Best Practice Award sponsored by May Gurney; the Local Authority Award sponsored by Mouchel; the Environmental Award sponsored by Atkins; the Regeneration Award sponsored by Gifford; the Conservation Award sponsored by Hyder Consulting; the Judges' Special Award sponsored by Mott MacDonald.

A special 21st Anniversary Award sponsored by Scott Wilson will honour a person who has made a significant contribution to our industry during the past 21 years, in line with the aims and objectives of the Awards.

Schemes short listed for the Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award sponsored by CABE and OGC are indicated with a *.

Entries were invited in both the project categories and the special categories. All were considered by the judges. The list below is shown by category size purely for clarity.

Small Building Award

*Cremorne Riverside Centre, London SW10
Client: Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea
Principal Designer: Sarah Wigglesworth Architects
Engineer: Jane Wernick Associates
Contractor: Gilby Construction

Potters Fields Park Pavilions, London SE1
Client: MoreLondon
Principal Designer: DSDHA
Engineer: Jane Wernick Associates
Contractor: Alan Dayle Logs

North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford
Client: St Edward's School
Principal Designer: Hayworth Tompkins
Engineer: Max Fordham
Contractor: Benfield & Locksley

*Newlyn Art Gallery
Client: Newlyn Art Gallery
Architect: MUMA
Engineer: Buro Happold; Dewhurst MacFarlane
Contractor: Cowlin Construction

East Beach Café, Littlehampton, West Sussex
Client: Brownfield Catering
Principal Designer: Heatherwick Studio
Engineer: Adams Kara Taylor
Contractor: Littlehampton Welding

Kingspan Lighthouse, Watford
Client: Kingspan METL-Con
Principal Designer: Shepherd Robson
Structural Engineer: CCB Evolution
Mechanical Engineer: Arup
Contractor: Chorus

Small Civil Engineering Award

*Riverside Bridge, Cambridge
Client: Cambridgeshire County Council
Principal Designer: Ramboll Whitbybird
Contractor: Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering

Boltby Reservoir Discontinuance, Thirsk, North Yorkshire
Client: Yorkshire Water Services
Principal Designer: Mott MacDonald Bentley
Contractor: J N Bentley

Exmouth Dock and Sea Wall
Client: Eagle One
Principal Designer: Sands Consultants
Architect: ARA Architects
Contractor: Dawnus Construction

Spire of Hope, Belfast
Client: Belfast Cathedral
Principal Designer: Colin Conn Architects / Robert Jamison Architects
Engineer: Ramboll Whitbybird
Contractor: Patton Construction

*Castleford Weir Fish Pass, West Yorkshire
Client: Environment Agency
Principal Designer: Arup
Contractor: Costain

Building Award

*New Shetland Museum & Archives
Client: Shetland Amenity Trust
Principal Designer: Building Design Partnership
Architect: Woolgar Hunter
Contractor: Gilbert Irvine

*Barking Learning Centre
Client: London Borough of Barking and Dagenham - Redrow Regeneration
Principal Designer: Allford Hall Monoghan Morris
Engineer: Buro Happold
Contractor: Ardmore Construction

*Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital, Brighton
Client: Brighton & Sussex University Hospital NHS Trust
Principal Designer: Building Design Partnership
Contractor: Kajima Construction

*Young Vic, London SE1
Architect: Haworth Tompkins
Structural Engineer: Jane Wernick Associates
Services Engineer: Max Fordham
Theatre Consultant: Charcoalblue
Acoustician: Paul Gilieron
Contractor: Verry Construction

*Royal Hall, Harrogate
Client: Harrogate Borough Council
Principal Designer: Burrell Foley Fischer
Architect: Price & Myers
Contractor: HBGC Contractors Northeast

*St.Marylebone C.E. School Performing Arts Centre, London W1
Client: St Marylebone C.E. School
Principal Designer: Gumuchdjian Architects
Engineer: Alan Conisbee & Associates
Contractor: Mansel Construction Services

Aston Martin Design Studio, Gaydon
Client: Aston Martin
Principal Designer: Weedon Partnership
Contractor: Holzbau Saurer

*Lymington New Forest Hospital, Hampshire
Client: New Forest Primary Care Trust
Architect: Murphy Philipps Architects
Engineer: Upton McGougan
Contractor: Rydon Construction

National Tennis Centre, London SW15
Client: The Lawn Tennis Association
Principal Designer: Hopkins Architects
Engineer: Arup
Contractor: ISG Interior Exterior

De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex
Client: De La Warr Pavilion Trust
Principal Designer: John McAslan + Partners
Engineer: RYB:Konsult
Contractor: Heasman Spicer

*National Theatre Studio, London SE1
Client: National Theatre
Principal Designer: Hayworth Tompkins
Engineer: Max Fordham
Contractor: Rise Contracts

Civil Engineering Award

*Hexham Flood Alleviation Scheme
Client: Environment Agency
Principal Designer: Jacobs
Contractor: Volker Stevin

*Newbiggin Bay Coast Protection Scheme, Northumberland
Client: Wansbeck District Council
Principal Designer: Atkins
Contractor: Westminster Drudging

*Castleford Bridge, River Aire, Castleford, Wakefield, Yorkshire
Client: Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
Principal Designer: McDowell + Benedetti
Structural Engineer: Alan Baxter Associates
Civil and Hydrological Engineers: Arup
Contractor: Costain

*Cleveleys Coast Protection Phases 2 & 3, Lancashire
Client: Wyre Borough Council
Principal Designer: Faber Maunsell
Contractor: Birse Coastal

Budds Farm WWTW, Havant
Client: Southern Water
Principal Designer: 4Delivery
Contractor: Company4D / Costain

*Sheffield Inner Relief Road
Client: Sheffield City Council
Principal Designer: Sheffield City Council
Contractor: Birse Civils

*Dartford Creek, Kent
Client: Environment Agency
Principal Designer: Arup
Contractor: Team Van OordACZ

*DLR Langdon Park, London E14
Client: Docklands Light Railway
Principal Designer: Consarc Consulting Architects
Engineer: SKM Anthony Hunts; Atkins; Gifford
Contractor: Costain

Major Project Award

St Pancras International Station, London NW1
Client: Union Railways (North) / London & Continental Railways
Principal Designer: Rail Link Engineering
Architect: Foster + Partners
Contractors: Costain; Edmund Nuttall/Corber JV; Laing O'Rourke; Bachy Soletanche; EMCOR Rail

*Royal Festival Hall, London SE1
Client: Royal Festival Hall
Principal Designer: Allies & Morrison
Engineer: Price & Myers
Contractor: ISG Interior Exterior

Heathrow Terminal 5
Client: BAA Capital Projects
Principal Designers: Arup; Chapman Taylor; DSSR; HOK; Hyland Edgar Driver; Mott MacDonald; Pascall and Watson; Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners; TPS (Consult); WSP

Main Contractors: Balfour Beatty; Barlows Group; Bombardier Transportation; CMF; Crown House; Foster Yeoman; Grants of Shoreditch; Hathaway Roofing; Hotchkiss Ductwork; Kone; Laing O'Rourke; Lindner; Mace; Mansell; Morgan Vinci; Novar; NTL Group; Permasteelisa; Rowen Structures; Schindler; Schmidlin; Seele; Spie Matthew Hall; Swift Horsman; ThyssenKrup Airport Systems; Ultra Electronics; Vanderlande Industries; Warings

*Manchester Civil Justice Centre
Client: Her Majesty's Court Service
Principal Designer: Denton Corker Marshall
Engineer: Mott MacDonald
Contractor: Bovis Lend Lease

O2 Arena, Greenwich
Client: AEG Europe
Principal Designer: HOK Sport Architecture
Engineer: Buro Happold
Contractor: Sir Robert McAlpine

International Short List

Bijlmer Arena Station, Amsterdam
British Involvement: Grimshaw
Kensington Oval, Barbados
British Involvement: Arup
Shin-Marunouchi Towers, Japan
British Involvement: Hopkins Architects
SMART (Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel), Kula Lumpar
British Involvement: Mott MacDonald
Beijing International Airport, China
British Involvement: Foster + Partners