Category: Awards

The RoSPA Health and Safety Awards is the largest occupational health and safety awards programme in the UK. Now into its 67th year, the Awards have almost 2,000 entries every year, covering nearly 50 countries and a reach of over seven million employees. The programme recognises organisations’ commitment to continuous improvement in the prevention of accidents and ill health at work, looking at entrants’ overarching health and safety management systems, including practices such as leadership and workforce involvement.

While most awards are non-competitive – recognising individual organisations’ achievements – competitive awards are presented in 20 industry sectors and for specialist areas of health and safety management.

Julia Small, RoSPA’s Achievements Director, said:

“Accidents at work and work-related ill health don’t just have huge financial implications or cause major disruption – they significantly impact an individual’s quality of life. That’s why good safety performance deserves to be recognised and rewarded.

“We are thrilled that Techrete Ireland Ltd and Techrete UK Ltd has won this RoSPA Award and would like to congratulate them on showing an unwavering commitment to keeping their employees, clients and customers safe from accidental harm and injury.”

Read more about our commitment to Health & Safety here.

ESB HQ Scoops ‘Overall Winner of the Night’, While Osiers Road Wins ‘Best International Project’ for Techrete

Techrete CEO Alastair Smyth said:

“We were pleased to be nominated and attend the Irish Concrete Society Awards which took place on Saturday evening and I’m delighted to announce that we have won two awards for ESB HQ in Dublin and Osiers Road in Wandsworth, London.

This is a fantastic achievement and testament to the skill and hard work of the teams involved in both projects, from Pre-Construction, right through to Site Works. Recognition in this way once again demonstrates the quality of our people and our products which put Techrete at the very forefront of the precast cladding market.

I’d like to extend my congratulations to all for the dedication and effort that has resulted in receipt of these awards.”

Osiers Road: Keith Moran, Group Operations Director, Hollybrook Homes said:

‘As a company, we are always looking to increase the extent of off-site construction, but in the past have felt limited by design constraints on the solutions. Working with Techrete was a breath of fresh air. Techrete were able to bring high quality and innovative solutions in response to our demand for design quality and robust form of construction.

The early input and collaboration of Techrete with our design team and other supply chain members, contributed to a scheme which we are extremely proud of and a benchmark for projects going forward. The experience of working with Techrete means that we now actively look at how precast facades can be used in our buildings going forward.’

‘The wide variety of panels, exceptionally tight courtyards and elevations, speed of erection, consistency of finish on the reconstructed stone and the demand for superior quality on this prestigious project, all contributed to the excellence of our work on Project Fitzwilliam.

Multiple challenges relating to the tight courtyards in terms of the design engineering and erection logistics were overcome with our flexible attitude and creative, lateral thinking’.

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Both projects feature a combination of reconstructed stone and brick-facing precast concrete panels and their success are indicative of the popularity of the brick-facing aesthetic. Download our brick-facing brochure here.

The Paul Marshall Institute for London School of Economics and Political Science has won the Higher Education (over £20m) category in the Architects Journal Awards. Yet another fantastic accolade for designers Grafton Architects and all involved.

Techrete manufactured the precast concrete facade for the project offsite and our brochure can be downloaded here.

The Marshall Building, London School of Economics is Shortlisted in Building Magazine Awards 2022

The Marshall Building for London School of Economics has been shortlisted in the prestigious ‘Project of the Year’ category in the Building Magazine Awards 2022. Entered by main contractor Mace, the Marshall Building has already won ‘International Project of the Year’ for Techrete and is up against nine other projects in the category.

Techrete are proud to have played an integral role in the completion of this Grafton Architects’ designed academic centre, having constructed the architectural precast concrete facade offsite, at their facility in Dublin. Read more about this project here.

Techrete’s Precast Concrete Facade Shortlisted in the Specialist Contract Category of the ICE Awards, Dublin

Techrete were delighted to receive the news that Grangegorman Central Quad has been shortlisted in the Irish Construction Excellence Awards. The project is up for multiple awards for main contractor John Sisk / FCC Joint Venture in what is sure to be an exciting evening at the Dublin Convention Centre on May 14th 2022.

Duncan House Wins ‘Highly Commended’ at the Concrete Society Awards

Techrete were thrilled with the news that Duncan House won ‘Highly Commended’ at this years Concrete Society Awards. The judges were impressed with Techrete’s quality and consistency of finish over almost 1,500 precast concrete panels which were manufactured off-site for Watkin Jones, saving considerable programme time and cost.

Duncan House is one of 6 recent and current Techrete projects at Stratford.

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i9 Wolverhampton Wins a Prestigious Brick Award 2021 in the Commercial Category

Techrete are proud to have designed, manufactured and installed the precast, brick-facing facade for this award winning project. 239 panels veneered with red IBstock bricks were manufactured off-site at Techrete’s facility in North Lincolnshire for Graham Construction.

Considered the most prestigious brick awards in the UK, the judges award the very best in craftsmanship and brick detailing.

Glenn Howells who designed the project said ‘We’re delighted and proud that i9 has gained this recognition from the Brick Awards. i9’s crafted red brick facade defines its identity and we wanted the strong vertical expression of brickwork piers to create a striking yet complementary addition to the family of buildings at this important intersection in the city.’

Kingston University Townhouse has been names the UK’s ‘Best New Building’ Winning Architecture’s Top Award – Riba Stirling’

Architect Lord Foster, chair of this year’s prize jury, said Town House “seamlessly brings together student and town communities, creating a progressive new model for higher education, well deserving of international acclaim and attention”.

He said it was a “highly original work of architecture” where “quiet reading, loud performance, research and learning can delightfully coexist”.

“That is no mean feat,” he added. “Education must be our future – and this must be the future of education.”

Grafton Architects said they were “delighted” that their “spatial open matrix” had been selected, noting how they had always “imagined a place where students would feel at home”.

Techrete are proud to have played our part in the construction of the Townhouse, supplying 473 reconstructed stone columns and beams for the projects’ facade.

Penrose Dock won two awards at the Building and Architect of the Year awards 2021 – ‘Building of the Year’ in the Large Office category and ‘Overall Building of the Year 2021‘. Penrose Dock has also achieved the ‘Gold LEED’ standard for its environmental credentials. LEED is recognised as the benchmark for green building standards globally.

Martin O’Brien of JCD Group said ‘This award was only achieved by the dedication and attention to detail from a committed Design Team, Main Contractor and the many subcontractors that were involved in the project.’

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Kingston University Townhouse Wins ‘Highly Commended at the 2020 Concrete Society Awards

Although sadly there was no party to attend this year, we were delighted that Kingston University Townhouse won one of the four ‘Highly Commended’ awards. The judges had this to say “an excellent example of extensive exposed internal and external precast concrete, complemented by polished concrete floors.”

Our work on Kingston University Townhouse is outlined here.

Opus 6, Hanover Quay and Capital Dock Win Awards at Irish Concrete Society Awards 2020

Although the Irish Concrete Society Awards were very different this year, we were delighted nonetheless to win ‘Highly Commended’ in the Elemental Category for Opus 6, Hanover Quay and ‘Highly Commended’ in the Main Category, for our our work on Ireland’s tallest residential tower, Capital Dock .

Techrete Receives RoSPA Gold Award for Health and Safety Achievements.

Techrete, with operations in Brigg, Leicester and Dublin, is celebrating after landing an internationally-recognised award for demonstrating high health and safety standards.

Techrete has received a RoSPA Gold Health and Safety Award for working hard to ensure its staff get home safely to their families at the end of every working day.

Organisations receiving a RoSPA Award are recognised as being world-leaders in health and safety practice. Every year, nearly 2,000 entrants vie to achieve the highest possible accolade in what is the UK’s longest-running H&S industry awards.

Keith Buckler, Group Health and Safety Manager, said: “We’re proud to win our 9th consecutive Rospa Gold Award, which is testament to the hard work and fundingmm that Techrete continually makes in ensuring the safety of its employees”

Julia Small, RoSPA’s head of qualifications, awards and events, said: “The RoSPA Awards scheme is the longest-running of its kind in the UK, but it receives entries from organisations around the world, making it one of the most sought-after global accolades in health and safety.

“RoSPA wants every employee, wherever they are, to work safe in the knowledge that they will be going home unharmed and healthy at the end of every day. The RoSPA Award winners are vital to help achieve this goal, as by entering they are driving up standards and setting new benchmarks for organisations everywhere. Currently, around 7 million people are directly impacted by the RoSPA Awards, but the scheme’s influence is even wider.”

The majority of awards are non-competitive and mark achievement at merit, bronze, silver and gold levels. Gold medals, president’s awards, orders of distinction and the Patron’s Award are presented to organisations sustaining the high standards of the gold level over consecutive years.

Competitive awards go to the best entries in 24 industry sectors including construction, healthcare, transport and logistics, engineering, manufacturing and education.

There are specialist awards for health at work, environmental management, safety delivered outside of the workplace, and fleet safety, and excellence trophies for the best international organisation, new entry, workforce involvement, leisure organisation, and organisation operating or based in Scotland. RoSPA’s top accolade is the Sir George Earle Trophy.

Techrete Win ‘Specialist Contractor of the Year 2020’

Techrete were thrilled to win this prestigious award in Dublin. Collecting their award in Dublin’s Clayton Hotel, Pre-Construction Manager Darren Brown said to host Marty Whelan ‘this is a superb achievement for Techrete, not only for winning Specialist Contractor of the Year, but also seeing multiple other Techrete projects take home various other awards on the night. It feels like we’ve won 3 awards tonight”.

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Techrete Win 8th Consecutive Rospa Gold Medal

Techrete have been awarded their 8th consecutive Rospa Gold Medal for their Health & Safety standards. Continuous investment in the health, safety and well-being of Techrete employees is considered to be of paramount importance and this investment is demonstrated with this latest award.