Camerons takes top construction award

Contractor wins overall prize on the building industry's big night
(Jersey Evening Post Monday 7th July)

Building contractor Camerons were announced as the overall winner at the Jersey Construction Awards 2008 at the Hotel de France on Friday.

The company won the Project of the Year over £500,000 award for the day surgery unit at the General Hospital.

The Project of the Year under £500,000 was won by Jersey Gas for St Saviour's Road, Business of the Year was won by AC Mauger and the Health and Safety award went to Dandara.

Achiever
Anthony Joubert from Camerons won the Industry Achiever of the Year and Rachel Perchard from Dandara won Environment Young Achiever of the Year.

Best Environmental Project went to Naish Waddingon for Ivystill and Best Use of Innovation went to Jersey Gas for Subsoil Gas.

Around 450 people attended the fourth annual Jersey Construction Awards and there were a record number of entries this year for the eight categories.

Karen Rankine was the host for the evening. In her opening speech she said how important the construction industry is to the Island's economy and social welfare, employing ten per cent of Jersey's workforce.

Jersey Construction Council awards committee chairman Steve Jewell spoke next and said how they had modified some of the awards this year and that the theme for the ceremony was 'back to basics' , reflected in the scaffolding set design and workman outfits that the table hosts were wearing.

Kevin Keen, judging panel chairman, explained the reasoning behind each winning entry and made a special mention of St Thomas' Church, recommending that in future years a special category - interior restoration of a local church - be introduced.

After winning the overall award Camerons construction director Bob Mathews said: 'It is fantastic to win. The whole team - the design team, the clients, the project manager and the project architect made that possible. We had the best rapport we have ever seen on a project.'

After winning Best Environmental Project, Mike waddington, president of Association of Jersey Architects and Naish Waddington director, said: 'People are understandably interested in eco-design and that's great but individual houses and buildings are going to look different and I think the thing about Ivystill is that it does look different and it is an 'exemplary example of good sustainable design which fits in with rural Jersey'.

There was a collection for the Brick Foundation during the evening and the event was sponsored by British Gypsum, Huelin Renouf, Insurance Corporation, Pentagon, RBS International and Grafters.

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