Harefield Place in Ickenham
This year's winner of the LABC Building Excellence Awards for the London and North West regions have been announced.
The annual awards, usually black tie events taking place across England and Wales, are open to organisations (such as building control surveyors, builders, architects, and designers) that have used Local Authority Building Control for their projects.
Factors taken into account when selecting winners include high levels of compliance with building regulations, effective working relationships with LABC surveyors, outstanding craftsmanship, technical innovation, sustainability, an ability to solve technical problems with creative solutions and innovative products, and the skills to overcome difficult site conditions.
In this first round of presentations, sponsored by Actis, Keswick Developments in Haringey won the Best Local Builder or Craftsperson category for London, while Liverpool's J Beckwith Builders won the prize for the North West.
In the London region, the Best Change of Use of an Existing Building Award went to Harefield Place in Ickenham, Middlesex for its project to convert and extend a Georgian mansion set in nine acres of greenbelt land to create 25 apartments worth over £1 million.
In the North West the award went to The White Lion Hotel in Stockport, a 14th century coaching inn which has been transformed into 11 rent-to-buy apartments and food and retail outlets after lying derelict for a decade.
Virtual presentations will be taking place twice weekly until early October.
The White Lion on Stockport
