Winners revealed in 2024 CSA Awards programme
The Commissioning Specialists Association (CSA) returned to London on the evening of Thursday 10th October for the staging of its 9th Annual Awards Ceremony. With nine awards categories in this year’s programme, the entry process again produced some exceptional entries from right across the commissioning arena.
For the second year running, the Leonardo Royal Hotel City, overlooking the Tower of London and the River Thames played host to the presentation dinner, during which professional endeavour, product innovation, skills development, engineering prowess and service delivery were all acknowledged and celebrated.
Following a comprehensive judging process, which again combined the remote assessment and scoring of each entry with a virtual gathering of the judging panel, some 36 finalists across the nine award categories were determined. MBS Editor Tracey Rushton-Thorpe was part of the judging panel and on the evening of the ceremony was on hand to present the MBS-sponsored Commissioning Provider of the Year Award to the eventual winner.
The individual category winners were:
Project of the Year – Banyards: Manchester Engineering Campus Development for The University of Manchester Environmental Contribution Award – IWTM UK: Chemical Free Remediation of Data Centre Commissioning Engineer of the Year – Colin Freestone: Media Control
Commissioning Manager of the Year – Matt Phillips: Crown House Technologies
Commissioning Provider of the Year – Media Control
Investment in Training Award – End Systems Diversity in Commissioning Award – Banyards
Student of the Year – Jemma Sharp: AWE PLC
Special Contribution Award – Joanne Rowe & Kate McIntyre
CSA Chairman Keith Barker commented: “This year’s awards programme proved to be another huge success and once again provided an excellent forum through which to celebrate business and professional excellence right across our sector.”
Glenigan data shows impact of ISG collapse worse than expected
ISG’s recent collapse has sent shockwaves through the UK construction sector, placing many projects in peril and putting a number of subcontractors in a precarious position.
Whilst some analysts were quick to point out the scale of the problem especially for government projects, with a few days’ hindsight, it’s clear to see the impact was significantly underestimated, and will be felt across the whole of the construction sector for months to come.
According to construction intelligence provider Glenigan public sector work accounts for only a third of ISG’s pipeline, while industrial, commercial and private housing projects on ISG’s books total over £2.8 billion.
Overall ISG currently has projects totalling over £2.5 billion on site and has been awarded contracts on a further £1.7 billion of work. Thirty-three awarded contracts, 57 projects in progress on-site and three imminent completion have been left up in the air.
ISG was also on 19 Construction Frameworks with a combined value of over £104 billion.
This situation presents a major problem for both contractors and subcontractors, many of which will be left seriously out of pocket, putting a large number of jobs on the line.
However, there is a commercial opportunity for agile suppliers to step into the breach, ensuring many of these projects do not fall behind and involved subcontractors are supported.
Commenting on these figures, Economic Director Allan Wilen said: “ISG’s demise is set to dampen overall industry workload in the near-term as clients look for contractors to complete projects currently on-site and as recently awarded projects are re-tendered. Its subcontractors and suppliers will be under increased financial pressure and contractors nationwide will need to review and work with their own supply chains to minimise financial stress and avoid any additional loss of industry capacity.”
