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The Plymouth Herald Business and Abercrombie Awards 2011


abercrombieThe Abercrombie Awards are awarded once every three years to projects involving the development and improvement of Plymouth's Built Environment. There are a total of seven awards, which are:

  • Best Public Space

  • Best Conversion or Conservation Project

  • Best Minor Development

  • Best Sustainable Development

  • Best Community Project

  • Best New Building

  • The Abercrombie Award, given to the best of the six winners above.

These awards are presented to the buildings themselves and the stakeholders who conceived of the idea and drove it to its completion. The financers, designers, surveyors and many other parties all contributed to make the finished projects a reality, although as a Building Contractor we feel proud that our work has been completed to the highest standards the City has seen over the past three years.

We received nominations in the Best Conservation Project Category for two of our projects, the Devonport Guildhall and the refurbishment of St Aubyn's Church.

We also received nominations for the People of Plymouth Award, voted for online at the Plymouth Herald Website for their favourite development. Four of our projects were nominated; Devonport Guildhall, St Aubyn's Church, Devonport Park Pavilion and Mayflower Community School.

The Nominees were invited to a formal gala dinner and awards presentation for the 2011 Plymouth Business and Abercrombie Awards, held at Boringdon Golf Club and presented by Angela Rippon OBE. The Plymouth Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosted the evening along with the Plymouth Herald.

Devon Contractors were thrilled that St Aubyn's Church won the Best Conservation or Conversion Project, and that the Guildhall collected the People of Plymouth Award. The Guildhall was also highly commended under the Best Conservation or Conversion Project, whilst the client, the Real Ideas Organisation were awarded the Social Enterprise of the Year prize in the Business awards.

The Abercrombie Award itself went to St Aubyn's Church, which truly reflects the outstanding calibre of the project.

More information on the Abercrombie Awards can be found on the the Plymouth Herald's website, here and here and on the Heralds' Business Awards Website.

These awards were sponsored by architects Stride Treglown.

More information on Sir Patrick Abercrombie can be found here