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Buildingtalk’s Editor, Howard Chapman, reports on the prestigious Offsite Construction Awards that are helping promote the best in precision building.
The inaugural Offsite Construction Awards were presented yesterday at the Inmarsat Conference Centre, London where over 150 leaders and innovators from across the offsite construction sector had gathered for at the major Expore Offsite event.
The prestigious awards rewarded outstanding projects, innovative products and dynamic people promoting excellence in offsite construction across the UK.
Awards Host and Head of the judging panel, Darren Richards:
“I am proud to have played a part in the inaugural Offsite Construction Awards. I have been blown away by the breadth and quality of entries received. It is truly inspiring to see so much activity in the sector and to witness so many boundaries being pushed. The depth of expertise across all categories was impressive and the exceptional number of entries clearly demonstrates the upturn in the industry – placing the Offsite Construction Awards as a high point in the annual construction events calendar.”
All the winners and highly commended for the Offsite Awards 2015
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