Another award for the Hartford Homes team as Dominic McGreevy receives national recognition as one of the best site managers in the UK after winning a top housing industry award.
Dominic, who has been with the island company for 13 years and has previously scooped three of these highly coveted awards, is celebrating having received a Quality Award from the National House Building Council (NHBC) Pride in the Job Awards for his work on Hartford Homes’ Royal Park development in Ramsey.
Running for 43 years, the accolade, which is awarded by the UK’s leading new homes warranty and insurance provider, is the most highly regarded in the house-building industry and a prestigious benchmark for exceptional site managers. With only 443 winners selected out of over 8,000 entrants across the UK, the recipients are among the country’s best house builders.
Celebrating his success, Dominic said:
“It’s always heartening to receive recognition for the quality and excellent standards of our sites at Hartford Homes, especially for our work at Royal Park, Ramsey, perhaps one of our most ambitious developments to date with just under 130 modern homes.
“The NHBC Pride in the Job Awards represents the pinnacle of homebuilding standards, so their judging criteria are about as tough as you can get. Receiving this award is a great commendation for what we’ve achieved so far, but it also gives you the motivation to look ahead and think about what we can do to improve in the future.
“It might be an old cliche, but this is an individual award for a truly collective effort. I’m effectively steering the ship, but there’s a whole lot that goes on behind the scenes. When we’re building at scale and to Hartford’s meticulous standards, every day presents new challenges. Fortunately, I have an exceptional team around me at every level, from our workers on-site to our office team, whose hours of work on vital drawings and planning allow us to do our jobs and build the great homes Hartford is known for.”
Judging for the awards is rigorous, with the current competition beginning in July last year. Each site manager is assessed across six key areas: consistency, attention to detail, leadership, interpretation of drawings and specifications, technical expertise and health and safety. Thousands of site inspections and meticulous scoring and verifications have taken place to decide the winning site managers.
Commenting on the awards, Steve Wood, CEO at NHBC said:
“Congratulations to all the winners who should feel proud to have received a Pride in the Job Award. Pride in the Job is firmly at the heart of NHBC’s mission to raise standards in the housing industry.
“It is important we recognise the vital role site managers play in ensuring new homes are delivered on time, on safe sites and to exacting construction quality standards. This accolade recognises the best site managers across the UK and celebrates how much Dominic has inspired their team by going the extra mile to deliver homes of the highest quality.”
The flagship competition has three categories for different sized businesses: small, medium, and large house builders, plus a multi-storey category where site managers are working on projects up to seven storeys for multiple occupancy and finally the high-rise category for multiple occupancy projects over seven storeys.
The Quality Award winners will now go on to compete for Seal of Excellence and Regional Awards in the autumn, with the national Supreme Award winners unveiled in January 2024.