CJ announces 2005 Awards shortlist

This year's Contract Journal Construction Industry Awards 2005 attracted a record number of entries. We can now reveal that 63 of those entries have made it through the preliminary judging process to the shortlist stage and now stand a chance of winning one of the most prestigious awards in the construction
industry.
There are 14 categories, including the new Diversity Award. The number of finalists in each category varies according to the closeness of the judges' marking among the main
contenders.
All shortlisted entries will now be sent to Awards auditor Grant Thornton, before final judging takes place to identify the
winners.
Congratulations to all the shortlisted companies and good luck on 6 October.


BUILDING CONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR
<25A0> Kier Regional
<25A0> Sir Robert McAlpine
<25A0> Taylor Woodrow
<25A0> Willmott Dixon

CIVIL ENGINEERING CONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR
<25A0> Balfour Beatty Civil
Engineering
<25A0> Birse Civils
<25A0> T McGee & Co
<25A0> Taylor Woodrow

CLIENT OF THE YEAR
<25A0> Blackpool Council
<25A0> Unite Group
<25A0> University of Cambridge

CONSTRUCTION PRODUCT MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR
<25A0> A-Plant
<25A0> Aggregate Industries
<25A0> Charcon
<25A0> Garic

DEMOLITION CONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR
<25A0> Brown & Mason
<25A0> Coleman & Co
<25A0> Controlled Demolition Group
<25A0> Griffiths-McGee Demolition

DIVERSITY AWARD
<25A0> Bovis Lend Lease
<25A0> Chantry Builders
<25A0> Kier Building Maintenance
<25A0> Thomas Vale
<25A0> Willmott Dixon

IT AWARD
<25A0> Atkins Management Consultants
<25A0> Broadway Malyan
<25A0> Peter Duffy
<25A0> HBG
<25A0> Taylor Woodrow

LONG-TERM PARTNERING AWARD
<25A0> Birse Civils and Blackpool
Council
<25A0> Capital Solutions Partners
and Yorkshire Water
<25A0> Construction Management
Community and Highways
Agency
<25A0> Mansell and Defence Estates
<25A0> Willmott Dixon and David
Lloyd Leisure

PLANT HIRER OF THE YEAR
<25A0> A-Plant
<25A0> Garic
<25A0> GE Equipment
<25A0> Speedy Hire

PPP/PFI AWARD
<25A0> Bluestone
<25A0> Broadland Environmental
Service
<25A0> HBG
<25A0> Skanska

SME CONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR
<25A0> Dudley's
<25A0> Herbert T Forrest
<25A0> Jackson Lloyd
<25A0> Mott MacDonald Bentley
<25A0> Parkinson Building
Contractors

SPECIALIST CONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR
<25A0> Billington Structures
<25A0> Hall Fire Protection
<25A0> IEI Building Services
<25A0> Lakesmere
<25A0> Pennine Group

THE SILVER HELMET AWARD FOR SAFETY
<25A0> Clugston Construction
<25A0> Cementation Foundations
Skanska
<25A0> Kier Group
<25A0> Skanska
<25A0> Edmund Nuttall
<25A0> Warings Contractors

TRAINING AWARD
<25A0> JN Bentley
<25A0> Kier Group
<25A0> Morrison Utility Services
<25A0> Taylor Woodrow
<25A0> Thomas Vale

<25A0> See the story on page 1 for details of table booking forms and contacts.