Staffordshire site manager named best in the country for quality
A Senior Site Manager overseeing the construction at Barratt Homes’ Waterside development in Trentham has won a top national award for the quality of the homes being built onsite.
Chris Evans has won a Pride in the Job Quality Award from the National House Building Council (NHBC), an award known as the ‘Oscars’ of the housebuilding industry.
In total, site managers working for Barratt Homes’ parent company, Barratt Redrow Plc, have won 115 Pride in the Job awards this year alone – more than any other housebuilder.
This is the 21st year in a row that Barratt Redrow has won the most Pride in the Job awards, underlining just how important building high-quality, sustainable homes has been to the developer over the past two decades.
Chris is a Senior Site Manager who lives in Stoke-on-Trent, just nine miles from the development he is working on. He has been working with Barratt Homes for 11 years, and this is his first Pride in the Job award.
Chris said: “It feels great to win this award. At Waterside, all the contractors work as a fantastic team, so it’s a very happy place to work.
“I’d like to thank my Assistant Site Managers, Sean McQuillan and Oliver Towle, as well as my Contract Manager, John Gosling, alongside the rest of the site team for making this win possible. This is my first, and it definitely won’t be my last.”
The awards recognise the top 5% of site managers across the country, with around 8,200 sites being entered into the awards annually, and only 450 winners. Each is judged on a strict criteria including technical expertise, health and safety, leadership and attention to detail.
Rhys Nicholson, Managing Director at Barratt Homes Manchester, said: “We’re so proud of Chris for achieving this prestigious Pride in the Job Quality Award. It’s amazing news for both the team at Waterside and for our customers.
“These awards showcase what it takes to be a top site manager and demonstrate our long-term commitment to looking after our customers. Anyone who buys a home at a development with a Pride in the Job Quality Award winner knows their home has been built to the highest standard. We are very proud to have won more of these awards than any other homebuilder for 21 years in a row now.”
The awards closely follow Barratt Redrow being awarded five stars by its customers for satisfaction in the annual Home Builders Federation (HBF) new homes survey. To be rated as five-star means that more than 90% of customers would recommend a home to a friend, with Barratt Redrow being the only major national homebuilder to be rated five-star for 16 years in a row.
