Hampshire: site managers win 'Oscars of the housebuilding industry'

Site managers for Barratt Developments Southampton have won a top national award for site quality from the National House-Building Council (NHBC). 

Matt Annalls, Nick Street and Phil Cripps have won prestigious NHBC Pride in the Job awards, considered to be the “Oscars of the housebuilding industry”.

Annalls wins for his work at Waterlooville development Berewood Heath with Street honoured for work at Monarchs Keep in Bursledon and Cripps for his outstanding work at New Quarter in Bordon.

Now in their 38^th year the Pride in the Job awards recognise the very best site managers from around the country. In total Barratt site managers won 83 Pride in the Job awards, more than any other housebuilder this year. Barratt has now won more Pride in the Jobs awards for a record 14 years in a row, making it the clear industry leader in site management.

Each year more than 16,000 site managers enter the competition and are judged against strict evaluation criteria, with just 450 individual winners then being chosen. Every winner has been rigorously assessed during the past 12 months across 37 areas, including their technical knowledge, quality controls, consistency, health and safety and customer service.

Jon Green, managing director from Barratt Developments in Southampton, said: “These awards demonstrate that our site managers are building some of the best quality homes in the country. Customers who buy a home on a Pride in the Job winning site are benefiting from a really high-quality product. By once again winning more of these awards than any other housebuilder it shows the commitment we have made to excellence in construction and putting customers at the heart of everything we do.”

These awards closely follow Barratt Developments being awarded five stars by the Home Builders Federation for customer satisfaction. To be ranked as five star means that more than 90% of customers would recommend a home to a friend and Barratt is the only major national housebuilder to be rated five star for nine years in a row.