Publication Date: 09-08-2024 09:00
Prestigious industry award won by Bellway site manager in Bromsgrove
The high quality of the work delivered by the site manager at Bellway’s Whitford Heights development in Bromsgrove has been recognised with a prestigious national award.
Chris Bennett, 34, from Kingswinford won a Quality Award this year in the National House Building Council’s (NHBC) annual Pride in the Job competition and is one of just 449 site managers from across the UK to receive the accolade. Ten per cent of the winners were Bellway site managers.
Chris was selected from a pool of more than 8,000 site managers whose sites have been inspected by the NHBC over the past year, placing him among an elite group within the industry.
As a Quality Award winner, Chris is automatically entered into the next stage of the competition – the NHBC’s Seal of Excellence and Regional Awards, which will be awarded later in the year.
The NHBC runs the Pride in the Job awards annually and every site registered with them is automatically entered into the competition. Each site manager is judged on a wide range of aspects of their work including attention to detail, leadership, technical expertise and health and safety.
This is the second time that Chris has won a Pride in the Job Quality Award and comes just a year after he received his first, which was awarded for his work at Bellway’s Jubilee Green development in Coventry.
Chris said: “I’m thrilled to have won the Pride in the Job Quality Award for the second year in a row. We have high standards at Whitford Heights and we’re always striving to be unique and stand out from our competitors.
“I’d like to express my thanks to my Assistant Site Manager David Talbot and the team around us for the hard work they have put in to achieve this award. I always want to perform the best I can and would like to push for a Seal of Excellence and achieve a Regional Award soon.”
After serving in the Army, Chris embarked on an ex-forces bricklaying apprenticeship scheme. He has worked in the construction industry for the past eight years – the last five with Bellway – progressing from bricklayer to foreman to site manager.
Nick Edmond, Construction Director for Bellway West Midlands said: “The Pride in the Job Quality Awards are rightly held in high regard nationally as everyone in the industry knows just how hard it is to win this accolade.
“The judging is incredibly rigorous, which means that winning the award is testament to the quality of the homes being built at Whitford Heights.
“I would like to congratulate Chris and every member of the fabulous site team for their achievement and wish them all the best for the next stage of the competition in the autumn.”
Bellway is building a selection of two, three, four and five-bedroom homes at Whitford Heights.
To find out more, visit https://www.bellway.co.uk/new-homes/west-midlands/bellway-at-whitford-heights or call 01527 958267.
