11 prizes at the Greater Cambridge Design and Construction Awards!
We are delighted to have had our best-ever year at the Greater Cambridge Design and Construction Awards – taking home 11 awards.
Our projects were named the winner of four out of eight categories at the awards which celebrate the best in local construction, engineering and design, and received seven commendations.
Judges visited shortlisted projects in early February to examine the buildings and experience the spaces first-hand.
Our award-winning projects were as follows:
The Entopia Building
Winner - Best conservation, alteration or extension of an existing building (over £2m construction costs)
Winner - David Mackay Award for engineering and sustainability
Commendation – Craftsmanship Award
The Entopia Building is a world first for a deep retrofitted sustainable office building, setting new standards for low energy use, carbon emissions and impact on natural resources as well as user experience and wellbeing.
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Homerton College Dining Hall
Winner - Best New Building (over £2m construction costs)
Winner - Craftsmanship Award
Commendation - David Mackay Award for engineering and sustainability
The striking new dining hall for Homerton College in Cambridge features sustainability standards that far exceed best practice.
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Lucy Cavendish College
Commendation - Best New Building (over £2m construction costs)
Commendation - David Mackay Award for engineering and sustainability
Commendation - Contractor Award
This Passivhaus student accommodation offers future-proof and accessible homes for Lucy Cavendish College. An all-electric, Passivhaus-certified project, the building acts as the sustainable heart of the college campus.
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St. Catharine’s Dining Hall
Commendation - Best conservation, alteration or extension of an existing building (over £2m construction costs)
Commendation - David Mackay Award for engineering and sustainability
This project included the refurbishment of the College's social spaces while improving access to the 18th-century Sherlock Library, and creating a new home for the college’s rare books and special collections. We provided MEP and sustainability, lighting and acoustics services for the project until the end of RIBA Stage 3.