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March 2004

Rural Building Firm Wins Council's Built In Quality Award

MD Neil Turner (left) with site manager Simon Curling

Bovey Construction, an independent building firm based in Caton, Ashburton, has beaten stiff competition from larger building firms and national chains to win the domestic category in Teignbridge Council’s 2004 Built In Quality Awards. The award was made on the basis of the high quality of work at two innovative and contrasting extensions on a 1920s bungalow at Haytor in Dartmoor National Park.

The presentation of the certificates, awarded by the Building Control Department at Teignbridge District Council, took place at Old Forde House, Newton Abbot on 22 March. Neil Turner, managing director of Bovey Construction, received his certificate on behalf of the team, from Cllr Mary Colclough, Chair of Teignbridge Council.

Speaking at the ceremony, Neil Turner said: “This is a whole-team achievement, which is a tribute to the craft and professional skills of my team and the considerable management skills of Simon Curling, who managed the site. I cannot rate too highly the importance to our industry of having highly skilled people committed to producing quality work and to their own continual improvement.”
Unusually, the selection for the award was not based on nominations by the public or the contractors themselves. Instead, the council’s building control surveyors, who ensure work on construction sites across Teignbridge meets a wide range of quality standards, nominated contractors for outstanding work on specific sites. Bovey Construction was awarded 210 points out of a possible 230, for high-quality work that went far beyond the already high standards required by building regulations.

Nominating Bovey Construction for the award, the surveyors’ department described the contract as “very difficult, combining modern and traditional materials”. The work consisted of two quite distinctive designs from Michael Tyrrell Chartered Architects MTA of Brixham, which, in different ways, met the client’s two criteria.

The garden room at the rear, whose semi-circular shape follows the path of the sun , was constructed in steel and glass and finished with a light modern roofing material, a Sanafil single-ply PVC membrane. In contrast, the entrance hall at the front of the house literally plugs the gap between two gables either side of the main entrance. Replacing the wind tunnel with a light-filled structure constructed from glass and green oak, the new entrance room echoes in modern style the original building.

Teignbridge Building Control has also nominated Bovey Construction for the National Built In Quality Awards, run by the Local Authority Building Control (LABC). The winners will be announced later in the year.

For more information, ring Bovey Construction on 01626 821919.