Scape Scoops Prestigious Award

8 November 2011

Scape, the local authority controlled company at the forefront of driving down UK public sector building procurement costs, has just clinched a top award at the fourth East Midlands Centre for Constructing the Build Environment (EMCBE) Constructing Excellence Awards.

Held on 28th October, the evening event celebrated excellence within the sector across the region and saw a range of finalists come together to find out who clinched the ten Awards titles for 2011.

Scape won Client of the Year for its role as an organisation that’s shown the greatest drive and determination in achieving results. In particular, Scape was singled out for its ‘best practice principles’ which are applied across its projects and through its supply chain.

Commenting on Scape’s achievement, David Walker MBE, Chief Executive of EMCBE, said: “Scape has, through working with a critical mass of main contractors and integrated supply chains, far exceeded nationally recognised key performance indicators for time, cost, quality and safety across a range of construction projects.”

Mark Robinson, Chief Executive Officer of Scape, commented: “Scape is playing an important role in these times of austerity in helping public bodies across the UK save money in buying in building services. We’re delighted to have received this award,
which is testament to the hard work, dedication and enthusiasm of our small team and all our partners.”  

As well as leading the Scape team in helping many local authorities across the country save money on new build, refurbishment and retrofit development schemes, Mark is also a leading public sector representative in Europe on procurement and local enterprise matters. In recognition of his expertise and achievement, Mark was also shortlisted as a finalist in the Special Contribution to the Industry Award.

Scape and many of its industry partners were also shortlisted for a number of other awards, including;

• Innovation Business Award: Willmott Dixon for Sunesis (a joint venture between Scape and Willmott Dixon which delivers standard whole building designs at a fixed cost to reduce waste and speed up delivery).   
• Project of the Year Award: Willmott Dixon Red Lion Quarter in Spalding, Lincolnshire (a mixed use business and leisure development)
• Heritage Project of the Year: Ashe Construction for the Roof Restoration of Market Hall in Derby

The 2011 awards were held at Wittlebury Hall in Northampton. Historian and broadcaster Dr Jonathan Foyle hosted the event. Jonathan is the Chief Director of the World Monuments Fund Britain, the UK arm of a global charity, which has achieved great success in securing imperiled architectural sites for future generations.

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