HERITAGE PROJECTS SHINE IN UK ROOFING AWARDS

[WHEN THE WINNERS of the UK Roofing Awards were revealed in May they once again featured a number of heritage roofing projects – including the most prestigious of all, the Roof of the Year.

The awards were presented at the InterContinental London – The O2, in a glittering ceremony hosted by broadcaster Colin Murray.

The Roof of the Year award went to Stuart Wheeler Roofing Ltd for Yellow Sands, a 19th-century Arts and Crafts house in Devon (pictured). The project also scooped the Roof Slating award.

Other projects in the heritage sector to meet with success included Jane

Austen’s House in the Roof Tiling category – won by Clarke Roofing Southern Ltd – Somerton Castle North East Tower by Matt Timby Ltd in the Leadwork category and The Riverside Pavilion by Emerton Roofing (Western) Ltd in the Small Scale Project <£25k category. At the other end of the scale, BriggsAmasco won the Mastic Asphalt award for Battersea Power Station.

The Heritage category itself was won by Longworth Building Services Ltd for Derby Market Hall. Looking to the future, the award in the Green Roof category went to LRL Roofing Solutions for the new Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre in Cheshire.

The UK Roofing Awards, presented by the NFRC, have become an industrywide event that recognises and rewards outstanding standards of workmanship and safety within the UK roofing industry.

James Talman, NFRC CEO, said:

“My congratulations go out to all those who have won at this year’s UK Roofing Awards. It takes a lot to win a Roofing Award and your excellent workmanship, innovation and commitment to best practice in health and safety is deserving of this recognition. You should all be incredibly proud.” q