A site manager at David Wilson Homes’ Ramblers’ Gate development in Ashbourne has won a top national award for the quality of the homes he is building.
Nathan Mannion (40), from Derby, has won a Pride in the Job Quality Award from the National House Building Council (NHBC). These prestigious awards are known as the “Oscars of the housebuilding industry”.
In total, Barratt Developments’ site managers have won 98 Pride in the Job Quality Awards, which is more than any other housebuilder. This is the 18th year in a row that site managers from Barratt Developments have won more of these awards than any other builder, underlining the long-term commitment David Wilson Homes has to building high quality properties.
Nathan has been with David Wilson Homes for nine years, and won both a Pride in the Job award and a Seal of Excellence award last year.
Nathan said: “To win for the second time is even more amazing, and it’s been no mean feat this year, everyone on the site worked really hard.”
“All aspects of the site are great, I’ve enjoyed it from start to finish, as the site is now coming to a close.”
“The whole team have been amazing this year, but I’d like to thank Jeremy Austin and Adam Holloway, both assistant site managers, and the contracts manager Daryl Marshall, as well as all our sub-contractors and labourers.”
The Pride in the Job Awards showcase the best site managers in the country who can demonstrate exceptional standards in building new communities, delivering the highest quality homes for their customers. Each site manager is judged on a range of key criteria including health and safety, their technical knowledge, customer service and attention to detail.
Every site manager who is registered with the NHBC is automatically entered into the awards, with just 450 winners being selected from over 11,000 entrants.
The awards also help to build quality standards across both developments and teams, with winning site managers invariably having an assistant site manager working with them. They in turn learn the high standards that are needed to win, increasing quality throughout the industry.
Darren Langton, Managing Director at David Wilson Homes East Midlands, said: “We want to make our customers happy by building high quality homes for them. These awards recognise only the best new homes and well-run developments and we are very proud of our record having won more of these awards than any other housebuilder for 18 years in a row.
“Every customer who buys a home built by a site manager who has won a Pride in the Job Quality award can have confidence that their home is of the highest possible quality.”
These awards closely follow Barratt Developments being awarded five stars by its customers for satisfaction in the annual Home Builders Federation (HBF) new homes survey. To be rated five star means that more than 90% of its customers would recommend one of its homes to a friend, with the developer being the only major national housebuilder to be rated five star for 13 years in a row.
