A St. Modwen Homes site manager has been recognised as one the best in the country after receiving a prestigious housing industry award for quality home construction.
Tom Wichall, site manager at St. Modwen Homes’ Orchard Mill site in Ditton, was awarded a Pride In The Job Quality Award by the National House Building Council (NHBC), the UK’s largest provider of new home warranties and insurance, in recognition of the high standards of delivery by the entire team at the 300 home site in the Kent village.
The awards celebrate the dedication to producing the highest quality homes, setting a benchmark for exceptional site managers across the housebuilding industry, with only 5% of the 8,000 site managers across the country given the award.
Tom said: “At St. Modwen Homes we pride ourselves on delivering high-quality homes for our customers to enjoy, so to be recognised for our work at Orchard Mill by the NHBC is fantastic and we are incredibly proud of this recognition. Ensuring the highest of standards is a team effort and I’d like to thank everybody who comes onto site for their efforts, this award is as much for them as it is for me.
“We all share a sense of professional pride in what we do and this is shown by the homes we ultimately deliver. It’s great that the NHBC loves the homes as much as our customers do.”
Commenting on the awards, Steve Wood, CEO at NHBC said: “For more than four decades, Pride in the Job has underpinned NHBC’s purpose of raising standards in house building. The competition recognises the UK’s top site managers, showcasing best practice and rewarding excellence.
“Winning site managers demonstrate dedication, passion and leadership to ensure new homes are delivered to exacting construction quality standards. While house building is a team effort, we believe the greatest influence on the quality of a finished home is the calibre of the site manager and the way they inspire their team. Congratulations to all the winners.”
Now in its 44th year and widely considered the ‘Oscars’ of the house-building industry, Pride in the Job has become the benchmark for exceptional site managers. Judging is rigorous, with assessment across six key areas: consistency, attention to detail, leadership, interpretation of drawings and specifications, technical expertise and health and safety.
Thousands of inspections, with meticulous scoring and detailed verifications, have taken place to determine the 449 winners from a field of more than 8,000 sites, representing the top 5% of UK site managers.
Pride in the Job has five categories: small, medium and large builders, plus multi-storey for projects up to seven storeys and high-rise for projects more than seven storeys.
The Quality Award winners will now go on to compete for Seal of Excellence and Regional Awards in the autumn, with the national Supreme Award winners unveiled in January 2025.