Prestigious National Award for SystemFirst Thursday, 13th November 2008
Foundation engineering giant Roger Bullivant Limited scooped a national housing innovation award at a prestigious awards ceremony in London.
The award comes hot on the heels of the company’s Chairman and founder Roger Bullivant officially being inducted into the Construction Industry Hall of Fame at a separate London event.
And in an aim to make it a treble success, the company is also shortlisted for a further award next week.
Yesterday’s ceremony, at the London Hilton, saw UK companies recognised for success in the 2008 Sustainable Housing Awards, organised by Inside Housing Magazine.
Roger Bullivant won the Sustainability Innovation Award for the company’s SystemFirst foundation, a modular foundation system which delivers significant environmental benefits. The System is the culmination of over 35 years research and development in the foundations market.
RBL beat off opposition from Kingspan, BASF, the Zed factory and SHIFT Sustainable Homes to win the award
In presenting the award to RBL Director Peter Saul, the judges said environmentally beneficial solutions like SystemFirst were recognised as making significant impact in the fight against global warming.
Last month, to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the British Construction Industry Awards, 21 individuals who have impacted most on the industry over that period of time were inducted into the BCI Hall of Fame.
A spokesman said:” We have celebrated the project, now we celebrate the achievements of the individuals…”
Along with Roger Bullivant were John Armitt, Chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority, Alan Myers, Tunnel Engineer for the Channel Tunnel, Ray O’Rourke, Chairman and Chief Executive of Laing 0’Rourke, Sir Michael Latham author of Construction the Team, Sir Joseph Dwyer, director Crossrail and Nick Raynsford MP, to name a few.
Roger said: “I was highly honoured and humbled to be included in such a prestigious, technically successful group of people. It means a great deal to me.”
Next week the SystemFirst foundation solution is shortlised for further recognition in the Building Magazine 2008 Sustainability Awards. The company is shortlisted in the Innovation Technology Award(Product or Process) category and the winner will be announced on Tuesday night. Other contenders for the award are: Corus, Marley Eternit, Swift Horsman Group, BDP and Fitzpatrick Contractors.
