Skanska, Wates and Willmott Dixon up for British Council of School Environments contractor of the year

Contractors Skanska, Wates and Willmott Dixon have been shortlisted for the British Council of School Environments (BCSE) contractor of the year award.

The full awards shortlist was unveiled by the BCSE today, and also shortlists Atkins, EC Harris and HLM Architects for consultant of the year.

The BCSE awards, now in their fifth year, highlight the best in school design and construction.

The BCSE said: “The awards celebrate those that work in our nation’s schools from school leaders, teachers, local authority officers to engineers, builders and architects.”

The full awards shortlist is below:

Best of British Schools Awards 2012 - Shortlist

Building Britain Award - Contractor of the Year

  • Skanska
  • Wates
  • Willmott Dixon

Consultant of the Year

  • Atkins
  • EC Harris
  • HLM Architects

Designing Britain Award — The ‘Jonathan Ibikunle’ School Architect of the Year

  • Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
  • Architype Ltd
  • Atkins
  • Haverstock Associates LLP
  • Sheppard Robson
  • Walters and Cohen Ltd

Shortlist for Primary School Projects

  • Staunton-on-Wye Primary School — Staunton-on-Wye, Herefordshire — Architype
  • Preston Manor Primary School — Brent, London — HLM Architects
  • St Mary Magdalene Church of England Primary School — Bromley, Kent — Pellings LLP
  • Harton Primary School — South Tyneside — Ryder Architecture Limited
  • Elm Park School — Havering, London — Walters and Cohen Architects
  • Hylands School — Havering, London — Walters and Cohen Architects
  • Holy Trinity Primary School — Richmond-upon-Thames, London — Architype
  • Orleans Infant and Nursery School — Twickenham, London — DLA Architects
  • Wimbledon Chase Primary School — Wimbledon, London — Haverstock Associates
  • Batheaston Primary School — Bath, North East Somerset — Kendall Kingscott

Shortlist for Secondary Projects

  • Writhlington School — Bath, North East Somerset — Aedas
  • Barnfield West Academy — Luton — Architecture plb
  • Academy at Shotton Hall — Peterlee — Atkins
  • Lowestoft Sixth Form College — Lowestoft, Suffolk — Atkins
  • Brighton Aldridge Community Academy — Brighton, Brighton & Hove — Fielden Clegg Bradley Studios
  • Archbishop McGrath Catholic High School — Bridgend, South Wales — HLM Architects
  • Brannel Performing Arts School — St Austell, Cornwall — HLM Architects
  • Passmores — Harlow, Essex — Jestico + Whiles
  • All Staints’ Academy — Cheltenham — Nicholas Hare Architects
  • Stockwell Park — Lambeth, London — Sheppard Robson
  • Essa Academy — Bolton, Manchester — Sheppard Robson
  • Heartlands High School — Haringey, London — tp Bennett
  • Bristol Cathedral Choir School — Bristol — Nicholas Hare Architects
  • Colston’s Girl’s School — Bristol — Walters & Cohen Architects
  • Henrietta Barnett School — Barnet, London — Hopkins Architects Partnership LLP

Excellence in Design for Teaching and Learning - Independent and International

  • Princeton Frick Laboratory — Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA — Hopkins Architects Partnership LLP
  • Sherborne Music School — North West Dorset, UK — ORMS Architecure Design
  • King Alfred School — Barnet, London — Walters and Cohen Architects

Excellence in Design for Teaching and Learning — SEN

  • Springwell SEN — Barnsley — Atkins
  • Harpley PRU — Tower Hamlets, London — LSI Architects LLP
  • Grange School — Manchester — Ellis Williams Architects
  • Castle School — West Berkshire — Nightingale Associates

Test of Time Awards

  • Druk White Lotus School — Shey, Ladakh, Northern India — Arup Associates
  • Fitzjohn — Camden, London — Curl La Tourelle Architects
  • Ifield School — Gravesend, Kent — Haverstock Associates
  • Whitecross High School — Hereford — Haverstock Associates
  • Minster School — Southwell, Nottinghamshire — Penoyre & Prasad Architects

Local Authority of the Year

  • London Borough of Tower Hamlets
  • Middlesborough

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