The Chartered Institute of Building this week revealed the finalists for its Building Manager of the Year awards.
The shortlist for the awards is:
  • Projects over £17m: Maurice Cooper, Amec, Cumberland Infirmary; Gareth Lewis, Mace, Merrill Lynch financial centre; Richard Pike, Laing, National Ice Centre; Barry Johnson, Sir Robert McAlpine, Eden Project; Paul Sims, Bovis Lend Lease, Mid City Place; Richard Thorpe, Mace, GlaxoSmith Kline House; Rolv Kristiansen, Sir Robert McAlpine, ExCel Exhibition Centre; and Andy Smith, Laing, Renaissance London.

  • Projects between £3m and £17m: Paul Simon, Walter Lilly, Southwark Cathedral; Paul Eccles, Bovis Lend Lease, Yorkshire Building Society; Philip Baker, Ballast, Excel Logistics Distribution Centre; Mike Howlett, Morrison, J Sainsbury; Ernie Cook, Try Accord, Command and Control Centre, Kent Police; David Woolrough, Simons, Greens Health and Fitness Centre; Robert Setchell, Wates, Huntingdon Garden and Leisure; Steve Edwards, Laing, Hutchison/MRC Research Centre; Steve Vorres, Taylor Woodrow, Millennium Plaza; Andy Jones, E Turner & Sons, Morrison Superstores; and Mark Chamberlain, Willmott Dixon, education centre, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

  • Projects less than £3m: Paul Eccles, Bovis Lend Lease, Magical Journey; Peter Twyman, Ballast, New Linear Accelerator Building, Kent and Canterbury Hospital; Chris Harrie, Norwest Holst, Cambridge Business Park; Thibaut Heinrich, Mowlem, BAE Systems Prestwick International Airport; Stephen Davies, Kingswood Construction, Farm Shop, Windsor Castle.

  • BT award for Technological Innovation in Construction: Dr Holger Garden, Taylor Woodrow, the Boots Building; Rod Grinsted, PPT Integration, Nortel Networks; Darrell Bergesen, Taylor Woodrow, Greenwich Millennium Village; Peter Turner, Marriott Construction, Astra Zeneca UK; Doug White, Wilson Bowden, Cornerhouse; and Stephen Evans, Carillion, Boots the Chemist.

  • Housing Contractor of the Year: three storeys and above: David Connachan, Wimpey, the Academy; David Ebdon, Westbury Homes, Reading Monastery; Bill Fisher, Bewley Homes, Highfields; John Guttery, Willmott Dixon Housing, Lismore Park; Steve Holmes, David Wilson Homes, Highfields Totley; Ted Norcross, Wimpey, Merryfield Park; Michael Ryan, Crest Nicholson, West Street Fordingbridge Paul Smith, Wimpey, Sandringham Grove; and Paul Taylor, Willmott Dixon Housing, Neasden Lane.

  • Housing below three storeys: David Creek, Bewley Homes, Holybrook House, Bear Wharf; James Gaffney, St George, St George Wharf; Richard Morris, Berkeley Homes, Van Alen Building; and Mike Prendergrast, Bewley Homes, Enborne Park.