Construction firm celebrates being awarded safety accolade

A Perth construction firm has been announced as one of the safest home builders in the UK.

Site manager Ian Barrett has won a National House Building Council (NHBC) Commendation Award for his team’s work at The Beeches development in Carnock, by Dunfermline.

The 41 properties have been created by Perth-based housebuilders A&J Stephen.

As the leading provider of health and safety services to the homebuilding industry, the NHBC Health and Safety Awards is the UK’s only contest of its kind exclusively for home builders.

Primarily designed to recognise and reward the best in health and safety, the awards – now in their eighth year – aim to drive up safety standards in the industry by showcasing and sharing best practice.

All of the competing sites have been visited by NHBC Health and Safety advisors, and were scored against the highly stringent health and safety standards set for the competition. Ian will now go on to compete for the Highly Commended and National titles, with the winners being announced at a gala event on Wednesday July 7.

Managing director John Stephen said: “We are delighted that Ian is being recognised for such a prestigious industry award.

“Ian’s approach to health and safety in general and to the management of those operating at The Beeches, Carnock is first class. It will be no surprise to his colleagues that he will be commended for his efforts in an area that we as a company put great focus on.”

The company recently won consent for its plan to build 700 houses at North Scone.