A senior site manager at David Wilson Homes’ Stanneylands development in Wilmslow has won a top national award for the quality of the homes being built.
Gary Atherton (48), from Atherton in Greater Manchester, has won a Pride in the Job Quality Award from the National House Building Council (NHBC), and these prestigious awards are known as the “Oscars of the housebuilding industry”.
In total, Barratt Developments’ site managers have won 98 Pride in the Job Quality Awards, which is more than any other housebuilder. This is the 18th year in a row that site managers from Barratt Developments have won more of these awards than any other builder, underlining the long-term commitment David Wilson Homes has to building high quality properties.
Gary has been with David Wilson Homes for eight years, and he has been overseeing the Stanneylands development since October 2018.
This is his fourth Pride in the Job Quality Award, and he’s previously also been recognised in the higher-ranked Seal of Excellence accolades.
Gary said: “I didn’t expect it at all, but I’m thrilled. A lot has changed onsite over the past year but everyone’s still maintained the high standards expected of us.
“This award shows the decent workmanship onsite to achieve consistency and continuity in the new homes being built.
“The whole team has been amazing this year, but I’d like to thank Danny McCarthy and Danielle Atherton, both assistant site managers, for their support in particular.”
The Pride in the Job Awards showcase the best site managers in the country who can demonstrate exceptional standards in building new communities, delivering the highest quality homes for their customers. Each site manager is judged on a range of key criteria including health and safety, their technical knowledge, customer service and attention to detail.
Every site manager who is registered with the NHBC is automatically entered into the awards, with just 450 winners being selected from over 11,000 entrants.
The awards also help to build quality standards across both developments and teams, with winning site managers invariably having an assistant site manager working with them. They in turn learn the high standards that are needed to win, increasing quality throughout the industry.
Rob Holbrook, Managing Director at David Wilson Homes North West, said: “We want to make our customers happy by building high quality homes for them. These awards recognise only the best new homes and well-run developments and we are very proud of our record having won more of these awards than any other housebuilder for 18 years in a row.
“Every customer who buys a home built by a site manager who has won a Pride in the Job Quality award can have confidence that their home is of the highest possible quality.”
These awards closely follow Barratt Developments being awarded five stars by its customers for satisfaction in the annual Home Builders Federation (HBF) new homes survey. To be rated five star means that more than 90% of its customers would recommend one of its homes to a friend, with the developer being the only major national housebuilder to be rated five star for 13 years in a row.
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