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30/11/2004 – Yorkon Building Wins Major Industry Award for Best Practice

A ground-breaking project, manufactured off-site by Portakabin subsidiary Yorkon, has won a major industry award at this year's British Construction Industry Awards.

The awards recognise overall excellence in all aspects of construction practice and the greatest architectural distinction. The Best Practice award honours the project which best involves processes adopted to understand and meet client needs, supports team working throughout, and maintains a continuous drive for improvement.

The award was given to the Raines Court Apartments in London, which was developed by Peabody Trust, manufactured by Yorkon and designed by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris. The main contractors were Wates Construction.

Commenting on the award, Keith Blanshard, Director and General Manager of Yorkon, said, "The award is a major accomplishment for everyone involved in this pioneering project. The scheme was another industry first for the client, and for Yorkon, and demonstrates just what can be achieved with good design and the use of modern construction methods."

"As this award shows, off-site building is not only faster, more efficient and better quality but it can produce really exciting, award-winning architecture."

Yorkon continues to break new ground in every sector. Currently under construction in Somerset is a £9.2m independent treatment centre – the UK's first to be built off-site and Yorkon's largest healthcare project.

Yorkon has also launched an exemplar design for new school buildings in partnership with Cartwright Pickard Architects. The plans, which are in response to the Government's Building Schools for the Future initiative, introduce fresh, imaginative ideas to help schools and education authorities develop their vision and requirements for the creation of stimulating learning environments that fit specific local needs. The concept can be applied to extensions as well as complete new schools and for both primary and secondary facilities.