▲ WINNER - LARGE INDUSTRIAL PROJECT - Sponsored by ACO Building Drainage IRL GROUP and SIKA for BMW Oxford
(L-R) Helen McGachie (FeRFA CEO), Andy Buchan (ACO Building Drainage), Wayne Goode (IRL Group), Ian Mitchell (IRL Group), Nick Grounds (Sika),Mark Ollerenshaw (IRL Group), Jo Caulfield.
THE VIEW FROM FERFA
This month, Helen McGachie, CEO of FeRFA – the Resin Flooring Association, reveals the category winners at the annual industry awards.
The FeRFA Awards, held at The Belfry on 17 November once again highlighted and celebrated the very best projects and examples of first class installations that the resin flooring industry has to offer.
Hosted by comedienne Jo Caulfield, the gala Awards dinner saw awards presented in five different categories, recognising the skilled workmanship, diversity, innovation and commitment to quality and training shown by FeRFA member companies.
A new category of Specialist Apprentice Award was added this year. Sponsored by FeRFA partner, Cobra Insurance Brokers, this was an opportunity for one of our member employers to nominate a former apprentice, whose career development has made a positive impact to the success of the business. This new category saw some very high calibre contenders being put forward, and the Award was ultimately won by Keelan Draper of Zircon Flooring. Many congratulations to Keelan and to Zircon Flooring, and we look forward to future nominations from our Apprentice employers.
The rest of the Awards shortlist featured a variety of high quality projects, making the judges’ job really difficult to choose the ultimate winners.
Small Industrial Project of the year, sponsored by ACO Building Drainage, was won by Zircon Flooring and Sika for the Emmerdale TV Studios. This was a project which really showcased the benefits of a resin flooring system, achieving a seamless, anti-static and perfectly flat floor, engineered to precise tolerances to ensure the safe movement of HD cameras and other vital equipment around the studio.
Large Industrial Project of the year was sponsored again by ACO Building Drainage. The winners of this category were the
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IRL Group and Sika for BMW’s automotive processing plant in Oxford. This comprised over 3,700sq m of flooring, which had to meet very challenging requirements and timeframe.
Small Commercial Project of the year was sponsored by Innoveo/Dorfner. Sphere8 and Remmers won the Small Commercial Category for the Harrods Spa at Knightsbridge. As one might expect, the design and aesthetic appearance was a critical factor for this luxurious spa. The spa designers chose seamless resin terrazzo floors with resin wall finishes, while the bespoke design was created using a special aggregate blend to create a beautiful aesthetic finish throughout the spa’s beauty treatment rooms.
Large Commercial Category was sponsored by Stallard Kane Associates. This award was won by TPS360 and Flowcrete for their work at St Fagan’s National Museum in Wales. This £25m Welsh Heritage project needed high performance floors with both aesthetic appeal and durability to withstand the footfall of over 500,000 visitors per year.
Our congratulations go to all those who won Awards this year. The FeRFA Awards once again showcased the best in our industry, where contractors are working with the best products to produce innovative solutions to meet the client’s requirements. The variety of the winning installations also shows how incredibly versatile resin flooring systems are.
We would like to thank all those companies who entered the Awards this year – we fully appreciate the time and effort required to produce such high quality entries. Special thanks to our sponsors and judges and also all those who came along to The Belfry, helping to make the evening a highlight of the year for our industry.
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