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Hampshire site managers named as best in the country for quality

Two site managers from Barratt and David Wilson Homes Southampton division have won a top national award for the quality of the homes they are building.

Matt Annalls, who works at BDW Southampton’s award-winning Harbour Place in Bedhampton, and Pete Wilson from the five-star housebuilder’s St Georges Gate development in Newport on the Isle of Wight, have both won a Pride in the Job Quality Award, marking them down as among the very best in the country.

In total BDW’s site managers have won 96 of the highly prestigious Pride in the Job Quality Awards nationally, which is more than any other housebuilder.

This is the 19th year in a row that site managers from Barratt and David Wilson have won more of these awards than any other housebuilder. This achievement underlines just how important the housebuilder sees building high quality homes and its long-term commitment to being the best in the industry.

The awards rate site managers against key criteria such as technical expertise, health and safety, consistency, leadership and attention to detail. The awards celebrate the vital role site managers play in ensuring new homes are delivered on-time, on safe sites, and to the highest quality standards.

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, showing how difficult they are to win.

James Dunne, Barratt Homes Managing Director, Southampton Division, which has its HQ in Hedge End, said: “It is great news for our customers and the business that Matt and Pete have won a prestigious Pride in the Job Quality Award. The awards showcase what it takes to be a top site manager and demonstrates our long-term commitment to looking after our customers and building high quality homes. We are very proud to have won more of these awards than any other housebuilder for 19 years in a row.”

These awards closely follow Barratt Developments being awarded 5 stars by its customers for satisfaction in the annual Home Builders Federation (HBF) new homes survey. To be rated 5 star means that more than 90% of its customers would recommend one of its homes to a friend, with Barratt being the only major national housebuilder to be rated 5 star for 14 years in a row.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Barratt Homes .