Awards & Recognition

88 Years of Commitment - Houlton’s Partnership with HOH&S 2024

Houlton is delighted to commemorate its 88th year as a valued member of The Humberside Occupational Health and Safety Group (HOH&S). Having joined this organisation two years after its establishment in 1934, Houlton remains dedicated to promoting and upholding the highest standards of occupational health and safety within our community.

We take great pride in our longstanding partnership with HOH&S and look forward to continuing our collaborative efforts in fostering a safe and healthy working environment for all.

Construction Excellence Awards 2023

A big congratulations to Alan Woods & Partners and our client, Hull Minster, for being awarded Highly Commended at the Construction Excellence Awards 2023.

It was awarded for the amazing transformation on Hull Minster, which is England’s largest parish church, originally built in 1285. The Minster was built using fine medieval brickwork and holds a 17th century organ. Hull Minster is a Grade I listed building with an abundance of history and fine tradesmanship behind it.

Houlton are proud to have been a part of the Minster’s transformation and working on such a prestigious building.

Houlton Named Top 50 SME Apprentice Employer 2022

The annual event run by the Apprenticeship Directorate, part of the Department of Education, invites nominations to find the top 100 apprenticeship employers in the country.

Top 50 SME Apprenticeship Employers 2022, which for the first time recognises the critical role these organisations play in creating opportunities, particularly for younger people and those in disadvantaged areas.

The leader boards are designed to showcase the very best of England’s apprenticeship employers, with those listed recognised for providing some of the most successful apprenticeship programmes over the previous 12 months.

The annual rankings not only showcase employers providing some of the country’s most successful apprenticeship programmes, but they help future apprentices, parents and career advisers identify opportunities with leading employers.

They also enable all employers to see what good looks like, so they can benchmark against the best and understand how they might improve their apprenticeship programmes to progress up the rankings in future.

Over 500 entries were made and, by means of a questionnaire and follow-up interview, they were shortlisted to create a top 50 and then finally ranked. Houlton placed at 27.

Two Houlton Sites Achieving Excellence with Considerate Constructors 2022

Dave Angus and Ian Peatfield, the Site Managers on our Esteem projects at Sirius Academy North and Malet Lambert respectively, received visits from representatives of the Considerate Constructors Scheme.

The Considerate Constructors Scheme is a not-for-profit, independent organisation founded in 1997 by the construction industry to improve its image.

Construction sites, companies and suppliers voluntarily register with the Scheme and agree to abide by the Code of Considerate Practice, designed to encourage best practice beyond statutory requirements.

The Scheme is concerned about any area of construction activity that may have a direct or indirect impact on the image of the industry as a whole. The main areas of concern fall into three categories: the general public, the workforce and the environment.

Inspire CAMHS Unit in Hull Wins Award 2021

We are delighted that the CAMHS project carried out for Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust won the award for Project of the Year at the Design in Mental Health Exhibition & Conference 2021.

Houlton undertook the design and build project after successfully bidding via open tender with design teams novated as part of the process. The project was to deliver a new £7.8m children’s and adolescent mental health inpatient unit serving the young people of Hull, East Riding, and North / North East Lincolnshire.

Responding to NHS England’s Transforming Care agenda, putting vital care and support in the heart of the community, it is the result of a truly collaborative and inclusive delivery process. The service is brand new, so the clinical team have built up the care model from scratch, challenging the norm and aspiring for a truly unique and appropriate environment that both relates to and supports young people.

The unit includes nine general adolescent beds and four PICU beds for young people with severe and complex mental health difficulties and offers built-in flexibility and unparalleled accessibility and therapy opportunities. The unit treats young people struggling with a wide range of mental health issues, providing a comprehensive recovery focused treatment approach and education programme.

The building design draws on both UK and international design best practice and has had to overcome technical, financial and logistical challenges throughout its delivery, working beyond the latest guidance via real innovation. Constructed on a brownfield site, the design regenerates and incorporates a once derelict building, delivers BREEAM Very Good, and facilitates efficient staffing and FM delivery, meaning the finished facility is truly sustainable.

Inspire will mark a national step-change in CAMHS delivery as a service that has been shaped with young people at its heart. Young people and their families were involved in each stage of the building, identifying a suitable location, designing interiors, selecting the name and developing the services that will be used during treatment.

100 Years of Registration with Considerate Constructors 2020

Houlton have recently been awarded a certificate to recognise the 100th project we have registered under the Considerate Constructors Scheme.

The Considerate Constructors Scheme is a not-for-profit, independent organisation founded in 1997 by the construction industry to improve its image.

Construction sites, companies and suppliers voluntarily register with the Scheme and agree to abide by the Code of Considerate Practice, designed to encourage best practice beyond statutory requirements.

The Scheme is concerned about any area of construction activity that may have a direct or indirect impact on the image of the industry as a whole. The main areas of concern fall into three categories: the general public, the workforce and the environment.

The first scheme Houlton registered was the second floor extension, cladding and refurbishment of 8-10 Witham, Hull back in August 1999 for Hull City Council. Our 100th and most recent registration is the extension at St Mary’s College, Hull on behalf of Esteem.

Two Houlton Projects Winners at the 2020 White Rose Awards

The White Rose Awards is the largest tourism awards ceremony in the UK and an opportunity for Yorkshire to showcase the best and brightest it has to offer. The standard grows year on year as it continues to wow.

• Arts & Culture Award: Gold - The Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
• New Tourism Business Award: Silver - Waleswood Caravan and Camping Park at Rother Valley Country Park

Houlton Win Twice at the Annual Safety Awards 2020

Hull Building Safety Group (HBSG) recently held its eighth Safety Awards Presentation and Director and SHE Manager, Mark Dobson, thanked all those attending for their support, with special thanks to MKM Building Supplies Ltd who yet again sponsored the main safety awards.

The event saw the presentation of the Safety Groups’ annual safety awards, and we were extremely pleased to win Principal Contractor of the Year 2019-2020 and delighted our site manager Thomas Roberts was awarded Best Site Safety Performance Site Manager 2019-2020, a new award.

Riverside Community Special School Wins Best Education Facility 2019

A successful night at the North Yorkshire Building Control Building Excellence Awards saw Houlton pick up the winners award for our project at Riverside Community Special School in Goole. The award was recognition for the works undertaken in Phase 1 of the project.

Phase 1 was awarded via the YORbuild 2 framework on behalf of East Riding of Yorkshire Council. The project was to deliver a new facility which could accommodate a further 120 pupils. To meet this requirement, a seven classroom extension was built, which includes a hydrotherapy pool, a new hall, gym, sensory room, small group rooms and office spaces.

LABC South Yorkshire & Humberside Building Excellence Awards 2019

The 2019 South Yorkshire and Humber LABC awards were held at Forest Pines on the 17th May and Houlton were pleased to be in attendance as two recent schemes were being judged.

Housing scheme, Shannon Road, built for Hull City Council was placed as a finalist. The Hugh Webster Scheme, constructed for The Goodwin Development Trust, was a winner in the Best Social Housing Project category, in which both schemes were entered.

We are extremely proud of both schemes and had an enjoyable evening celebrating their success.

The Hide - RIBA Award 2018

Building & Maintenance project "The Hide" for Yorkshire Water picked up the RIBA Yorkshire Award.

The feature building is the centrepiece at the Tophill Low Nature Reserve near Driffield. The new Hide combines classroom facilities overlooking the dipping pond, a public viewing gallery with large picture windows to view the reservoir, and a twenty-four hour twitcher’s hide for dedicated bird watchers wanting to catch migratory birds on their last stop in the country before departing to warmer climes.

The project was entered for the competition by Group Ginger, who were the architects on the project.

Follow the link below to read the full article posted on the RIBA website.