Pictured above: The Lovell Midlands team celebrate their Awards success

Birmingham-based affordable housebuilder Lovell Midlands is celebrating after its site at Camp Hill, Nuneaton landed a Gold Considerate Constructors Award. The Camp Hill site's Gold Award was one of only 78 in the whole country - and with 8,500 sites being eligible for an Award, this puts the Camp Hill site right at the very top.

Although Lovell Midlands has an exceptional Considerate Constructors record, this was its first ever elusive Gold Award. It also received a Silver Award for its site in Gloucester and a Bronze Award for its sites in Winson Green and Dudley.

The Considerate Constructors Scheme is a national initiative where companies are monitored against a Code of Considerate Practice, designed to encourage best practice beyond statutory requirements. The Scheme commits companies to be considerate and good neighbours, as well as clean, respectful, safe, environmentally conscious, responsible and accountable.

David Gough, Regional Director of Lovell Midlands, said:

"This is brilliant news and a real boost for the company. The project team at Nuneaton, led by Site Manager Adam Cooper, fully deserve this recognition as they really have committed to making this the best, most considerate site they can. A Gold Award is what everyone in our industry strives towards and they are notoriously difficult to attain. But now, thanks to Adam and his team, we have one.

"Our other three Award winners also deserve great praise. The standards for even being considered for a Considerate Constructors Award are incredibly high - 92.5% of eligible sites don't receive an Award of any kind. I am very proud of the teams at all four sites and I'm pleased their efforts have been recognised."

Out of the 8,500 sites across the country eligible for Awards, only the top scoring 10% of sites are reviewed by an independent panel and just 7.5% are selected for a National Award. This year, 640 were chosen to receive a Bronze, Silver or Gold Award.

Lovell's site - Camp Hill Phase 2 - is part of a long-term project for Pride in Camp Hill in Nuneaton. It is the second phase community development of eight retail units, state-of-the-art community centre and 229 new homes.

In keeping with the nature of this regeneration initiative, information to residents on site activities was regularly distributed via newsletters which were also displayed at the Pride in Camp Hill Community office. New fencing secured the sites but activity was kept visible for viewing.

The site was greatly involved in the Camp Hill Festival, attending monthly organiser meetings and making a donation. The Camp Hill Primary School benefited too - from one tonne of wood chippings for its secret garden and a landscaping contractor to distribute them. Other neighbourly initiatives included repainting a substation and providing new fencing and paving for a care home. 

The whole environment of the site was of a textbook standard with trees protected, site waste segregated and recycled, and water, electric and diesel use fully monitored.