Construction consultancy Daniel Connal Partnership (DCP) is celebrating two local award wins for sustainability and collaboration, plus national short-listing for a community benefit award, on three different projects. Elm House for Breckland District Council took the 2022 prize for Excellence in Sustainability at the Norfolk Constructing Excellence awards held on 28th April at Dunston Hall, near Norwich. This project saw the transformation of a disused 1960’s Thetford community centre to provide temporary accommodation supporting up to 35 residents back into long term housing. DCP and Kier Construction were jointly crowned winners in the Excellence in Collaboration category for the Dyson STEAM Building at Gresham’s School in Holt. This project saw delivery of a 4000m² state-of-the-art education facility; classrooms, laboratories, workshops and flexible open-plan spaces facilitating the teaching of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM). The Dyson Building was also Highly Commended in the Excellence in Sustainability category. Daniel Connal Partnership (DCP) is also celebrating news that a third project is in the running for a national award. A YMCA Norfolk project has been short-listed for a ‘community benefit’ accolade at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Awards 2022. These awards celebrate ‘inspirational’ developments that demonstrate outstanding achievement right across the UK. Opened in 2021, a new Community Hub for YMCA Norfolk in Norwich saw DCP manage works to transform a vacant Royal British Legion premises, into a thriving family focused, multi-generational space to support a deprived area of the city. Robert Dale, Senior Partner at Daniel Connal Partnership, said: “We are so proud of our dedicated team, who work extremely hard to achieve successful outcomes on all projects. It is wonderful that two of our Norfolk projects are award-winners for sustainability and collaborative working and that another is recognised by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors amongst the best in UK.” He added: “YMCA Norfolk Community Hub is an exceptional community project of which we are very proud. There is a lot of tough competition, but to be amongst them in the mix is something to be celebrated.” 47 projects have been short-listed in the community benefit category for the 2022 awards, to be announced via an online ceremony on 18 May 2022. Daniel Connal Partnership won the community benefit category in the 2019 RICS Awards Eastern Region for its Wells Maltings development in North Norfolk. Established in 1946, Daniel Connal Partnership (DCP) offers a range of specialist construction services working across the UK, with offices in Norwich, Colchester and London. The company has particular strengths in the education sector and public interest building projects, by its highly experienced team of project managers, quantity surveyors, building surveyors and health & safety advisers. For more information visit https://www.danielconnal.co.uk/
