The Russell WBHO team has celebrated another successful year at the annual business update seminar and prize giving.
Held just prior to the reintroduction of stricter covid restrictions, the event saw presentations from people across the business alongside the award ceremony and some light hearted entertainment in the form of a Blankety Blank-style gameshow hosted by construction director John ‘Les Dawson’ Millward.
Joint managing directors Andrew and Gareth Russell gave an update on the success of the last year, which saw the business post its second highest ever turnover despite the challenges of Covid and complete some of its largest and most high profile projects.
The pair then took the opportunity to thank all staff for their hard work and commitment, keeping projects on programme and delivering consistently high quality schemes for clients.
They presented awards to individuals nominated and voted for by their colleagues, and for the Project Team of the Year. There was also a prize for Building Student trainee Grace Quinn whose abstract portrait of last year’s graduating trainee Sam Dickenson – painted during a team-building away day – was deemed the winning artwork.
On the day, construction director John Millward said: “It was great to bring all the departments and project teams together and catch up on everything we’ve achieved this year. It has had its challenges but thanks to the hard work everybody, it has still been an enormous success.
“Congratulations to everyone who was shortlisted in the 2021 HSEQ Awards. We have a fantastic group of people in the business, dedicated and knowledgeable professionals committed to doing their jobs exceptionally well. To stand out from this crowd is a tough ask but the winners have done just that and we are delighted to acknowledge their ‘above and beyond’ attitude.
“To re-iterate the managing directors’ words, a huge ‘thank you’ to everyone for your hard work and achievements on what has been another challenging year. Have a wonderful Christmas and here’s to another successful year in 2022!”
Russell WBHO Annual Award Winners
The Award Winners
Individual of the Year (Monthly Paid) Liesel McQueen
Individual of the Year (Weekly Paid) Kris Markiewicz
Individual of the Year (Russell Homes) Mick Furlong
Grace Quinn, winner of the Building Student art competition
Project Team of the Year New Century Hall
Gallery: More photographs from the day
Building Students Alfie Luttley, Grace Quinn, James McDowell, Elizabeth Tracey and Tom Wong with construction director John Millward
The head office support team
The HSEQ team
The Municipal Buildings project team
The NOMA project team
The Oxygen project team
The pre-construction team
The Russell Homes team
Celebrating our Investors In People Platinum accreditation
Rounding off the event with a throwback game of Blankety Blank
The teams are working hard to win the points
Our very own John 'Les Dawson' Millward
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