Jamie Fox (31), originally from Colchester, has won a Pride in the Job Quality Award from the National House Building Council (NHBC). These prestigious awards are known as the “Oscars of the housebuilding industry”.

In total, Barratt Developments’ site managers have won 98 Pride in the Job Quality Awards, which is more than any other housebuilder. This is the 18th year in a row that site managers from Barratt Developments have won more of these awards than any other builder, underlining the long-term commitment David Wilson Homes has to building high quality properties.

Jamie has been working with David Wilson Homes for 16 years and, after 18 months onsite at the Old Stowmarket Road development, he’s received his third Pride in the Job Quality Award. His former NHBC success also includes Seal of Excellence and Regional Awards.

He said: “I’m really happy to win this award because it’s the first one I’ve won in this area, which shows the high standards we displayed in other regions have been maintained here in Woolpit.

“We’ve faced challenges at Abbots Green with the current climate, which included labour and material shortages, but we’ve still managed to build the development from scratch and make a real success of it.
“It’s a team effort and I’d like to thank my Assistant Site Manager, Sam Brown, for his support, as well as all of the contractors on site.”

The Pride in the Job Awards showcase the best site managers in the country who can demonstrate exceptional standards in building new communities, delivering the highest quality homes for their customers. Each site manager is judged on a range of key criteria including health and safety, their technical knowledge, customer service and attention to detail.

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.

The awards also help to build quality standards across both developments and teams, with winning site managers invariably having an assistant site manager working with them. They in turn learn the high standards that are needed to win, increasing quality throughout the industry.

Simon Wood, Managing Director at David Wilson Homes Eastern Counties, said: “We want to make our customers happy by building high quality homes for them. These awards recognise only the best new homes and well-run developments and we are very proud of our record having won more of these awards than any other housebuilder for 18 years in a row.

“Every customer who buys a home built by a site manager who has won a Pride in the Job Quality award can have confidence that their home is of the highest possible quality.”

These awards closely follow Barratt Developments being awarded five stars by its customers for satisfaction in the annual Home Builders Federation (HBF) new homes survey. To be rated five star means that more than 90% of its customers would recommend one of its homes to a friend, with the developer being the only major national housebuilder to be rated five star for 13 years in a row.