The AIS Contractors Awards are held each year to recognise and reward high levels of craftsmanship and design. 2014’s awards included categories covering project of the year; interior fit out – for offices, retail and leisure, health and education, and other; ceilings; partitioning; drywall construction; operable walls; specialist joinery and judges’ award. Certificates of excellence are also awarded for high standards of workmanship and technical expertise.
SpecFinish took a look at the contractors whose projects won this year’s awards, which were presented at the Association’s annual President’s Lunch held at the Dorchester Hotel, London, in June.
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President praises supply chain at AIS awards
More than 450 industry leaders were present at the Dorchester Hotel in London last month to help celebrate the 2014 AIS Contractors Awards and, in her first speech as the new AIS FPDC president, Angela Mansell praised the efforts of the supply chain for seeing many businesses through the recession.
Angela Mansell told guests that AIS FPDC will be about setting and maintaining industry standards to ensure that everyone operates on a level playing field and customers get what they buy.
Angela Mansell said: “In an age where we can model buildings on computers, communicate via a smartphone, manufacture buildings off site, why can’t we get paid on time? Until we have fair contracts and fair payment we will never deliver the buildings our clients want and deserve.”
She then went on to praise the supply chain for protecting the industry during the recession: “It was our suppliers who effectively bankrolled much of the industry. Without their support in the difficult times, many of us would not be here today.”
