Alongside the good news that David Wilson Homes is back building and selling homes in Staffordshire, three Site Managers for David Wilson Homes Mercia have won a top national award for quality from the National House Building Council (NHBC).

Paul Moore (40), Thomas Fitzpatrick (36) and Oliver Wardlaw (26) have won a prestigious NHBC Pride in the Job Quality award, considered to be the “Oscars of the housebuilding industry”.

Paul, who is based at Hallam Park in Lichfield, has won 11 previous Pride in the Job awards. He said: “I'm very proud on a personal note but it's more important that the team around me gets the recognition that they deserve.”

Oliver, who is based at Darwin View in Lichfield has been with the housebuilder for five years. He said: “This is my first development as a Site Manager so to win an award in my first year is really special. We have a very good team on site, and we all have the same goal – to build a quality home for the customer. 

“I'd like to thank the site team; my assistant Charlotte and all of the head office staff for all of their help right from the very start.”

Now in their 40th year the Pride in the Job Quality awards recognise the very best Site Managers from around the country. In total, parent company Barratt Developments' Site Managers won 92 Pride in the Job Quality awards this year, more than every other housebuilder. Barratt has now won more Pride in the Jobs Quality awards for 16 years in a row, a record unmatched in the industry which shows its commitment to building homes of the highest quality.

Thomas, who is based at The Village at Wedgwood Park in Barlaston, has been with the developer for seven years. He said: “When I won the award, I was ecstatic, and I couldn't believe it.

“Working on the development is great as I have amazing trades all around me who I'd like to say a thank you to, I'd also like to thank all of David Wilson Homes Mercia for their support and backing throughout the years.”

Each Site Manager is judged on a range of key criteria including health and safety, their technical knowledge, customer service and attention to detail. Pride in the Job is the most highly regarded competition in the housebuilding industry with just 450 individual winners being chosen from over 11,000 entrants.

Dominic Harman, Managing Director at David Wilson Homes Mercia, said: “Now that we are back building and selling homes again, it is great to see that our Site Managers are rated as amongst the very best in the country for the high quality of the homes they deliver. It is now more important than ever that customers have confidence in the homes they are buying, and the mark of a Pride in the Job Quality award shows that their home has been built to the highest of standards. We are very proud to have won more of these quality awards than any other housebuilder for 16 years in a row.”

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NOTES TO EDITORS

1. For further information about David Wilson Homes please contact Alice Warner on 0116 247 1777 / 07531499312 or alice@unsworthsugden.co.uk

2. David Wilson Homes is part of Barratt Developments PLC, a FTSE100 company 
    
3. Barratt Group sold 17,856 homes in the year to June 2019, making it the biggest housebuilder by volume in Britain 

4. Barratt was awarded a maximum five star rating for the 11th consecutive year in the 2020 Home Builders Federation Customer Satisfaction Survey 

5. Site managers working for Barratt Group won 92 awards for quality workmanship in the 2020 NHBC Pride in the Job Awards. Barratt has won more Pride in the Job awards than any other housebuilder for the last 16 years