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The Company

Teambuild 2017

As usual, the Company was a co-sponsor of Teambuild, the final weekend of this year’s competition being held in November
2017. Teambuild issued the following press release after the event:
The 27th annual Teambuild competition (held over the weekend of 18-19 November at the Lane End Conference Centre, High
Wycombe) showcased the communication and collaboration skills of outstanding young construction professionals, repre-
senting a wide range of industry professions.
As usual, the Worshipful Company of Constructors was a major contributor.

Eight multidisciplinary teams demonstrated their ability to work together to overcome challenges based on the development
of a project from masterplan through design to completion in stages over the finals weekend. Edinburgh University kindly
provided the basis for the competition questions, the Grade A listed McEwan Hall in Edinburgh.

Teambuild 2017 challenged teams to plan, design and present hypothetical proposals based around the McEwan Hall Refur-
bishment and the Bristo Square and Potterow Development. The University of Edinburgh and Interserve Construction Ltd
were generous enough to provide the teams with real site information to form the basis of their hypothetical scenarios, giving
an added sense of realism to the proceedings
The winning team, InSite, were awarded a cash prize of £2,000, sponsored by the Worshipful Company of Constructors, and
presented by the Master, Tony Ward. They were commended for their professionalism, enthusiasm and team working skills.
The team comprises six young professionals from BDP and Mace. The members of the winning team are: Aidan Kelly (IMechE,
BDP); Georgia Blood (APM, BDP); Matthew Trueman (ICE, BDP); James Mangat (RICS, Mace); Robyn Poulson (RIBA, BDP) and
Lilly Sanderson (ICE, BDP).

The Procurement Strategy Prize of £1,500, awarded by the Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects, was presented by
Master Stephen Wagstaffe to Meitheal, a team from Hawkins\Brown, Skelly & Couch Ltd, Sweco, Hoare Lea, Reiach and Hall
Architects and Gardiner & Theobald LLP.

The Judges Prize of £1,250 is discretionary and this year was awarded to the runners-up, Constellation, comprised of mem-
bers from Mott MacDonald, Sinclair Johnston & Partners, ISG and Peregrine Bryant Architecture.
An individual prize for Leadership was awarded this year by the LCCI Commercial Education Trust, who have supported Team-
build for five years. The prize of £500 was awarded to Hugh Counsell, an architect from Hawkins\Brown.
The performance of competitors was evaluated by nine senior Industry figures, representing a wide range of disciplines. This
year the panel included Stephen Wagstaffe (Master of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects), Tony Ward (Master of
the Worshipful Company of Constructors), Patricia Bessey (PM Worshipful Company of Constructors), and Dr Anne McCann
(Westminster City Council).

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