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The Master’s Year

is probably unlikely that the Loving Cup will be passed round at a formal dinner for the foreseeable future. The Company was
extremely pleased to be able to entertain our various prize-winners and their guests. Each award was accompanied by a
short citation giving the background to the award and these are reproduced below, with a photograph of each award winner
being presented with his/her award by the Master, Sir Vivian Ramsey.

The winner of the Constructors’ Prize was Katarzyna Pecak.
Katarzyna graduated from the University of Westminster in June 2019 with a First Class
Honours Degree in Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management. She undertook her
degree on a part-time day release basis whilst employed as a Quantity Surveyor with
McNicholas (who were taken over by Kier in 2017). Katarzyna started work with
McNicholas in 2009 as a Document Administrator having arrived in the UK with poor
English and no British education. She commenced her course at the University of
Westminster in September 2014 and was awarded an ‘Achievements Award” in 2016 for
achieving the highest average First Year mark in her course. She is now a Quantity
Surveyor employed at Kier, working as a member of the ED1SON Capital Delivery Alliance,
Utilities Team.
The University said that Katarzyna “was an exceptional student, eager to help her peers in the areas in which she excelled and
had a great rapport with academic staff. It was a pleasure working with Katarzyna and her commitment and attitude to
learning was inspirational. Katarzyna is now looking to become a member of the RICS and thus develop her career.
As a prime example of a rising star within the industry she is a worthy recipient of the Constructors’ Prize.”

The winner of the David Tong Cup was Rose Donaghey.
Rose graduated form London Southbank University in October 2019 with a First Class
Honours Degree in Construction Management. She was sponsored as a part-time
student by her employer, Balfour Beatty.
Having been born into a construction family Rose started work in an on-site
administrative role. Over the last 10 years her career with Balfour Beatty has allowed
her to develop her knowledge through a number of formal study courses and apply this
across a range of projects in the South East. Her course tutor at London Southbank
particularly highlighted her determination and high performance despite having also to
work, saying that she was popular and respected by both staff and students. Her
achievements have also been acknowledged with a CIOB Certificate of Excellence.
Having now returned to full-time work, Rose is now working as an Assistant Construction Manager on a £200million student
accommodation project in East Sussex. She is overseeing the internal and external finish phase and appreciates the skills and
confidence she is developing having successfully completed her degree.
We then turned to the awards for our Military Affiliates.

The first award was the HMS Lancaster Award, which was awarded to Leading Engineering Technician Kieran Hartley.
Kieran’s Commanding Officer wrote “Since joining HMS Lancaster Kieran Hartley has
continually chased an rectified defects within the Main Communications Office.
He was instrumental in the Harbour Acceptance Trial RADIO Part 2 phase which saw
major defects on the system diagnosed and fixed with the assistance and guidance of
the Original Engineering Manufacturers and outside authorities. During a recent spell at
sea he took over the responsibilities of Satellite Communications and rectified several
issues when the main maintainer was medically downgraded at short notice.
His enthusiasm rubbed off onto other ratings within the Main Communication Office,
creating a team ethos where all members of the Communications and Information
Systems sub-department are learning from Hartley’s experience.
Leading Engineering Technician Hartley is a key member of the Weapon Engineering Department, and is worthy of the
Worshipful Company of Constructors HMS Lancaster Engineering Award.

The second award was the 101 (City of London) Regiment RE Award. This was awarded to Sapper Matthew Benjamin.
His Commanding Officer wrote: “Sapper Benjamin has shown incredible commitment to service and a phenomenal dedication
to teaching others over the past 18 months.
After qualifying as an Advanced Searcher, one of the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) detection specialists for an operational
tour Sapper Benjamin deployed on Operation SHADER, where he was part of a multi-national specialist Counter-IED Training
Team in Kurdistan, Northern Iraq. Sapper Benjamin trained Iraq forces in Counter-IED skills in their battle against Daesh. This

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