09/05/2013

Royal Mail Leeds wins RICS Award



The recently completed extension to the Leeds Mail Centre in Stourton is the winner of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors ‘Pro Yorkshire’ Award in the Infrastructure category. Watson Batty and project contractor Wates Construction were presented with the Award alongside Royal Mail at the ceremony held at the end of April at the Centenary Pavilion, Elland Road.

The award recognised the joint efforts of the client, contractors and design team to deliver this challenging scheme in a busy environment whilst the operation remained live throughout the project. The common culture of zero-tolerance to Health & Safety risks resulted in over 200,000 accident free hours across the two projects over an 18 months period.

The works included a 4900m2 extension to the existing processing hall and major internal reorganisation to increase efficiency of the mail delivery services.

The scheme was also the winner of the APS  Regional Health & Safety Award last year.

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