CONSTRUCTION MANAGER OF THE YEAR AWARDS
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Rising Stars
NEW STARS RISING AFTER MORE THAN FOUR DECADES RECOGNISING PROFESSIONALS AT THE PEAK OF THEIR CAREERS, THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER OF THE YEAR AWARDS IS NOW REWARDING THOSE STARTING OUT IN THE INDUSTRY WITH THE NEW RISING STAR CATEGORY. IN ITS AUGURAL YEAR, THERE WERE TWO GOLD WINNERS AND ONE SILVER
Kelly Attwood Morgan Sindall
Kelly Attwood is a graduate site manager at Morgan Sindall. After her graduation in summer 2018, she has progressed rapidly at the business and been given increased responsibility and accountability, recently leading a £10m design-andbuild, three-storey modular building. On the Vandyke School project in Bedfordshire, Attwood had to think on her feet and adapt quickly, redesigning an attenuation tank
which clashed with existing belowground services, a process involving dialogue with civil engineers and the local water board. She has managed all the groundworks, including piling, a 960 sq m concrete pour, plus the installation of the 87 modules which form the teaching block – successfully overcoming the new challenges posed by covid-19. On another project nearby, at Goldington Academy, Attwood had to carefully sequence works around the school’s need to remain operational. Working with the client, she was able to foresee issues that were not spotted at tender stage and identify and mitigate the most significant risk factors.
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