As the Site Manager on the Barratt and David Wilson Homes site Mandale Park, Graeme Simpson has won an NHBC award for the brilliant quality, housing in Thornaby, Stockton-On-Tees.
The site has won an impressive range of awards in the last two years with Graeme as Site Manager, including two Pride In the Job Awards and third best Barratt Homes site in the UK.
According to Graeme, first impressions are crucial to success: âAs you enter the compound weâve got nice flower beds. Then you can see the attractive street-scene with block-paved driveways and lawns.â He was clearly pleased with the way that his team had maintained this quality, saying âa site manager is only as good as his crewâ.
The site includes a wide range of two to four-bedroom housing in a roomy, green layout. Many houses feature integral garages, and en-suites and dressing rooms in the master bedrooms. There are also several plots featuring affordable housing built for a housing association.
Graeme stressed that the concern for good building work throughout the entire development. âWe deliver Pride In The Job quality to private buyers and to the housing association,â he said. The site won a silver Considerate Constructers award.
Currently all of the social housing units are occupied. Graeme praised the expertise of June Thompson, salesperson, who Graeme described as âpart and parcel of the teamâ. He told us that June has done a âgrand jobâ selling the homes and offering helpful suggestions for improvements.
Speaking of the whole site team, Graeme said that they were very pleased to have won the award, and explained that they all got on very well. Barrattâs support team socialising and are funding celebrations for its winning teams.
Graeme started out in the industry with a small ground works company, but became disillusioned with a site that he was working on and instead went to work in a computer factory. John Styles, a Site Manager for McCleans (later Wimpeyâs) asked Graeme to come back to work for him as a storeman, but trained him up. He has been with Barratts for four years, first as a Trainee Manager and then on Mandale park as Site Manager.
Later this year funding is expected to come through for further housing association developments, meaning another phase of HA and private homes should begin at Mandale Park. Graeme will undoubtedly be putting all his energy into achieving just as highly when he returns to the site.