Northamptonshire site manager named as best in the country for quality
A site manager overseeing the construction of Barratt Homes’ Overstone Gate development in Overstone has won a top national award for the quality of the homes being built onsite.
Matthew Greet (41) has won a Pride in the Job award from the National House Building Council (NHBC), an award known as the ‘Oscars’ of the housebuilding industry.
In total, site managers working for Barratt Homes’ parent company, Barratt Redrow, have won 115 Pride in the Job awards this year alone – more than any other housebuilder.
This is the 21st year in a row that Barratt Redrow has won the most Pride in the Job awards, underlining just how important building high quality sustainable homes has been to the developer over the past two decades.
Matthew has worked at Overstone Gate for eight years, where in that time he completed the Barratt Degree Programme.
Matthew said: “It feels great to get the recognition that the site deserves. This was one of our goals from the very first pre-construction meeting and everyone has played their part. We have a great site ethos for quality and pride in what we do.
“Overstone Gate is a brilliant place to work, and has been since day one. I can’t claim that we never have issues or setbacks, but how we all come together to overcome them is what makes our team so great.
“The success at the development is very much a team effort, and so there are many people to thank, no more so than my site team including Carl Windle (Deputy Site Manager), Dennis Coleman (Deputy Site Manager), John Hamnett (Telehandler), Tony Hill (Labourer), Ben Card (Labourer), Alan Pink (Telehandler), Ian Bott (Contracts Manager) and Matthew Johnson (Construction Director).”
The awards recognise the top 5% of site managers across the country, with around 8,200 sites being entered into the awards annually, and only 450 winners. Each is judged on a strict criteria including technical expertise, health and safety, leadership and attention to detail.
Ben Kalus, Managing Director at Barratt Homes South Midlands, said: “We’re so proud of Matthew for achieving this prestigious Pride in the Job Quality award. It’s amazing news for both the team at Overstone Gate and for our customers.
“These awards showcase what it takes to be a top site manager and demonstrates our long-term commitment to looking after our customers. Anyone who buys a home at a development with a Pride in the Job Quality Award winner knows their home has been built to the highest standard. We are very proud to have won more of these awards than any other homebuilder for 21 years in a row now.”
The awards closely follow Barratt Redrow being awarded five stars by its customers for satisfaction in the annual Home Builders Federation (HBF) new homes survey. To be rated as five-star means that more than 90% of customers would recommend a home to a friend, with Barratt Redrow being the only major national homebuilder to be rated five-star for 16 years in a row.