Brilliant Ideas shortlisted for seven industry awards

Brilliant Ideas shortlisted for seven industry awards

We’ve reached the finals in the British Construction Industry Awards and Construction News Specialists Awards.

These celebrated industry events recognise and reward some of the best people, projects and products from across the sector.

British Construction Industry Awards

We’ve secured a shortlisting hat-trick with nominations for 'Industry Innovation Champion', in recognition of our commitment to innovation. And in the category 'Product Innovation of the Year', two safety products have made the finals. Stacker Packers – our engineered shim for levelling precast concrete units and our Shutter Clip which instantly seals the joints at the ends of precast units.

Construction News Specialists Awards

Three products have made the line-up for 'Innovation of the Year'. These are a lightweight Pole Driller which marks and drills drainage points in precast concrete hollowcore flooring soffits, a safety net recovery system invented as a simple way of recovering a site operative who has fallen from height into a safety net – along with another nomination for Stackers Packers. Brilliant Ideas has also been shortlisted in the category 'Equipment Specialist of the Year'.

All of these innovations are manufactured in the UK and developed by Chris Massey, the firm’s Managing Director.We asked Chris to say a few words about the nominations. 'As a team, we’re absolutely delighted that we’ve reached the finals – these national awards are some of the biggest calendar events in our industry. For us they’re an ideal platform for showcasing our construction safety products which we develop to keep people safe when working on site, and to make sites more efficient. With each new innovation we’re challenging the traditional way of doing things to drive the industry forward'.The inventions are used by some of the leading names in industry, such as Balfour Beatty, Willmott Dixon, Berkeley Group, FP McCann, Severfield and Bison Precast.The winners will be announced at awards ceremonies in London later in the year, following a second round of judging during the summer.