NHBC has launched its Health and Safety Awards 2017 with house builders throughout the UK being encouraged to enter.

The NHBC Health and Safety Awards are now in their eighth year and are the only competition exclusively for house builders.

The awards honour house builders who have shown outstanding dedication to health, safety and welfare and help to raise standards by demonstrating and sharing best practice.

Overall, more than 450 winning sites have been put through the robust judging process since the competition began with more than 4000 judging visits completed.

Some of the important attributes that judges look for during visits to sites are: an infrastructure that supports the site manager in Health and Safety matters, a well-trained site manager and effective planning for Health and Safety before a project commences.

NHBC Health and Safety Operations Manager, Tom Kitchen, looked ahead to next year’s awards by saying: “Since 2009, NHBC’s Health and Safety Awards have been rewarding the very best health and safety practices across the UK house-building industry.

“Success in these awards offers site managers and their companies the chance of national recognition as well as the opportunity to share best practice amongst peers and colleagues. We look forward to receiving plenty of entries from builders of all sizes over the coming months.”

In spring next year, the top scoring sites will be recognised with a Commended award and these winners will then compete for Highly Commended, National Runners Up and National Winners’ awards to be announced at a ceremony in summer 2017.

All NHBC registered builders who are actively involved in the building of new homes will be able to enter the awards.

NHBC is the UK’s leading independent standard-setting body and provider of warranty and insurance for new homes. Our purpose is to work with the house-building industry to raise the standards of new homes and to provide protection for homebuyers in the form of Buildmark warranty and insurance.