A winning streak for Redrow employee

Three cheers for Redrow employee Mel Roscoe as he proudly accepts his second construction ‘Oscar’ for another job well done. Established Redrow team member, Mel, was chosen for the second consecutive year from 18,000 entrants to pick up the prestigious National House-Building Council (NHBC) ‘Pride in the Job’ Quality award, in recognition of his site management skills in helping to create quality-built, attractive new homes.

Mel, 56, from Sudbury, earned the award for his work as site manager at Redrow’s Oakside Park development in Kesgrave, near Ipswich. It is also the second award for Mel this year following him winning site Manager of the year for Redrow Eastern.He has over 36 years of experience in carpentry behind him and has worked on building sites since he left school at the age of 15.

Mel says: “I am delighted to win my second ‘Pride in the job’ award. To win it once was a pleasure but to win it for two years on the run is a real honour and I believe it not only reflects my hard work, but the hard work and dedication of all the site staff collectively.”

The Pride in the Job awards were set up in 1980 by the NHBC to reward the UK’s best site managers for building high quality homes and gives buyers a reassurance that they can expect top class homes.

Mel was one of 400 award-winners picked from over 18,000 site managers nationwide who are automatically registered into the awards for demonstrating consistently good working practices, high quality management skills, and great motivational skills.

Mel will now go forward to compete for a Seal of Excellence, which is presented to only 100 site managers. He will learn whether he has been successful at a special lunch on October 19th at the East Midlands Conference centre, Nottingham.

Mick Grier, construction director for Redrow Homes (Eastern) says: “I’m so proud of Mel for winning such as prestigious award. I feel the award not only acknowledges his excellent management skills and the consistently high level of his work in general, but the dedication of all the site team.”

Mel, who has worked at Redrow for the last four years, collected his award for his work at the Oakside Park development of two, three, four and five-bedroom homes in Kesgrave.

Redrow Homes (Eastern) is part of Redrow plc, which builds around 5,000 new homes each year in England, Scotland and Wales. As well as the Oakside Park development, the Essex based operation also has developments in Bury St Edmunds, Heybridge, near Maldon, Colchester and Ashford, among others.

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