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THE BEST OF THE BEST FIS Contractors Awards 16 www.thefis.org After almost two years of relative seclusion, our community gathered last November to honour the very best in our sector and pay tribute to some superb craftsmanship and design. T he FIS Contractors Awards lunch, held at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London, was the perfect opportunity to catch up with colleagues and celebrate some outstanding projects. Independent FIS Award judges, Tony Pieri and Clive Perry, had a tough job to select winners in each of the nine categories and, in some cases, only decimal points separated winners from runners-up. Only FIS members can enter projects and be recognised for the quality of their work at this event, and the resulting publicity across all FIS publications and websites brings significant publicity to winners. Interior fit-out over £1m Gold Award: BWShrimpton for the Crescent Hotel and Spa, Buxton The judges said: “BWShrimptonmeticulously and painstakingly rebuilt the interiors of this dilapidated building by sympathetically integrating newworks andfire protectionmaterials into existing features.TheGrade 1 listing restrictedwhere and how the team couldfix newmaterials, but a high degree of ingenuity, skill and collaboration resulted in a superb end result.” Interior fit-out over £1m Silver Award: Bushcrafted for Julie’s Restaurant, London The judges said: “This is a product of high design and feasibility input, together with excellent workmanship from Bushcrafted to create a really impressive, bespoke interior.” Interior fit-out up to £1m Silver Award: Veitchi Interiors for Menstrie IST Laboratory Building, Clackmannanshire The judges said: “A top quality, well fitted project where expertise in installation, design and collaboration achieved an excellent result. Veitchi collaborated effectively with all trade contractors, the design team and the client to create a high-quality fit-out using bespoke products.” Interior fit-out up to £1m Gold Award: Tapper Interiors for Minoli Head Office and Distribution Centre, Oxford The judges said: “Tapper Interiors created a modern, sophisticated, clean, functional interior that seamlessly complemented the client’s flooring products installed throughout the project. All this was the result of works being executed to a very high standard and a high level of collaboration with a client who was omnipresent throughout.” 2021 Project of the Year: BWShrimpton for the Crescent Hotel and Spa, Buxton Guest architect, Darren Ross-Dreher, of architectural practice, Gensler, announced the winner of the 2021 Project of the Year, which he selected from the gold award winning projects. Event sponsors Headline sponsor: Ecophon Silver event sponsors: Drywall Pro-Cut, Forza Doors, QICTrims and Zentia Bronze award sponsors: Go Interiors, SPIT Award sponsored by Minster