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QS Awards 2007

Friday 7th December 2007 saw the 3rd QS Awards at Vinopolis conclude once again in hugely successful, sell out fashion. With not a spare seat in the house, almost 500 professionals from the Commercial sector turned out to show their support.

The 2007 QS Awards saw multiple wins for EC Harris and Turner & Townsend. EC Harris was named the best all round QS firm. The firm beat off competition from Cyril Sweett, Franklin + Andrews, Turner & Townsend to pick up the main prize. EC Harris had earlier won the International Achievement Award and its lead project manager Ian Cook was named QS Champion of the Year.

Turner & Townsend was named the QS Project/Program Management Firm of the Year and Suzanne Graham picked up the QS Young Achiever of the Year for the same company.

The other winners are:

• Best M&E Specialist Cost Consultant category: Ridge
• Best Training Initiative: CSTT
• QS Employer of the Year: John Rowan + Partners
• Best Innovation: Faithful + Gould
• Best New QS: Sum

Once again TH Associates continued their support, sponsoring QS Young Achiever of the Year. Fought out between 5 bright Quantity Surveyors, the worthy winner was Suzanne Graham from Turner & Townsend.

The awards were hosted by Dr Phil Hammond who praised the industry for raising the standards of new hospitals and medical buildings.

In support of CRASH, the Construction and Property Industry Charity for the Homeless, some of the Industries leading companies involved in Construction battled it out to win one of 10 Category prizes.

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