Property projects line up for 2011 RICS awards

NINETEEN property and construction projects from across the West Midlands will be judged in one of the country’s most prestigious industry awards schemes.

Judges will spend the next few weeks sifting through the entries to the 2011 Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Awards before making site visits and announcing a full West Midlands shortlist in April.

Among those from region to have entered are Goldfinger House, in Shirley, the Gatehouse at Stokesay Castle in south Shropshire and the transformation of the Royal Shakespeare and Swan Theatres, in Stratford.

Across the UK, 236 entries were received by RICS for the four prize categories – building conservation, regeneration, sustainability and community benefit.

The awards ceremony takes place on May 20 at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole, at the NEC, and the national finals will be held in London in October.

• Click through to see last year’s West Midlands winners which went through to the national finals.

The full list of 2011 entries are:

Building Conservation

Goldfinger House, Shirley, Solihull
Gatehouse, Stokesay Castle, Nr Craven Arms, Shropshire
Devonshire House (Zellig), Digbeth, Birmingham
Royal Shakespeare and Swan Theatres transformation, Stratford-upon-Avon

Community Benefit

Burnhill Green, Wolverhampton
RSA Academy, Tipton
Malvern Community Hospital, Malvern, Worcestershire
Kingswood Nursery Outdoor Research Base, Kingswood, Staffordshire
Wednesfield Community Library, Wolverhampton
Mac/sampad centre, Birmingham
Royal Shakespeare and Swan Theatres transformation, Stratford-upon-Avon

Regeneration

Devonshire House (Zellig), Digbeth, Birmingham
Dunston Business Village, Stafford
Bluebell, Camphill Phase 3, Nuneaton
Royal Shakespeare and Swan Theatres transformation, Stratford-upon-Avon
Brockhampton Estate, Brockhampton, Herefordshire

Sustainability

Castle Wood School, Coventry
Malvern Community Hospital, Malvern, Worcestershire
Wednesfield Community Library, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton
Windsor Centre for Children & Families, Wolverhampton
Littleton Green Community Primary School, Cannock, Staffordshire
Severn Trent Centre, Coventry.