News: Horbury has the cutting edge

The Federation of Plastering and Drywall Contractors (FPDC) announced Rotherham-based Horbury Building Systems (HBS) as winner of the "Drylining – Residential Category" award at the 2008 Plaisterers Trophy for work on the £75m The Gateway development. in Leeds. The Gateway is the city's largest residential development with 642 apartments, a 218 bed hotel, retail and commercial space and has been finished to exacting standards by HBS, which undertook external lining and internal partition and ceiling work valued at £8m on behalf of the main contractor, Shepherd Construction. Trevor Wragg, managing director of the Horbury Group, said: "We are absolutely delighted to win this prestigious award. The FPDC Plaisterers Trophy is one of the oldest industry awards, rewarding the highest standards of skill and excellence in plastering and drywall design and installation. "HBS also won the "Drylining Contracts over £750,000" award at the 2007 Plaisterers Trophy for work on the £113m Manchester Civil Justice Centre. This subsequent achievement is of real credit to the team from Horbury Building Systems who worked within very tight time constraints to deliver a high quality service on such an impressive development." Horbury's work on the project include a vast 45,000 sq m of ceilings, 35,000 sq m of internal walls, 22,000 sq m of dividing walls, 20,000 sq m of external steel frame and cement board, 13,000 sq m of door linings and 4,000 door openings.
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