Top award for Derg builder known for a keen eye for detail

A CASTLEDERG site manager has been crowned regional award winner in the small builder category in the third round of the NHBC ‘Pride in the Job’ awards.

Sam Sayers, of S&DS Construction Ltd, was presented with the award in front of an audience of his construction industry peers at a ceremony in Culloden Estate and Spa Hotel in Belfast.

It recognised the firm’s work at Mount Bernard Rise in Castlederg.

Organised by NHBC, the UK’s leading warranty and insurance provider for new homes, the awards are the most highly-regarded in the house building industry.

They recognise site managers dedicated to achieving the highest standards in house building and committed to building homes of outstanding quality for their customers.

Judging for the awards is rigorous, with each site manager assessed across six key areas: consistency, attention to detail, leadership, interpretation of drawings and specifications, technical expertise, and health and safety.

The competition celebrates the vital role that site managers play in ensuring new homes are delivered on time, on safe sites and to exacting construction quality standards.

Mr Sayers started working on site as a digger driver at the age of 17 and then moved on to build one-off homes.

In the past five years, he has moved into residential developments, building over 25 houses a year.

S&DS Construction Ltd is a family-run business with Sam’s wife, son and daughter having a role in the company.

extremely organised

Sam was recognised by judges as being extremely organised, having a keen eye for detail, exceptional cleanliness on site, always willing to take on board feedback to make changes for the better and building ‘stunning homes’.

Keen to acknowledge
the people around him, he said, “I’ve a good core
group of men working with me and that’s the main
thing, because it’s all teamwork.”

The company have three ongoing developments, including their third phase development at Mount Bernard Rise in Castlederg, Crevenagh Hall, Omagh and a development on the Newtownsaville Road.

This award for Sam has been a pinnacle moment of his career and will now go forward to compete for the ultimate prize in house building, the ‘Pride in the Job’ Supreme Awards which will be unveiled at a gala ceremony in London in January 2022.