Becon Constructions awarded
West Gippsland construction company Becon Constructions recently received a top honour at the Australian Master Builders Association's "National Excellence in Building and Construction" awards. Becon were awarded best commercial construction project in the $10-20 million category for their work on Federation University's Morwell Innovation Centre at the awards ceremony held recently in Cairns.
Becon has had a prominent presence in the Baw Baw Shire in recent years completing work at Federation Tafe's Warragul campus, the recently built Monacellars building as well as currently conducting renovation work at McDonalds Warragul.
The National Excellence in Building and Construction Awards are the annual culmination of a nationwide search for the best of the best in the industry each year. To be in contention for a National Excellence Award, entrants must be nominated by a local Master Builders Association and are required to progress from winning awards in their region through to being judged the best in their State or Territory. Becon received the Excellence in Construction of Commercial Buildings for the Morwell Innovation Centre project at the Master Builders Victoria Awards in January.
Managing director and Warragul resident John Lehmann said he was proud of the team that worked on the Innovation Centre Project. "I'd like to extend a huge thanks to John Van Der Veen, Ross Clavarino, Dan Jackson and all the project team that helped deliver an outstanding project that has now been recognised in both state and national awards. I would also like to give special mention to Claire Lehmann, Jason McCoy and all the project managers who assisted in getting the submissions in." Mr Lehmann also paid tribute to the team of contractors who worked on the project. "We were lucky enough to have a huge team of contractors on the project who worked seamlessly to deliver a project we can all be extremely proud of," said Mr Lehmann.
Mr Lehmann said the award was recognition for the Becon's continued excellent work across projects throughout the country. "Personally, I am very proud of the product we are able to produce with our own resources for the majority of what we continue to build, together with the quality and standards in which we are able to achieve," he said.
Becon was also awarded best Sustainable Project for their construction of a new McDonald's at the Master Builders Victoria Awards held in Melbourne in January. The company was engaged to construct McDonald's "Restaurant 1000" in Melton South which was the chain's 1000th facility in Australia. The project was also McDonalds Australia's first 'sustainability flagship' restaurant which is serving as a pilot project for the business to test, evaluate and implement industry leading, sustainable innovations