Bradford’s biggest healthcare centre has won a building excellence award.

The Ridge Medical Practice in Great Horton, built by construction firm ISG, has won a Local Authority Building Control (LABC) Building Excellence Award.

The £5.8 million practice, which opened in October 2009, took top honours in the community category and the project is now shortlisted for the National Excellence Awards, which are held later in the year.

The LABC awards celebrate building excellence and projects are nominated by local authority Building Control Officers.

Within the West Yorkshire region, the judging panel of industry experts reviewed a range of community schemes from across Bradford, Calder-dale, Kirklees, Wakefield and Leeds, drawing up a shortlist of four.

The awards not only highlight excellence in build quality and workmanship, but also reward an outstanding team approach, demonstrating constructive engagement between the council, contractor, client, designer and end-user.

John Gittins, ISG’s regional director, said: “All entries to the LABC awards are submitted solely by the council’s Building Control Officers and therefore represent a truly independent measure of the quality and excellence of projects.

“We are delighted once again to have secured a prestigious award for one of our keynote regional developments.

“The Ridge Medical Practice is an excellent example of our ability to take a challenging brief and deliver an outstanding result that raises the standard of the local built environment.”

The practice, which is within the Great Horton Conservation Area, replaced a nearby surgery that was too small, and offers some of the most sophisticated medical services in the UK.

Designed by architects Health-care Design Partnership, the three-storey curved building features an 80-seat lecture theatre, library, study areas and offices for the Primary Care Trust.

Facilities include consulting and treatment rooms, minor-surgery suites and a large pharmacy. The building incorporates sustainable technology to minimise operational costs and reduce its impact on the environment, including a natural ventilation system, under-floor heating, roof-mounted solar collectors to generate hot water and a green sedum roof.

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