Pentre Nicholas Village scoops top award
A Llanelli site that was once an illegal gypsy encampment and burning ground for stolen cars has been transformed to a stunning housing estate acclaimed the best in Britain. Pentre Nicholas Village, phases 4a and 5, Machynys, Llanelli, not only represented Wales and won the 2010 LABC (England and Wales) Building Excellence Awards in the best large housing category last week, but also won the supreme award as being best of the best development anywhere in the UK. Competition for the supreme award involved eleven categories including Wimbledon and its sliding roof and other prestigious building developments across Britain at the National Building Excellence Awards hosted at the Brewery in the City of London. The awards celebrate the excellence of building quality of a variety of projects across the UK from large commercial developments, education and housing projects to domestic refurbishment together with awards for technical innovation, best partnership and sustainability. Machynys own...