Desborough Site Manager Wins Top Award

The senior site manager at a new homes development in Desborough has been recognised for the quality of his work with a coveted national award.

Keith Grayson has secured a Quality Award in the National House Building Council’s (NHBC) annual Pride in the Job competition for The Wickets, where Ashberry Homes – part of the Bellway Group – is building 350 new homes off Stoke Road.

He was among only 450 winners selected from a pool of more than 8,000 site managers whose developments have been inspected by the NHBC over the past year, placing him among an elite group within the industry.

Keith Grayson

Keith, 39, started as a trainee bricklayer at the age of 17 and joined Bellway as senior site manager in 2021.

He said: “This is my first Quality Award and I feel elated and proud to have won it. But it is also an accolade for the whole team and I am indebted to my assistant site manager Joe Singh who has been a tremendous help to me. He has focused on making sure that customer care is excellent, allowing me to concentrate all my attention on the build programme.”

The Pride in the Job awards involve a rigorous process including spot checks on the day-to-day running of a site. Each site manager is assessed across six key areas which are consistency, attention to detail, leadership, interpretation of drawings and specifications, technical expertise and health and safety.

Keith and the other Quality Award winners will go forward to the next stage of the competition – the NHBC’s Seal of Excellence and Regional Awards, which will be announced this autumn.