ALAN Downie from Hartland has been honoured for his dedication to building homes of exceptional quality in the first round of the annual National House Building Council (NHBC) Pride in the Job Awards.

Alan of Cumber Developments (Devon) Ltd won the award for his management of the St Nectan’s View site in Hartland, joining almost 450 other quality award winners from across the UK.

Now in its 36th year, Pride in the Job celebrates the exceptional contribution site managers make in creating homes of outstanding quality.

As well as undergoing spot checks on the day-to day running of the sites, each site manager is assessed across 37 areas of site management, including their technical knowledge, consistency in the build process and the quality controls they have in place.

With more than 16,000 site managers competing for the awards, this year’s quality award winners have been hand-picked for their excellent standards on site.

Jim Lyons, Regional Director for NHBC, the standards setter and warranty provider for new homes, said: “Congratulations to Alan, who should be commended for building homes of an outstanding standard in the region.

As part of the year-long judging process, the quality winners will now be shortlisted for Seals of Excellence and regional titles which will be revealed in the autumn.

The regional winners will then go forward to contest the national Supreme Winner title in their category at the Pride in the Job gala final in January.