PAST WINNER INTERVIEW
City Building LLP
What planning did you do beforehand?
What made City Building LLP apply for a Queen’s Award?
Our organisation is very much focussed on performance, as well as the need to constantly improve and evidence our ambitions and results, which are very helpful when beginning the process.
In 2012 we won our first Queen’s Award and applied again in 2018, both for Sustainable Development. In 2021, we achieved a third win for Promoting Opportunity. At each point we recognised transformational changes within areas of our business and felt we were able to demonstrate this to the judges. Our social ethos of building a sustainable future and using our commercial success to implement socially inclusive practices has been recognised on each occasion. What research did you do about the awards/ application process? As three-time winners we are very familiar with the process of applying and the in-depth information required, along with the external validation needed to make the application.
How did you find the application process?
The application process is thorough, and time well spent. It is a good process to experience in that it informs what you have done and what you might need to do in the future.
AWARD CATEGORY: Sustainable Development SIZE OF COMPANY: 2000 WHERE BASED: Glasgow TYPE OF BUSINESS: Construction PROFILE: Alan Burns JOB TITLE: Executive Director
Did you learn anything about your own company during the process?
The process affirmed my pride in City Building. I joined the company as an apprentice Blacksmith and am now Executive Director having been given opportunities to develop and progress. It confirms that, alongside delivering outstanding service to our customers, there is investment in and ambition for our workforce teams.
Company Background City Building provides a wide range of construction, maintenance, and manufacturing services. Along with
design and build construction, repairs and maintenance, and major investment and refurbishment; the company has extensive expertise and capability in new build and retrofitting of carbon reduction technologies. City Building runs the largest and most successful craft apprenticeship programme in Scotland, with 300 apprentices as well as the largest supported manufacturing business, Royal Strathclyde Blindcraft Industries (RSBi), employing 150 people with disabilities. The company proudly ensures that customer voices guide its priorities and delivery.
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