FAMILY owned building company Walter Thompson won two gold and two bronze awards in the Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS) National Site Awards.

The scheme was introduced in 1999 to recognise sites for the contribution they made toward improving the image of construction. The CCS scheme looks at measures companies have put in place to be more considerate to neighbourhoods, their workforce and the environment.

Walter Thompson, established in 1920 in Northallerton, scooped gold awards for their work at Central Lodge in Middlesbrough and Le Cateau School in Catterick Garrison, while the bronze awards were won for work on Peterlee Care Home and Middleton Hall Retirement Village near Darlington.

Senior site manager Phillip Gallagher was responsible for two of the sites, Le Cateau School and Peterlee Care Home, while senior site manager Mike Hamm was responsible for the Central Lodge transformation and Site Manager Andrew Smith supervised the work at Middleton Hall.

Walter Thompson has been a member of the scheme for 13 years, winning at least one award in each of those years.

Two years ago, the company,, won the UK’s Most Considerate Site Award in the £500,000 to £5m category for an extension and refurbishment work at a Middlesbrough school. Mike Hamm was the site manager at the school.