PENARTH Pier and a local building company have both scooped top industry awards.

Penarth-based Project One has won three prestigious Master Builder of the Year Awards, taking the prize for best Kitchen, Bathroom and Small Renovation Project in Wales, while Cardiff-based R & M Williams won the Commercial Project award for the region for the company’s work on refurbishing Penarth Pier.

Hayden Davey Building and Maintenance and Hennessey Construction, both also from Cardiff, scooped the Large Renovation Project and Heavenly Builder awards respectively.

All four companies will now go through to compete in the national finals. The national winners of the 12th Master Builder of the Year Awards will be announced by TV presenter and architecture enthusiast Charlie Luxton, who will present the coveted accolades at a ceremony at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge Hotel in London on February 18 next year.

The Master Builder of the Year Awards, a nationwide search by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) to find the best builders in the UK, is unique. Nominations must come from a satisfied client, and builders are judged on their all-round performance: technical ability together with customer service skills, attention to detail and the end result of the project.

Ifan Glyn, FMB Service Director for Wales said: “The Master Builder of the Year Awards give clients the opportunity to celebrate a job well done and to say thank you to their builder. For the building industry it is an opportunity to celebrate all that is good about small local builders and their importance to the recovering UK economy.

“Time and time again we have been impressed with just how far these builders will go to ensure their client is happy. It is this dedication that we want to celebrate.

“Project One, Hayden Davey Building and Maintenance, R&M Williams and Hennessey Construction should all feel justly proud of their achievements in winning their awards and we wish them every success in the national competition.”

Whoever wins the overall Master Builder of the Year title, will drive away in the top prize of a brand new commercial vehicle, while the clients who nominated them will win a fantastic £3,000 prize.