Contractor G F Tomlinson has scooped a prestigious award at the national LABC Building Excellence Awards.

The contractor, which has offices in Derby, Newark and Birmingham, saw its Medical Technology Innovation Facility (MTIF) for client Nottingham Trent University named nationally as Best New-Build in the non-residential category.

The construction of the £5.5million Medical Technology Innovation Facility was completed in winter 2020, with G F Tomlinson working alongside Maber Architects on the scheme. The project was supported by the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership with funding received by the University through its Local Growth Fund allocation.


The facility focuses on the research and development of innovative products and advanced materials to meet future healthcare needs – the key aim is to improve patient care by speeding up medical product development and ensuring innovations reach the market as quickly as possible, which is critical for patients, business, the NHS and regional economic growth.

The scheme was crowned a winner at the awards ceremony which was held at Park Plaza Westminster Bridge in London, with more than the 700 guests in attendance at the prestigious event.

This national award win comes after G F Tomlinson celebrated success at LABC's regional Building Excellence Awards last year, winning three accolades which were subsequently named as finalists in the national awards.

As well as the success of the Medical Technologies Innovation Facility, the regional awards saw G F Tomlinson’s flagship project for Nottingham Castle win Best Non-Residential Conversion, with its Tower Garden Pavilion scheme in Skegness winning Best Public or Community Building – a project which was successfully delivered via the company's ongoing involvement on the Scape Regional Construction framework.