AWARD WINNING SERVICES

UPM Tilhill is renowned for being the UK's largest forestry and harvesting company. Its diversification into landscaping is also proving to be a great success. Repeated prestigious British Association of Landscape Industries (BALI) Awards have brought it recognition.

UPM Tilhill set out to stand apart from its competitors, offering wider expertise including an in-house ecology team to ensure the right balance between commercial return, ecological requirements and environmental compliance.

The goal for UPM Tilhill was to grow the business and to draw on the skills already available in the organisation. The company started out in soft landscaping, naturally progressing into more complex projects. It is now a big player in landscaping and possibly the only landscape company with an in-house ecologist with specialist licenses to work with protected species.

At Tilhill, they are also set up to link projects into sustainable energy use with power plants fuelled by wood.

Two of their most noteworthy BALI award winners are a waterfront development on the Cumbrian coast and the Armed Forces War Memorial, Staffordshire, the first national memorial built since the Second World War.

TROPHY TRIUMPH

UPM Tilhill has collected more than 10 top awards in three years including:

- six BALI awards in three years

- RoSPA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents)Safety Awards:
Gold Awards for five consecutive years plus a Special Medal in 2010

- BAM Construction Ltd Midlands Region − Contractor of the Year 2010

- Green Flag Award 2010

This article is based on an interview with Peter Middleton, Commercial Director at UPM Tilhill.

Text: Jane Garner
Photos: UPM Tilhill