Shepherd Construction of York has won the Best Regional Contractor Of The Year title at the Property Awards 2004 event, at Rudding Park, in Harrogate.

The judges included lawyers, bankers, quantity surveyors, architects, developers and agents from Yorkshire and the north-east, and their votes were based on their perception of Shepherd employees' performance on their projects.

Vaughan Burnand, chief executive of Shepherd Construction, said: "This is a tremendous award to receive and shows recognition of our achievements and growing prominence over the last few years in major projects."

Updated: 11:33 Wednesday, June 02, 2004