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William Birch and Sons Ltd have been awarded a 2016 RISE award for delivering exceptional social value on a York school construction project. The Leeds Sustainability Institute judged a wide range of organisations and selected William Birch as an outstanding example of delivering sustainable social value to the community of York

William Birch has a long history of employing and developing apprentices and is delighted to have been awarded the ‘York Small Employer 2015’ at the York Apprenticeship Awards.

William Birch & Sons have been carrying out an extensive refurbishment of York Theatre Royal, the theatre’s biggest project since it was first built back in 1764 – and the first major refurbishment since 1967.

William Birch has commenced construction work at Askham Bryan College

As part of the ongoing fundraising for St Leonard’s Hospice in York, William Birch & Sons Ltd, held the 2015 Arnold Birch Charity Golf Day at Forest Park Golf Club, Stockton on Forest

The £4.1 million project to extend a sheltered housing centre has begun in York.

Two teams at William Birch battled it out at this years Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon held in York on Sunday 11th October.

Fulford School students are getting useful hands-on experience of the design and building progress of their new sports hall and classrooms, being carried out by York’s William Birch & Sons Limited (WBSL).
Fulford School pupils inspect the steel frame for the new classrooms with Fulford School’s design technology technician Alan Bell (l) and William Birch site manager John Boundy (r)

William Birch & Sons apprentice Austen Aldridge has won an Apprentice of the Year award from York College - and is the college’s first winner of this new award, supported by the Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians (UCATT).