The company won two high-profile BESA Awards at the trade organisation’s first ever national awards, alongside a prestigious national HVR Award.

Lewis Buchanan, trainee project engineer at the company, landed the top prize at the BESA Awards for National Apprentice of the Year, alongside the HVR award for Trainee of the Year, after facing stiff competition in both categories.

Meanwhile, construction manager Andy Gowing collected a BESA Award for his outstanding work as a BESA trailblazer.

Andy Sneyd, managing director at Hargreaves, said: “We are delighted that Lewis and Andy have been commended in such esteemed industry events as a result of their excellent work for the company.

“At Hargreaves, we pride ourselves in nurturing the engineering talent of tomorrow and this is reflected with the awards, all of which fall under the apprenticeships banner.

“We also believe in the value that apprentices provide to the company; that’s why you will find our young talent at some of our largest and most high-profile projects such as the Crossrail underground projects, Chernobyl New Safe Confinement and Sellafield.”