• Campaign to Protect Rural England - 2007 Design Award Winner
• ProCon 2007 - Leicestershire Property and Construction Awards 2007
• East Midlands LABC - Built in Quality Awards 2007

Performance Textiles Industry Awards - March 2008

J & J Carter Ltd have received an award as "Winner of Project of the Year" by our Trade Association "Performance Textiles". The project involved the design and build of a tensile fabric structure serving as an open air theatre, covering over 800 sq.m. In addition our Managing Director, John Carter, has also been awarded the President's Award for the 2nd time.

Click here to see the award.

Kilworth House Outdoor Theatre Scoops Top Award - August 2007

The newly built Kilworth House Outdoor Theatre has won the "Best Structural Design" at the East Midlands' Local Authority Built In Quality Awards. The project was also highly commended in a number of other categories. The project will go onto National level of competition. Link to project page.

A press release in PDF format is available.

Performance Textiles Industry Awards 2007

J & J Carter Ltd have received an award for being Highly Commended in the category "Project of the Year" by our Trade Association "Performance Textiles". The project involved the design and build of a tensile fabric structure covering an area of 115 sq.m to be used as an alfresco dining area for the Cricklade Theatre in Andover, Hampshire.

Click here to see the award (PDF Format).

J & J. Carter exhibiting at INTERBUILD 2007.

After having a success at Interbuild 2006, J & J Carter have already booked to return to the NEC in the Autumn of 2007. Interbuild 2007 will run from 28th October to 1st November 2007. Our stand will be B15 located in Hall 5. Further information on this exhibition can be found at www.interbuild.com

Managing Director wins the Performance Textiles Association President's Award for 2004.

March 2004 - Managing Director, John Carter, has won the Pertexa (Performance Textiles Association) President's Award for services to the industry. John was awarded the trophy by Ian Parkin (President) at the Pertexa Gala Dinner on 3rd March 2004.

J & J Carter exhibitted a number of tented structures for the rental market at Pertexa '04 including a 12m Alu-Hall which was provided as a seminar marquee, along with 3m and 4m Peaked Canopies. 2004 was an important show which saw the association name change from MUTA (Made Up Textiles Association) to Performance Textiles Association. We hope like other members that this is one of many improvements to modernise our industry and association.

Sandown Park Racecourse wins IFAI 2002 Award of Excellance

Sandown Park Racecourse's newly build Parade Ring Canopy an IFAI 2002 Award of Excellance Annual Conference held in Charlotte, North Carolina. Click here to details of the recently built project. A press release statement can be obtained on-line from here.

Above Bar Canopy wins IFAI 2001 Award of Excellance

The PTFE Canopy built during August 2001 has just won the IFAI (Industrial Fabrics Association International) Award of Excellance at it's annual Trade Show held in Nashville, Tennessee. Click here for the Project Page.

Port Talbot - Aberafan Bridge Canopy Wins Civic Trust Award 2001

This canopy, covering a Grade II listed Aberafan Bridge, occupies a key position in Port Talbot's town centre, linking two shopping centres. It provides cover from the inclement weather, as well as direction and focus to the centre's main pedestrian route. The stark white and bold design of the canopy contrasts sharply with the dark valleys beyond.

New Gateway to Portsmouth Tri-Sail complete

The newly engineered Membrane Structure, designed by HGP Architects and CETEC Consultancy is well under construction. The towering 43m tall structure, located between the M27 and M275 motorways will certainly become a major landmark for the City of Portsmouth. The structure made from a Stainless Steel mast and rigging system encompasses a new membrane material never used until this project. The fabric is a PTFE Coated Open Glass Fibre Mesh, although this material has been previously used with a laminated finish.

For further developments on the Gateway to Portsmouth Tri-Sail Project, please refer to our webpage www.jjcarter.com/sail/ tri-sail.htm

16,500m² Geo-Membrane Wins two awards inside 3 months ! - April 2000

Our recently completed Howdon S.T.W Geo-Membrane project has been awarded two marks of distinction, firstly by The Made Up Textiles Association in the Industy Awards 2000 scheme, and secondly by J.E.C Composites Awards 2000 in Paris for the "best reinforced structure in Europe". For a full project low-down see the job page.

Design Award Received. - Summer 1997

12 Tier Grandstand Superstructure Roofing System including PVC Canopy. Developed by John Carter, Neil

Holloway and Colin Cummings. The project won the I.F.A.I 1997 Design Award for Tent Design and Manufacture.

For further information regarding the grandstand buildings, please see Page 6.