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Crendon Timber Engineering named Taylor Wimpey Supplier of the Year 2026
Crendon Timber Engineering has been awarded Taylor Wimpey Supplier of the Year for 2026.
The award was determined through scoring from Taylor Wimpey’s 22 regional businesses against a range of key performance indicators, with Crendon recognised for its professionalism, responsiveness, quality, excellent service, and delivery performance with a strong commitment to Health and Safety.
Crendon Timber Engineering has been at the forefront of engineered timber solutions since 1967 and now operates from 12 manufacturing locations across England and Wales, supplying Roof Trusses, Posi-Joist metal web joists, Spandrel Panels, Gable Panels and Timber Frame as a total off-site timber engineering solution to housebuilders and developers.
Taylor Wimpey’s Senior Procurement team highlighted consistently high standards across all areas of the Crendon business, praising their professional and highly reactive Design team, and its commitment to aiming for 100% On Time in Full deliveries every time.
The award also recognised the consistently high quality of products delivered to site, together with excellent levels of service both before and after delivery with pre-start site meetings and transparent plot call-off scheduling.
Michael Timmins, Sales Director at Crendon Timber Engineering, said:
“We are incredibly proud to receive this award from Taylor Wimpey. To win this from one of the UK’s most respected National Housebuilders makes this a particularly meaningful achievement for every employee at Crendon. The award reflects the hard work, professionalism and commitment of our teams nationwide who continually strive to deliver the highest standards of service, quality and reliability for our customers.”
Taylor Wimpey described Crendon as a “real partner who really work with our site teams to understand what’s going on and see how they can best support us”.
Peter Young, Managing Director of Crendon Timber Engineering, added:
“This award is a tremendous achievement and reflects the values that have underpinned Crendon for almost 60 years, service, consistency, design innovation and strong customer relationships. We thank Taylor Wimpey for their continued trust and partnership.”
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