The restoration of the Roman walls of Chester has earned a leading award for Maysand.

We restored the city wall following the collapse of a 30-metre section of the walkway in 2008. The painstaking restoration work, which was completed last year, earned Maysand the Heritage Award at the Centre for Construction Innovation's (CCI) North West Construction awards.

Maysand re-used as much of the original masonry as they could — each individual stone was taken down, numbered and catalogued, as each had to go back in its right place.

Managing Director Bryn Lisle says: "Chester City walls are a national monument of huge historical importance and so it was a very prestigious project and required all the specialist skills the team possesses.

“The award is a tribute to the painstaking effort put in by everyone concerned on the project. Throughout it there was a real sense of being involved in something very special.

“We worked very closely with archaeologists, engineers and English Heritage to provide a bespoke restoration of the Roman Wall. We even had inspectors abseiling down many other parts of the wall to survey the full extent of the damage."

The walls are the most complete circuit of walls in Britain and originate from Roman times although they have experienced a rich history since including: Saxon and medieval rebuilding and extensions, Civil War conflict and Georgian elegance.

The awards ceremony was held at Chester Racecourse and Lend Lease's construction of MediaCity:UK at Salford Quays won Project of the Year

Other finalists in the Heritage Award were: Gaskell House, Manchester - Bernard Taylor Partnership Ltd’ Neptune Theatre Refurbishment - Nobles Construction Ltd; Refurbishment of Bascule Bridge - Manchester & Cheshire Construction Co. Ltd.