The Charles Godfrey Memorial Award for Innovation

The Charles Godfrey Memorial Award for Innovation

Roger Bisby rewards a magic lantern with Professional Builder’s prestigious annual accolade

The Charles Godfrey Memorial Award for Innovation is given every year to a product that we think has brought significant innovation to our industry. This prestigious award was created in memory of our first product tester, who helped many budding entrepreneurs and inventors with encouragement and advice.

The 2018 award goes to the Korniche Roof Lantern. Earlier in the year Roger Bisby fitted his first Korniche Roof lantern and commented at the time that this product was certainly a contender for the Charles Godfrey Award. So what impressed him so much about this product?

“The first thing I saw was the packaging. Every builder knows the frustration of having items arrive on site with damage. It slows the job down and causes hassle for the manufacturer – and the customer. Often there is a knock-on effect because other trades are unable to get on. With the Korniche Roof Lantern, everything arrived in perfect condition.

Memorial Award

“The next thing is the instruction booklet, which deserves and award on its own. A huge amount of thought and design has gone into this. Every stage is clearly shown with intelligent use of colours to show you the relevant components.

“Then there is the engineering. It all fits perfectly, and, when I say fits, I mean no gaps or misalignment, and no need for packers, shims or sealant. I know these windows can be fitted in record time, and at the trade shows people have races to beat the clock, but I have never been interested in breaking records – I just don’t want broken glass or components snapping on me. The whole process went like a dream and I said at the time that I couldn’t wait until I had the chance to fit another. It didn’t take long. Without the slightest rush I fitted three on a roof in less than a morning and each one was perfect. More importantly, the customer is delighted.”

korniche.co.uk

Roof lantern

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