Shortlist 2025

Access & Scaffolding Specialist of the Year

  • Alltask
  • Connolly Scaffolding
  • SafeStand
  • Sean Doyle Scaffolding
  • Shield Services Group

Apprentice of the Year

  • Aaron Dalleywater -  Ermine Construction
  • Balanithesh Ragavan - FM Conway
  • Charlotte Fuller - FM Conway
  • Fionn O'Brien - Galldris Group
  • Alfie Head - Lee Marley Group
  • Nikol Borisova - Rider Levett Bucknall
  • Ethan Moorhouse - Severfield 

Concrete Specialist of the year

  • Careys
  • Kilnbridge
  • Tank Consult

Demolition & Enabling Specialist of the Year

  • Cognition Land and Water
  • John F Hunt

Digital Construction Excellence

  • Alconex - UtiliMate App
  • BAM - Beyond the CDE
  • CLM Fireproofing - Firestopping Information Management (FiM)
  • GBE Services London - Leading Digital Optimisation in the M&E Industry
  • P. Flannery Plant Hire - Project Signal
  • ZED PODS - Fortis House

Excellence in Social Value

  • Briggs & Forrester Special Projects - Community Support
  • CLM Fireproofing - Responsible Contractor delivering Social Value
  • CMDP - Social Value in the Water sector
  • Mace - Marlborough Sports Garden refurbishment project
  • Maintenance and Contracting Services (MCS) - Empowering Communities and Creating Career
  • McGee -  How 7 Millbank Embeds Social Value in Business as Usual
  • OCL Facades -  #GirlscanBuild
  • P. Flannery Plant Hire -  Building Futures: Flannery’s Commitment to Skills, Sustainability & Social Impact
  • UK Connect - UK Connect & Farr: Inspiring Kids in STEM!
  • ZED PODS

Fit Out Specialist of the Year

  • Houston Cox Central
  • James Johnson & Co
  • Novus Property Solutions
  • Signature London
  • Spec Commercial

Health, Safety and Wellbeing Excellence

  • A&B Engineering - Our Foundation for Success at A&B engineering
  • Connections Legal Management -  To be the best we can be
  • Houston Cox Central -  Raising the Bar for H&S Excellence
  • John F Hunt - Safety excellence through continued innovation
  • Supply Chain Safety Leadership Group - Incursions and IPV Working Group: Road Safety Campaign for Young Drivers
  • Viking Demolition & Construction Leading Safety - Leading Safety

Innovation of the Year (Contractor)

  • BAM - InnoConstruct
  • CLM Fireproofing - BIM Plugin [FiM]
  • Crown House Technologies - Addressing a Critical Industry Challenge - The Crown House Technologies Central Fire Team
  • McGee - Circular Strength: Reused Steel in Action
  • UK Connect - Fusion connectivity
  • WS-SOFTWARE -  Wsconcrete
  • ZED PODS 

MEP Specialist of the Year

  • A&B Engineering
  • Dowds Group
  • GBE Services London
  • GW Power-Safe
  • K&T Electromech
  • Kane Group Building Services
  • Vaughan Engineering Services

MMC Specialist of the Year

  • Explore 2050 Manufacturing
  • GBE Services London
  • Lindner Prater
  • ZED PODS

Outstanding Contribution to Specialist Construction

  • Chamberlain Doors - Celebrating 50 Years of Excellence and Innovation
  • Delta Membrane Systems - Delta HLA Plus
  • Jones Weatherproofing - Driving change
  • L Lynch Plant Hire & Haulage Ltd - Second Chances
  • OCL Facades - Because Girls belong in Construction
  • Radius Group - Industry Leader
  • SafeStand - Access Systems

Outstanding Contribution to Sustainability

  • BriggsAmasco -  Sustainable roofing
  • John F Hunt - Decarbonising construction through digital excellence
  • Prolectric - Prolectric & Kier Transportation on A417
  • Reynaers Aluminium UK - Making sustainability second nature
  • See -  SanFoot and BioCarbon
  • SRW -  M&E Carbon Calculator
  • Sweet Projects - Sweet Projects: Building a Sustainable Future
  • ZED PODS
  • Zero Marine Services - Green Bridges Initiative

Product Innovation of the Year (Non-Contractor)

  • Bridgend Extrusions with K-Form Screed Rails - Labour saving pouring concrete slabs
  • Brilliant Ideas - The Squeezepin – Patented Carbon Neutral Lifting Device
  • Delta Membrane Systems - Delta HLA Plus
  • IKO Permatec LI
  • Instagrid Uk - Instagrid GO - Powering the construction industry
  • PowerCem Technologies - RoadCem
  • Walther Strong - Rebarflex Reinforcement Mesh
  • Werner UK Sales & Distribution - AdjustaStepPRO

Project of the Year by a Specialist Contractor (subcontract from £2m to £5m)

  • Lindner Prater - Google KGX1
  • Metek - Longwood Close
  • Story Decorating Group - The Haymarket Project
  • VolkerGround Engineering - Eryri (Snowdonia)

Project of the Year by a Specialist Contractor (subcontract over £5m)

  • Cognition Land and Water - Former Pirbright Institute
  • Hamilton (Building Contractors) -  Greener homes, brighter future
  • James Johnson & Co -  Specialist Joinery Fitout of The Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities
  • Lindner Prater - Everton FC
  • Lindner Prater - Co-op Live
  • McCoy Contractors -  Cotswold Designer Outlet
  • Severfield -  Everton FC new stadium
  • Precision Facades - Sherlock Street, Birmingham
  • ZED PODS - Beacon of Hope

Project of the Year by a Specialist Contractor (subcontract up to £2m)

  • BGS Utilities - Connecting Port Street
  • Cognition Land and Water - Meridian Water Fly Tipping
  • Dean & Dean Construction - Innovative Slate Solutions for Modern Heritage – Roof Brothers at Little Eversden
  • Geobear - Lifting a Four Storey Building on Clay Soil
  • John F Hunt - Demolition of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete structure
  • McCoy Contractors - Project Oak Development
  • Metek - Heaps Mill Liverpool Radius Group
  • Radius Group - Supports Project with Collaboration for Innovation
  • Roger Bullivant - Bespoke Piling Solutions: Yarm Viaduct Regeneration
  • Suttle Projects & SEP Rail Group- Emergency at Colhayne
  • Tank Consult - Crowle STW RC Tanks
  • VolkerGround Engineering - New Wear Footbridge

Rising Star

  • Ben Hutchings - Snowik
  • Ben Whistlecroft -  FM Conway
  • Daniel Bartos - Indevor Bonds
  • Dorian Payne -  Castell Group
  • Eduardo Barnes - Altrad RMD Kwikform
  • Georgia Eaton -  Proicere Digital
  • Isabella Webb - DB3 Group
  • Jasmine Turner - McGee
  • Kira Lacey -  Dodd Group
  • Matt Jones -  Jones Weatherproofing
  • Mohammed Ayaz -  AtkinsRealis
  • Tom Egerton -  Indevor Bonds

Specialist Contractor of the Year (turnover over £25m)

  • Careys
  • CLM Fireproofing
  • Cognition Land and Water
  • DGP
  • Hamilton (Building Contractors)
  • Houston Cox Central
  • Kilnbridge
  • Lanes Group
  • McGee
  • Selwood

Specialist Contractor of the Year (turnover up to £25m)

  • Aden Contracting
  • Alliance Facades
  • Castell Group
  • Caxton Façades
  • GW Power-Safe
  • Jones Weatherproofing
  • Metek
  • The Roofline Group
  • Vista Civil Engineering
  • ZED PODS

Steel Specialist of the Year

  • ACS Stainless Steel Fixings
  • Metek

Technology Innovation of the Year (Non-Contractor)

  • AFI-Rentals - Resource Planner
  • Black Boots Technology - BB-SCR - AI Safety Case Reporting
  • BWL Professional Bid Services - AI Contract Finder
  • Chime Software - Transforming Workforce Management for Specialist Contractors
  • Doka - Bringing time and cost certainty to the concreting process
  • GB Card and Partners - Hybrid Raft Technology
  • Gravis Robotics - AI-Powered Autonomous Excavation and Augmented Machine Control
  • Midsummer -  Heatpunk - Air Source Heat Pump design and costing
  • N3 Technologies - N3 Platform
  • ProcurePro - Transforming construction procurement
  • Tradestack -  Multimodal AI Estimation for Trade Contractors

Training Excellence

  • F&T Terrix Building Materials
  • Lee Marley Group
  • Mabey Hire
  • Precision Facades
  • Radius Group
  • Severfield
  • The Roofline Group