MEET YOUR 2026 SHORTLIST! 


Thank you to all the amazing entries submitted this year, and congratulations to all of our finalists! Now it’s time to attend live judging in London and to book your table for the awards ceremony. Join us for a fantastic afternoon recognising this year’s outstanding achievements. The live judging schedule is now available to view.


Business Excellence

Shortlist:

  • Yusuf Adeko - Keltbray
  • Rami Alshaar - Gallaway Construction
  • Brandon Bates - Caxton Group
  • Joe Bennett - Galldris Group
  • Lavinia Darie - Statom Group
  • Leah Duck - Enterprise Solutions
  • Teddy Gatsell - Statom Group
  • Terence Hakurekwi - Crown House Manufacturing
  • Ross Hayward - Kilnbridge
  • Mukhtar Mohammed - Lee Marley Group
  • Oliver Wootton - Explore Manufacturing, part of Laing O'Rourke

Shortlist:

  • A&B Engineering - Marple Leisure: Building lives through social impact
  • Aden Contracting - Groundworks in the classroom
  • Careys - From Barriers to Breakthroughs: skills bootcamps
  • Crown House Manufacturing- Community values
  • DWJ Harkin - Access for all
  • Erith Group - Embedding community benefit across a construction business
  • Keltbray - Legacy through action: strengthening communities and the future female workforce
  • Lee Marley Group - Collaboration and partnership driving effective social value
  • McGee - Changing perspectives: championing meaningful value at Vista
  • Tilbury Douglas Engineering - Oldham Old Library
  • Zed Pods - Crofts House and Marshall Walk: regenerating places, changing lives

Shortlist:

  • A&B Engineering - Driving measurable health, safety and wellbeing excellence
  • Careys - Safe home every day
  • DWJ Harkin - Prevention in practice
  • Equans Sci-Tech - People, safety and wellbeing first
  • Essex Services Group - Health, safety and wellbeing excellence
  • John F Hunt - Achieving zero harm through safety innovation
  • Lorclon Civil Engineering - Mental health: personnel journeys from leadership
  • Statom Group - Safety by ownership

Shortlist:

  • DWJ Harkin - Beyond compliance
  • Erith Group - 75 London Wall
  • Lorclon Civil Engineering - Behavioural safety programme
  • Lorclon Civil Engineering - Mental health: personnel journeys from leadership
  • Vislock - Safer digging digital

Shortlist:

  • Ibrahim Arshad - Galldris Group
  • Harvey Brooks - Knight Build
  • Oliver Bureau - SES
  • Tom Clark - Ardmore Group
  • Alex Cocklin - Indevor Bonds and Guarantees
  • Maya Gorsia - Permasteelisa Group
  • Jack O'Brien - Kilnbridge
  • Sam Pym - McGee
  • Sahas Vankadara - Kane Group
  • Robbie Vart - Explore Manufacturing, part of Laing O'Rourke

Shortlist:

  • Briggs Amasco
  • Careys
  • Cognition Land and Water
  • DGP
  • Kilnbridge
  • Menard
  • SES
  • Stanmore
  • Statom Group
  • Tilbury Douglas Engineering

Shortlist:

  • Aden Contracting
  • GLC Projects
  • Nee Form
  • Roofline Group
  • Story Decorating Group
  • T&T Facades
  • Ultrabeam
  • V&D Interiors
  • ZedPods

Shortlist:

  • Caxton Group
  • DDL Group
  • Equans Sci-Tech
  • Lee Marley Group
  • Maintenance and Contracting Services
  • Roads Academy, National Highways
  • Radius Group
  • Roofline Group
  • West Port

Company Innovation

Shortlist:

  • Crown House Manufacturing - Digital @ Hyperscale
  • DWJ Harkin - Smarter decisions
  • Essex Services Group - myProjects
  • Lorclon Civil Engineering - Spotlights Safety Reporting app and accompanying SPOT FOR 5 initiative
  • Nee Form - Digital by default
  • Ultrabeam Hydrographic - Underwater bridge digital twinning
  • Vislock - Digital excellence delivered

Shortlist:

  • BHC - Steel Fabrication with 100% on-site renewable energy and delivery of sustainability through digital innovation
  • Hyperion Robotics - Low-carbon foundations
  • John F Hunt - From Insight to Impact: Transforming carbon reduction through real-time data
  • Metek - Sustainability at our core
  • Sanctus - Carbon reduction and sustainable remediation
  • Simplicity Specialist Finishes - 155 Drummond Street
  • Zed Pods - Marshall Walk: A social housing development of 12 zero-operational-carbon homes

Shortlist:

  • Groundforce Shorco - SheetMaster 2.0
  • Holcim UK - Brew up coffee concrete to support new whale sculpture in Canary Wharf
  • Hyperion Robotics - Low-carbon foundations
  • Mensura - Deconstructed consultancy services
  • Obex Protection - RapidTray cavity tray system
  • SMR UK - ReBind
  • SolGen - Solar hybrid power solution
  • Specialist Facade Services - Haymarket Building One inspection and remedial solutions

Shortlist:

  • Engineered Composites - ENGRail Innovation
  • Essex Services Group - myProjects
  • GenVue Technologies - GenVue Shade
  • Spencer Bridge Engineering - AeroTruss
  • Stanmore - Design house
  • Statom Group - Proactive assurance
  • UK Connect - Intelligent theft protection
  • Ultrabeam Hydrographic - Black Swan 3D underwater asset inspection
  • Vislock - Digital safety innovation

Shortlist:

  • Buildscout - Smarter lead targeting
  • Eliminox - Cleaner air for construction communities
  • NZC Solutions - Carbon management platform
  • SustainIQ - Complete ESG reporting
  • Vislock - Smart permit technology
  • Zutec - Building AI

Projects

Shortlist:

  • Chris Sedgeman Scaffolding with JDS Properties & Developments - Poldhu Project - Storm Goretti
  • Ecosafe Group - Mary Rose Avenue: Ecosafe & southern housing fire safety
  • Geobear and Ironside Farrar - The Burnet Building
  • GLC Projects - Wastewater treatment works decommissioning
  • Hyperion Robotics - Usk reservoir project
  • Menard - Kettering ground improvement
  • RAAC Consulting Solutions - Remediation at landmark civic building
  • Specialist Facade Services - Haymarket Building One inspection and remedial solutions
  • Tank Consult - Lutterworth wastewater treatment works
  • V&D Interiors - Bilton Grange Preparatory School
  • Zed Pods - Crofts House: Rural brownfield transformation

Shortlist:

  • Allen & Foxworthy - Blenheim Palace roof restoration project
  • Kilmartin - Salford Rise Frederick Road construction project
  • M R Scaffolding Services - 5 Aldermanbury Square
  • Metek - Moon Street, Bristol
  • Metek - Retirement living for inspired villages group at Sonning Common
  • OCL Drylining - Angel Square drylining
  • Quest Joinery - Specialist joinery fitout of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for Humanities
  • Roger Bullivant - Thurrock battery energy storage systems precast foundation system
  • Story Decorating Group - Everton: The people's project
  • StructureCare - Bell Street’s green transport hub
  • Topan - A30 Partnership
  • Zed Pods - Marshall Walk: A social housing development of 12 zero-operational-carbon homes

Shortlist:

  • Careys - The Chancery Rosewood - formerly 30 Grosvenor Square
  • Cognition Land and Water - Meridian Water strategic infrastructure works
  • DGP - Manchester Airport Terminal 2
  • Durkin and Sons - Delivering security of supply for SSE and their customers
  • Essex Services Group - The LHR21 data centre
  • Kilnbridge - Bridgewater Road Bridge
  • King & Moffatt Building Services - Three Chamberlain Square
  • OCL - West end gate
  • Tilbury Douglas Engineering - Stepping Hill Hospital
  • Vetter UK - The Stephen A. Schwarzman centre for humanities

Shortlist:

  • Caxton Builders - Bendigo Building
  • Caxton Façades - Threadworks
  • Cognition Land and Water - King’s Road Park, Phase 4, Block H2
  • James Johnson & Co - Specialist joinery fitout of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for Humanities
  • John F Hunt - Innovation in demolition
  • Lee Marley Group - Oval gas holder
  • Menard - Avonmouth Axis 5
  • PDS Infrastructure Systems - Integrated tunnel control and management system
  • Rhodar Specialist Enabling Works - Darwin Tower deconstruction for Edinburgh University
  • Slipform Engineering - Wymington digester tanks
  • Statom Group - Town Quays
  • StructureCare - Silkstream phase 1a
  • T&T Facades - Facade for Life!

Specialisms

Shortlist:

  • Allen & Foxworthy
  • Brand Access Solutions
  • Chris Sedgeman Scaffolding
  • M R Scaffolding Services
  • PHD Modular Access Services
  • Spencer Bridge Engineering

Shortlist:

  • Careys
  • Expanded
  • Galldris Group
  • Kilmartin
  • Kilnbridge
  • RAAC Consulting Solutions
  • Slipform Engineering
  • Tank Consult

Shortlist:

  • GLC Projects
  • John F Hunt

Shortlist:

  • Groundforce
  • Radius Group
  • Southern Hoist Services

Shortlist:

  • James Johnson & Co
  • OCL Facades
  • Quest Joinery

Shortlist:

  • Essex Services Group
  • GW Power
  • Kane Group
  • King & Moffatt Building Services
  • Maintenance and Contracting Services
  • Pensdown
  • SES

Shortlist:

  • Explore Manufacturing, part of Laing O'Rourke
  • Hyperion Robotics
  • NG Bailey
  • Remagin by Etex
  • Roger Bullivant
  • Zed Pods

Shortlist:

  • ACS Stainless Steel Fixings
  • BHC
  • ENVFAB
  • Kilnbridge
  • Metek