Entries will be judged on the following criteria: 
• How your firm is responding to the current market conditions
(Consider questions such as: What are you doing differently? What is your approach to partnering with clients and suppliers? What new products, services or processes have you introduced this year?)
• How your firm approaches sustainability in business operations and projects (Highlight specific achievements this year)
• How your firm focuses on training and development (Highlight how you are focusing on people, training and skills)
• How your firm measures customer satisfaction (Highlight systems used and how often satisfaction levels are measured)
• How your firm approaches health and safety policy and corporate social responsibility (Highlight any achievements in these areas over the last year)

Upload a document that completes your entry with information about how your project stands out. The document should be no more than 10 A4 sized pages. The word limit is 1000 words and the total upload limit is 40mb. Photos of the project (these are vital for the judges to view at the shortlisting and judging sessions) Site plan and a plan and section of a typical home, where appropriate. A list of the key members of the project team in your submission, including: architect, key consultants, main contractor and client.

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• Training initiatives: (This can include any training or development initiative for staff and supply chain partners)
• Equality, Diversity & Inclusion: (This can include measures to promote diversity, equal pay and initiatives to ensure under-represented groups are not disadvantaged at work. Explain how key metrics are monitored and evaluated)
• Wellbeing: (This can include mental health initiatives, physical health initiatives, staff wellbeing support, hybrid working and evidence of a healthy working environment)
• Benefits and policies: (This can include maternity and paternity leave, flexible working policies, employer-supported volunteering, enhanced holiday benefits, sabbatical/career breaks and efforts to tackle long-hours culture)
• Promoting construction careers: (This can include examples of outreach work to promote the design and construction industry as a career to the next generation of recruits and workers in other sectors)

Entries will be judged on the following criteria:

• How the client is responding to current market conditions (What is it doing differently? What new innovations has the client introduced in the last year?)
• How the client approaches construction delivery (Highlight any outstanding features on projects, show evidence projects are completed to time and budget, indicate size of forward pipeline of work)
• How the client approaches partnering with suppliers (Evidence of collaborative working with the supply chain)
• The client's approach to sustainability in business operations and projects (Highlight specific achievements this year)
• How the client promotes a good relationships with the local community around its projects (Approaches to health and safety, corporate social responsibility, social value and training)

You should include pictures to illustrate highlighted projects and entries will be judged on the following criteria:

• How your firm responding to the current market conditions (Consider questions such as: What are you doing differently? What is your approach to partnering with clients and suppliers? What new products, services or processes have you introduced this year?)
• How your firm focuses on training and development (Highlight how you are focusing on people, training and skills)
• How your firm measures customer satisfaction (Highlight systems used and how often satisfaction levels are measured)
• Your firm's approach to sustainability in business operations and projects (Highlight specific achievements this year)
• How your firm approaches health and safety policy and corporate social responsibility (Highlight any achievements in these areas over the last year)

You should include pictures to illustrate highlighted projects and entries will be judged on the following criteria:

• How your firm responding to the current market conditions (Consider questions such as: What are you doing differently? What is your approach to partnering with clients and suppliers? What new products, services or processes have you introduced this year?)
• How your firm focuses on training and development (Highlight how you are focusing on people, training and skills)
• How your firm measures customer satisfaction (Highlight systems used and how often satisfaction levels are measured)
• Your firm's approach to sustainability in business operations and projects (Highlight specific achievements this year)
• How your firm approaches health and safety policy and corporate social responsibility (Highlight any achievements in these areas over the last year)

You should include pictures to illustrate highlighted projects and entries will be judged on the following criteria:

• How your firm is responding to the current market conditions (Consider questions such as: What are you doing differently? What is your approach to partnering with clients and suppliers? What new products, services or processes have you introduced this year?)
• How your firm focuses on training and development (Highlight how you are focusing on people, training and skills)
• How your firm measures customer satisfaction (Highlight systems used and how often satisfaction levels are measured)
• Your firm's approach to sustainability in business operations and projects (Highlight specific achievements this year)
• How your firm approaches health and safety policy and corporate social responsibility (Highlight any achievements in these areas over the last year)
  

You should include pictures to illustrate highlighted project and entries will be judged on the following criteria:

• Meeting the social, economic and environmental objectives: (What was the weighting given to social value when the project when it was tendered? How have social value outcomes been measured, monitored and reported?
• How the project supported the growth of local businesses and contributed to local community groups (Please specify how much the project spent with the local supply chain and provide a monetary value to community groups. Explain what calculation methodology you used)
• How the project promoted skills and employment (Please indicate the number of full-time roles, apprentices, work placements, school engagement activities etc)
• How the project protected and improved the environment (What sustainability benchmarks were achieved?)
• Social value innovations (Did you do anything differently? Are there any lessons that could be applied more widely throughout the industry?)

Entries will be judged on the following criteria:

• How innovative the initiative is and why it was introduced (Provide details to explain what the initiative is and how it works)
• How the initiative was successfully implemented (Show collaboration with other members of the project team where relevant)
• The benefits introduced by the initiative including time and financial savings (Provide evidence, preferably independently verified)
• How the initiative could be rolled out or scaled up (Show how this would benefit the wider industry)
• The long term benefits, including sustainability gains, the initiative could bring (Share the bigger vision behind this initiative)  

You should include pictures to illustrate highlighted projects and entries will be judged on the following criteria:

• How your firm is responding to the current market conditions (Consider questions such as: What are you doing differently? What is your approach to partnering with clients and suppliers? What new products, services or processes have you introduced this year?)
• How your firm focuses on training and development (Highlight how you are focusing on people, training and skills)
• How your firm measures customer satisfaction (Highlight systems used and how often satisfaction levels are measured)
• Your firm's approach to sustainability in business operations and projects (Highlight specific achievements this year)
• How your firm approaches health and safety policy and corporate social responsibility (Highlight any achievements in these areas over the last year)

You should include pictures to illustrate highlighted projects and entries will be judged on the following criteria:

• How your firm is responding to the current market conditions (Consider questions such as: What are you doing differently? Any new business ideas you have implemented? What has helped you stand out from competition? How do you deal with suppliers)
• What processes you have in place to ensure good quality homes (Highlight any initiatives you have introduced and evidence of positive results and good customer satisfaction)
• Your firm's approach to sustainability in business operations and projects (Highlight specific achievements this year)
• How you approach the development of your schemes to ensure they are acceptable to planners and the local community (Explain your approach to design and community engagement)
• How your firm focuses training (Highlight how you focus on people, training and skills)
• How your firm approaches health and safety policy and corporate social responsibility (Highlight any achievements in these areas over the last year)

You should include pictures to illustrate highlighted project and entries will be judged on the following criteria:

• How does the scheme delight its users and enhance their wellbeing? Is the scheme well planned and attractive? What steps were taken to ensure the homes met or exceeded customer expectations and are fit for purpose? Please include facts and data that highlights the scheme’s successful realisation.
• How does the scheme demonstrate good construction performance and innovation: Does the project include any especially innovative features that contributed to improving project delivery or building performance? Were any methodologies utilised to tackle skills shortages and improve building quality?
• How the scheme performs in terms of sustainability: What sustainability and other benchmarks have been applied to the project and what ratings does it achieve? And what if any arrangements have been made to assess operational building performance?
• The commercial performance of the scheme: How has the scheme performed commercially? What are the facts and figures that highlight the scheme’s successful realisation?

You should include pictures to illustrate highlighted project and entries will be judged on the following criteria:

• Project delivery/performance: (How did the use of offsite construction techniques save time and money? Was it finished on time and to budget? Please quantify time and cost savings. How did offsite construction increase quality and certainty of delivery?)
• Innovation: (Were any innovative or unusual technical solutions adopted for the offsite elements of the project’s design and delivery?)
• How does the project delight its users and enhance their wellbeing? Is the building well planned and attractive? What steps were taken to ensure the building met or exceeded the client brief and is fit for purpose? Please include facts and data that highlights the building’s successful realisation from the client and end user perspective.
• Sustainability: (What sustainability and other benchmarks have been applied to the project and how did offsite construction help with this? Have any arrangements have been made to assess operational building performance?)
• Collaboration How did you promote collaboration with the project team and how did this improve project outcomes? Please provide a testimonial from the client where possible.
  

You should include pictures to illustrate highlighted projects and entries will be judged on the following criteria:

• How your firm is responding to the current market conditions (Consider questions such as: What are you doing differently? What is your approach to partnering with clients and suppliers? What new products, services or processes have you introduced this year?)
• How your firm focuses on training and development (Highlight how you are focusing on people, training and skills)
• How your firm measures customer satisfaction (Highlight systems used and how often satisfaction levels are measured)
• Your firm's approach to sustainability in business operations and projects (Highlight specific achievements this year)
• How your firm approaches health and safety policy and corporate social responsibility (Highlight any achievements in these areas over the last year)

You should include pictures to illustrate highlighted project and entries will be judged on the following criteria.

• For projects only: Appearance, context and function Describe how the project delights its users and enhances their wellbeing? How does the project enhance the local context and contribute to the community? What makes the building particularly fit for purpose and how was this achieved?
• To what extent has the project or initiative minimised operational and embodied carbon? Describe how the targets were met or exceeded including any innovative or unusual approaches to drive down emissions. Please include data to back up your claims
• Successful project/initiative delivery and value for money Was it finished on time and to budget? What budgetary constraints did you come up against, if any, and how did you overcome them? How does the project represent value for money and contribute long term value?
• The wider contribution the project or initiative will make to advancing the net zero agenda Describe how the learning from this project or initiative will be further developed further and shared with the wider industry
  

You should include pictures to illustrate highlighted project and entries will be judged on the following criteria:

• How does the project delight its users and enhance their wellbeing? Is the building well planned and attractive? What steps were taken to ensure the building met or exceeded the client brief and is fit for purpose? Please include facts and data that highlights the building’s successful realisation.
• How the building has been adapted to meet modern needs? What percentage of the original building has been retained and how was this adapted to retain some of character yet meet modern requirements?
• Sustainability: What sustainability and other benchmarks have been applied to the project and what ratings does it achieve? And what if any arrangements have been made to assess operational building performance?
• Construction performance and value for money: Does the project include any especially innovative features that contributed to improving project delivery or building performance? Was the project finished on time and to budget? What budgetary constraints did you come up against, if any, and how did you overcome them? What makes the project good value for money including long term value?
• Collaboration How did you promote collaboration with the project team and how did this improve project outcomes? Please provide a testimonial from the client where possible.
  

You should include pictures to illustrate highlighted project and entries will be judged on the following criteria:

• How does the project delight its users and enhance their wellbeing? Is the building well planned and attractive? What steps were taken to ensure the building met or exceeded the client brief and is fit for purpose? Please include facts and data that highlights the building’s successful realisation.
• How does the building integrate into its context and enhance the local community? What steps were taken to ensure the building enhanced the locality including massing, materials selection and social value benefits?
• Sustainability: What sustainability and other benchmarks have been applied to the project and what ratings does it achieve? And what if any arrangements have been made to assess operational building performance?
• Construction performance and value for money: Does the project include any especially innovative features that contributed to improving project delivery or building performance? Was the project finished on time and to budget? What budgetary constraints did you come up against, if any, and how did you overcome them? What makes the project good value for money including long term value?
• Collaboration How did you promote collaboration with the project team and how did this improve project outcomes? Please provide a testimonial from the client where possible.

You should include pictures to illustrate highlighted projects and entries will be judged on the following criteria:

• How your firm is responding to the current market conditions (Consider questions such as: What are you doing differently? What is your approach to partnering with clients and suppliers? What new products, services or processes have you introduced this year?)
• How your firm focuses on training and development (Highlight how you are focusing on people, training and skills)
• How your firm measures customer satisfaction (Highlight systems used and how often satisfaction levels are measured)
• Your firm's approach to sustainability in business operations and projects (Highlight specific achievements this year)
• How your firm approaches health and safety policy and corporate social responsibility (Highlight any achievements in these areas over the last year)