Entries are now closed
The judging is now underway to find our winners for the Building Awards 2023 ready for the big night on 7 November. If you would still like to put a submission forward for consideration, please get in touch with our team and we'll see if we can accommodate you. - good luck!
Categories
Architectural Practice of the Year sponsored by Mesh Construction Consultancy
The architectural practice award is open to all UK registered architectural firms.

Building Magazine Project of the Year sponsored by Aluprof
The category is open to all members of the project team for a project in the UK that has been completed (or at least one major phase has been completed) between April 2022 and April 2023. The award is open to all types of construction firm that helped to deliver the project. Projects will be judged on design, sustainability, innovation and construction performance and procurement and team work with the client.

Building's Employer of the Year
This award rewards construction firms that promote a high-quality work environment for their employees. The judges will be looking for evidence that employers are providing opportunities for career advancement including training and development initiatives. Employers should also have policies that promote wellbeing and a healthy work life balance including flexible working, a quality work environment, maternity and paternity leave and efforts to tackle a long hours culture.
Good employers will have equality, diversity & inclusion embedded in the organisation, promoting initiatives that ensure women, people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, disabled people and other under-represented groups are not disadvantaged in the workplace.
CEO of the Year sponsored by DGP Logistics
This Award is not open for nominations, and the final shortlist will be compiled from Building's research throughout the past year. This Award will recognise a leading CEO who demonstrates intense commitment and dedication to the Built Environment.

Construction Client of the Year
The client can enter directly, or be nominated by a member of their supply chain. This category is free to enter/nominate, and Building will also be undertaking research from our data partners to create the final shortlist.
This category is open to any overall client for construction work that took place between April 2022 and April 2023, whether a programme of work or a single project.
It is designed to reward clients that show an outstanding approach to construction delivery, including through promoting supply chain collaboration, attitude towards sustainability, and delivering projects to time and budget. Supply chain members who nominate a client should include signed consent of the nominee on the entry form.
Construction Consultant/Surveyor of the Year (fewer than 100 staff)
This category is open to any type of construction consultancy with fewer than 100 staff. This includes all types of multi-disciplinary practices and any other type of construction consultant, including building or quantity surveyors and project management companies.
Construction Consultant/Surveyor of the Year (over 100 staff) sponsored by LABC Warranty
This category is open to any type of construction consultancy with 100 staff or more. This includes all types of multi-disciplinary practices and any other type of construction consultant, including building or quantity surveyors and project management companies.

Contractor of the Year (up to £500m)
This contractor category is aimed at firms with up to £500m turnover that work as main contractors.
Delivering Social Value Award
Our Delivering Social Value Award is to recognise the contribution that the built environment has on people's lives. This category will assess construction projects that have had a social, economic and environmental impact in the UK. It is for a built project that can demonstrate it has had a measurably positive effect on end users, a local community or a targeted group. The judges will be looking for schemes that inspire others and demonstrate how construction can bring about positive change by creating healthier, safer and more resilient communities. Entrants need to demonstrate they have engaged with the local community from an early stage in the project.
The award category follows as part of Building’s Social Value Campaign, which aims to shine a spotlight on innovative ways of working and projects with proven outcomes. The project must have been built and completed in the last three years and is open to all members of a project team.
Digital Excellence Award sponsored by Hollis
This category is open to any member of the project team that has taken advantage of digital technology to pioneer innovative new ways of delivering construction projects more efficiently, predictably, and of better quality. Initiatives can include, but in no way limited to, utilising digital technologies to make project design more effective or streamlining construction by using digital information in combination with an onsite or offsite manufacturing or assembly process.
This award is also open to those who are utilising digital design and construction information to make building operation more reliable, efficient and lower energy, and the initiative must have commenced, or your work focussed, on the timeframe between April 2022 and April 2023.

Engineering Consultant of the Year
This category is open to firms who offer a variety of services from an engineering-led base. Firms working in all branches of engineering within the built environment are eligible to enter.
Housebuilder of the Year sponsored by Rockwool
This category is aimed at all sizes of firms building homes as either a standalone developer or as a partner with a public sector authority or housing association for which the entrant has a financial stake of at least 50%.

Housing Project of the Year in partnership with The Housing Forum
This award is open to house builders, housing providers, developers or members of their project teams who have completed a large development in the UK of at least 15 new units between April 2022 and April 2023. (For large phased developments, at least one major phase must have been completed during this time frame). It is very important to include photographs of the completed development.
International Project of the Year
The category is open to all members of the project team for an international project that has been completed (or at least one major phase has been completed) between April 2022 and April 2023. The project must be located outside the UK, and at least one UK-headquartered firm must have been involved in its delivery. The award is open to all types of construction firm that helped to deliver the project. Projects will be judged on design, sustainability, innovation and construction performance and procurement and teamwork with the client.
Major Contractor of the Year (over £500m) sponsored by Fenwick Elliott
This contractor category is aimed at firms with over £500m turnover, working as main contractors.

Manufacturer of the Year in partnership with the Construction Products Association
This award recognises the manufacturers who have really gone the extra mile in their partnerships with the construction industry. Any organisation that supplies a product or software to the industry is eligible to enter. The partner will show an exemplary record of customer service by demonstrating how challenges faced by the industry are solved by proactively offering initiatives or products that deliver success for their clients.

Net Zero Award in partnership with UKGBC
This category, in partnership with UKGBC, is open to all members of the project team for a project in the UK that has been completed (or at least one major phase has been completed) between April 2022 and April 2023, with evidence that the project has made an outstanding contribution towards reducing carbon emissions from the built environment. Projects entered into this category can include the reduction of the emissions from construction, operation and deconstruction of buildings. The award is also open to any initiative that promotes the Net Zero agenda. This could include design tools and monitoring and reporting mechanisms and tools that are focused on achieving Net Zero within buildings.

Offsite Project of the Year
The category is open to all members of a project team involved in a project constructed using offsite construction techniques. The project must be substantially constructed from elements fabricated offsite with the majority of site work restricted to assembly. Entries will also be considered for projects where one major element of the project has been constructed using offsite techniques, for example the building services. The project must have been completed between April 2022 and April 2023. This award is open to all firms, including manufacturers that have been involved in the offsite elements of the project.
Retrofit/Refurbishment Project of the Year sponsored by AET Flexible Space
The category is open to all members of the project team involved in remodelling an existing structure in the UK that has been completed (or at least one major phase has been completed) between April 2022 and April 2023. The award is open to all types of construction firm that helped to deliver the project. Projects will be judged on design, sustainability, innovation and construction performance and procurement and team work with the client.

Small Project of the Year (up to £5m) sponsored by Clement Windows Group
The category is open to all members of the project team for a project within the UK, with a construction value of up to £5m, that has been completed between April 2022 and April 2023. The award is open to all types of construction firm that helped to deliver the project. Projects will be judged on design, sustainability, innovation and construction performance and procurement and team work with the client.

Specialist Contractor of the Year sponsored by Wilson James
The specialist contractor award is aimed at specialist sub-contractors - but not specialist divisions of main contractors that undertake, for example, housing refurbishment work. Specialist firms owned by large contractors are able to enter. NB please note that a specialist firm that operates principally as a main contractor should be entered into the relevant main contractor category rather than the specialist contractor category.
