The Sustainable Construction Project of the Year award will be given to the organization or project teams (cross-company joint entries will be accepted) responsible for delivering an innovative construction project with proven sustainable benefits to the community. The entry must demonstrate that they have gone over and above standards for the built environment and embedded Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles into the project. Evidence should focus on the period, Jan 2024 - July 2025.

• Collaboration (10%)
• Innovation in sustainability throughout the construction planning and project cycle (30%)
• Environmental impact 15%
• Social Impact 15%
• Governance 15%
• Post-delivery community impact 15%

This award will be given to an organization demonstrating how it has embedded sustainability – including Environmental, Social, and Governance ESG principles – into its business strategy. Examples may include success stories of employee and stakeholder engagement, competitor advantage, support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and include evidence of quantifiable environmental impact, support for climate change mitigation, low- and zero-carbon initiatives, and positive social impact.

• Integrated Sustainability Business Strategy (30%)
• Employer and Stakeholder Engagement (15%)
• Support of UN Sustainable Development Goals (15%)
• Evidence of successful initiatives (25%)
• Innovation (15%)

Impact Leadership Team of the Year will go to the senior management team driving impact for their business/es and the wider industry.  Judges will look for evidence of team collaboration, business engagement and examples of innovation, sustainable development, technology, and digital achievements.  The winning team will be honoured for their inspirational success story contributing to the transformation of the construction industry. The award celebrates the collaboration and combined efforts of groups of team members working together to meet a planned objective.

Teams can be any group of 3 or more people working within the built environment within a single entity or across the main project stakeholder groups.

(Eligible entrants: project owners, construction consultants, main contractors, engineering firms, and architecture firms.)

• Team collaboration: (25%)
• Measuring impact: (25%)
• Industry innovation: (20%)
• Benefits to wider industry (15%)
• Exceeding team goals: (15%)

The Best Use of Technology award is open to organizations (non-technology providers) who can show how they have used technology to improve processes and efficiency, while engaging teams and/or clients in technology. Organizations should provide evidence of how the business case for the technology was developed, data-driven decision-making, specific innovations, improvements in business and/or project performance, competitive advantage, benefits, and any potential to disrupt the wider industry.

• Collaboration (15%)
• Innovation (15%)
• Improved processes and efficiency (20%)
• Successful Implementation (15%)
• Positive impact on the wider industry (15%)
• Data-driven decision-making (10%)
• Employee Engagement (10%)

This award recognizes an organization that through their efforts has helped provide a more diverse and inclusive workplace and culture through initiatives, programmes, policies, and practices that have directly enhanced the success and culture of the organization and environment for current employees.  Examples of initiative areas could include (not limited to): employing and attracting a diverse workforce, ensuring equal treatment of employees, embracing a culture of diversity and inclusion, providing employees with the support to fulfil their potential, supporting gender balance, supporting parents, leadership development in Diversity and Inclusion (regional/country approach).

• Measuring impact: (30%)
• Employee engagement (25%)
• Collaboration and leadership (15%)
• Training on diversity, equity, inclusion (30%)

This category will recognize leading initiatives (across the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia) that implement a reduction in embodied carbon during the construction of new infrastructure, or buildings that support carbon net zero aims. The initiative could also be an alternative design, use of new materials, or innovative equipment to reduce energy consumption during a project and its lifecycle. The project does not have to be complete, however, evidence is requested that shows the lower or zero carbon impact of the initiative. How the initiative presents a reduction in embodied carbon and the impact of the design on reducing operational carbon should also be demonstrated where possible. (Product suppliers are not eligible). Evidence should focus on the period Jan 2023 - July 2025.

• Energy Efficiency (15%)
• Use of renewable energy (10%)
• Reduction in Embodied Carbon (15%)
• Building Design (5%)
• Material selection (5%)
• Carbon Offsetting (25%)
• Monitoring and reporting (25%)

The successful initiative could be an example of reusing materials and/or design for deconstruction to efforts to establish marketplaces for used building materials. Initiatives must show how they are reducing emissions from building materials and the industry’s impact on nature and biodiversity.  Example initiatives could include:  new design approaches and solutions towards the waste-free building, new fabrication, construction, and deconstruction strategies enabling circularity, adaptable, upgradeable, regenerative, resilient building technologies, and systems, upcycling of building and construction waste materials, product-service systems (PSS) and performance-based contracts, innovative business models for circular building materials, products and technologies, industry 4.0 digital technologies and platforms for circular transition management, circularity-readiness, and performance assessment strategies (beyond LCA), applied research, demonstration projects, and case studies.

Evidence can be provided on the contribution of gathering, storing, exchanging, and using data, including the valuation of the financial and environmental impact of materials and products used. Evidence should focus on the period Jan 2023 - July 2025.

• Evidence of reducing emissions from building materials and/or the industry’s impact on nature and biodiversity (50%)
• Implementation of the business model for circularity (25%)
• Evidence of knowledge transfer and data gathering for results (25%)

This award recognizes examples of:

• • Heritage design and architecture. Heritage structures could include cultural, natural, and mixed projects or buildings.
  • Conservation Management Plans (CMP)
  • New projects that have been conceived for the protection and conservation of the surrounding area.
  • Methods of restoration, rehabilitation, reconstruction, and maintenance of existing historic buildings.

Evidence should focus on the period Jan 2023 - July 2025.

• Evidence of social impact (25%)
• Measurements and results (25%)
• Wow factor (15%)
• Innovation – project/community differentiators (35%)

This award is open to organizations (non-technology providers) that can demonstrate how they have successfully implemented sustainable digital transformation in their business. Entrants must show how they have successfully impacted the business by focusing on fixing pain points, team collaboration, operational change, and fostering innovation. Examples of improved productivity, digital use cases, and positive impact on internal productivity, client projects and engagement should be provided. Evidence should focus on the period Jan 2023 - July 2025.

• Evidence of successful digital transformation implementation (30%)
• Evidence of future digital plan (15%)
• Collaboration (15%)
• Innovation (15%)
• Evidence of improved productivity, and efficiency (10%)
• Positive Impact on Client Projects (15%)