Project of the Year (under £20m)

Solving the unsolvable to move a crucial water main in Twickenham
Clancy and Thames Water

Clancy and Thames Water have successfully delivered a truly unprecedented water main diversion in a busy heart of the capital to enable the construction of a nearby residential development. Facing an incredibly complex environment and asset, Clancy was called in to provide the solution to a project that was considered by other contractors as unbuildable. By implementing innovative approaches and technology, as well as close stakeholder management, collaboration and rigorous over-planning, the team delivered the diversion without a hitch in an unbelievable four hours. The project was cost-effective, on-time and maintained excellent sustainability and health & safety standards.

The Heal's Building
Conamar Building Services

The Heal’s Building reinvention sets a new benchmark in adaptive reuse, fusing heritage with modern functionality. A complex cut-and-carve refurbishment, creating 55,000 sq ft of high-performing, BREEAM Excellent, and EPC A-certified CAT A office spaces alongside a new arrival experience - making Heal's former loading bay publicly accessible for the first time in 200 years - while preserving and revealing the building's true character. By incorporating rooftop terraces, a café, and innovative end-of-journey facilities, Conamar transformed the building into London’s highest-performing listed workspace, making it a flagship project for sustainability, collaboration, and innovative construction.

Walworth Town Hall
Conamar Building Services

Walworth Town Hall is an exemplary project that combines heritage restoration with modern, sustainable design. Conamar successfully transformed the fire-damaged Grade II listed building into a vibrant community and commercial hub, retaining key Victorian features while incorporating new office spaces and public amenities. Sustainability, innovation and regeneration were at the forefront of this project, which now serves as a model for how historic buildings can be revitalized to meet the needs of future generations.

20 Giltspur Street
Deconstruct UK

Can’t go up, can’t go down. 20 Giltspur Street is the epitome of doing more with less and has seen a project with vertical and below ground constraints increase its NIA by 41% through the innovative use of jacking technology to realign existing floor plates, creating additional room to construct a whole new floor. Offering a 28-week programme saving, 25% cost saving and the re-use of 800 tonnes of structural steelwork, compared to the originally designed scheme, this project sets the benchmark for the purest form of re-use and on the postcode circularity.

Carrstone House
Kori Construction

Promoting a culture of positive and collaborative project management behaviours and approaches, the Carrstone House project team delivered an exceptional project providing unrivalled quality, comfort and the highest possible standards of living for its elderly residents. It realised exceptionally high client satisfaction, achieved an exemplary health and safety record, was delivered on budget and handed-over 4-weeks early. It also provided tangible benefits to the local community, generating £1,633,729 local social and economic value and left a lasting positive impact on Downham Market, stimulating local economic growth, addressing local need, reducing GHG emissions and improving local biodiversity.

Kingston Cromwell Road bus station
VolkerFitzpatrick

The project stands out for its excellence in execution, commitment to sustainability, exemplary safety standards, and strong client relationships. By overcoming challenges with resilience and innovation, VolkerFitzpatrick delivered a transformative project that meets the needs of both the client and the community.This redevelopment exemplifies how modern infrastructure can combine functionality, sustainability, and community value, leaving a lasting legacy for generations to come. The station’s transformation has not only improved functionality but also created a space that serves the community. The inclusion of retail spaces, improved drainage, and green elements ensures the station is a lasting asset to Kingston.

Radlett strategic rail rreight interchange ECI — Landfill remediation works
VolkerFitzpatrick

SEGRO Logistics Park will create 335,000m2 of state-of-the-art, sustainable logistics space with a rail freight interchange surrounded managed woodland, conservation grazing and public parkland. Redevelopment challenges included two historic landfills and the installation a 60m-wide underpass beneath the mainline. A collaborative, sustainable solution focused on remediating only the rail chord and underpass footprints. Innovative mechanical recovery allowed 67% of landfill material to be reused and 33% recycled, saving cost, time, and environmental impacts. This enabled underpass construction to begin 4 months earlier, meeting the revised Christmas-2024 installation deadline, and highlighted the potential for landfill recovery to unlock UK-wide redevelopment sites.

Sarah Turvill Multifaith Centre, University of Exeter
Willmott Dixon

The University of Exeter’s Multifaith Centre showcases exemplary sustainable, inclusive design. The £5.5m building features low-carbon materials, air-source heat pumps, and solar generation to achieve exceptional energy efficiency. Delivered to Passivhaus standards, construction involved a meticulous attention to detail and careful planning. The team balanced environmental considerations with cultural sensitivity, collaborating closely with faith leaders and students to create a welcoming, reflective space. Despite the challenges of working on an active campus, the project was delivered on time and budget, with extensive community outreach. The result is a pioneering, net-zero-ready building that celebrates diversity, promotes wellbeing, and exemplifies construction excellence.

Brent Civic Centre
Willmott Dixon Interiors

Willmott Dixon Interiors has completed the stunning transformation of 22,600 sq ft at the award-winning Brent Civic Centre in Wembley Park, delivering a bold new vision for Brent Council. This redesign has significantly improved the visitor experience through the expansion of Wembley Library and delivery of a dynamic new resident hub. With thoughtfully crafted, accessible public spaces, the project has successfully created a welcoming environment that truly meets the evolving needs of the local community.

Wilten Construction

Wilten has developed a lasting relationship with Brackley Property Developments and Leicester City Council (Client), subcontractors, LEBC, and Leicester College from the on time and to budget delivery of Docks 3-5 Space City. Wilten demonstrated excellence in client satisfaction, health and safety, sustainability, and innovation, through achieving below the target embodied carbon figure (proving that low-carbon construction is both achievable and commercially successful), engaging young people to enhance skills development, community engagement via volunteering, supporting local businesses, achieving zero RIDDORs, and repeat business awards with the client team and stakeholders.

Fortis House — a 23-unit zero-carbon, social-rented modular housing project in a flood zone
Zed Pods

Fortis House by ZED PODS, with Ashford Borough Council, redefines sustainable social housing with 23 zero-operational-carbon homes on a Flood Zone 3A site. This pioneering MMC project tackles social housing needs, embedding innovative design, ISO 19650 digital construction and exceptional sustainability achievement. With a benefit/cost ratio of 4.5, it delivers superior energy-efficient design, flood resilience, and superior living standards, setting a new benchmark for affordable and inclusive social housing. Lauded as a "Beacon of Hope," it aims to “change lives” of 25 tenants and 14 day-release prisoners who built the modules, ensuring long-term financial, social and environmental benefits.