In a series celebrating the Building Awards finalists, we look at the shortlist for the Digital Excellence Award, sponsored by Bellrock
Earlier this year, Building announced all the firms who made it onto the shortlists for our prestigious annual Building Awards.
Now we are shining the spotlight on each category in turn and publishing a selection of the images that impressed the judges.
Today’s shortlist is for the Digital Excellence Award, sponsored by Bellrock.
AJ Digital – BuildCompliance
The construction industry loses £63m annually to data non-compliance, with the average project spending £150,000 on verification. AJ Digital Management’s BuildCompliance tackles this challenge with a web-based solution that automates asset-data checks, eliminating manual extraction and model-by-model reviews.
Proof-of-concept testing in October 2024 yielded impressive results – it cut the processing of 70 models from 15 to three days. While a typical audit can take three weeks and cost £10,000, BuildCompliance can cut this by 80%. This translates to an estimated £70,000 to £80,000 in total savings per major project.
BuildCompliance offers precision, multi-model verification and intuitive rule input to improve productivity and save money.
Canary Wharf, KPF, AECOM, Revizto, Disperse, Dome Group – 40 Charter Street, Canary Wharf
40 Charter Street, designed by KPF with engineering by AECOM, exemplifies Canary Wharf Group’s digital delivery excellence on this 52‑storey, 552-unit residential tower in east London.
Integrating Revizto for transparent co-ordination, Disperse for AI-driven progress tracking and Dome Group for digital handovers and inspections alongside BIM workflows, the team efficiently managed complex geometries, shared basements and post-pandemic design changes.
Weekly visual reporting accelerated progress monitoring, reduced rework and upskilled the supply chain.
The comprehensive digital record supports long-term asset management, enhances sustainability through better co-ordination and sets a benchmark for replicable, data-driven digital delivery on large-scale urban residential projects.
Kori Construction – ProcurePro
In 2024, Kori Construction implemented ProcurePro, processing 340 packages worth £72.7m. The software digitised and automated procurement, cutting administrative time by 2,886 hours and accelerating procurement by 54%.
Early contract finalisation, bulk purchasing and real-time tracking improved efficiency, cost control and supply chain collaboration, delivering projects ahead of schedule.
Retrospective data analysis enhanced cost predictability, while structured workflows strengthened subcontractor accountability. Client satisfaction and team productivity increased significantly.
By centralising procurement management and integrating with existing systems, Kori has positioned itself as a leader in digital construction, demonstrating how technology can transform procurement for efficiency, savings and operational excellence.
Multiplex Construction – 76 Southbank
Multiplex’s model-first approach at 76 Southbank integrated advanced digital construction technologies to enhance efficiency, safety, quality and sustainability.
Hilti Jaibot automated more than 3,000 BIM-driven drilling points, reducing silica exposure and increasing productivity by 275%. Leica laser scanning and offsite MEP validation minimised rework, while Fuzor 4D BIM enabled predictive sequencing and improved client engagement.
Revizto co-ordinated 189 users across 30-plus companies, resolving more than 5,200 issues proactively. Comprehensive digital twins, embedded COBie data and QR-linked O&M manuals support long-term operations, sustainability and compliance.
The project demonstrates a scalable, replicable blueprint for safer, faster, higher-quality construction.
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Okana – BMW Group
As an international leader in digital change management within construction for more than a decade, Okana (formerly BIM Academy) was given the challenge of exemplifying value for automotive manufacturers within the US market.
The team did this through high-quality delivery; innovation combining cutting-edge robotics design and construction models; bleeding-edge analysis of interface issues across a high-end manufacturing facility; and challenging some of the world’s leading multidisciplinary engineering practices to deliver accurate cost projection.
Okana developed a comprehensive set of processes that will allow other regions and teams within BMW to develop from this success, rather than re-innovate it.
Sir Robert McAlpine – National Rehabilitation Centre
The National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) project, delivered by Integrated Health Projects (Sir Robert McAlpine and Vinci Construction UK) for Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, is setting a benchmark for digital-led construction.
Designed as part of the government’s New Hospital Programme, the £105m facility will provide 70 beds in a state-of-the-art, energy-efficient building.
The project integrates Buildots, biometric turnstile data, Power BI and AI assistants to optimise planning, progress tracking and risk management.
This approach has prevented delays, enhanced productivity, streamlined collaboration with the supply chain, and accelerated the programme by five weeks, establishing a model for data-driven project delivery.
Turner & Townsend alinea – Digital Transformation Programme
Turner & Townsend alinea is redefining cost consultancy through a bold, data-led digital transformation. With more than 400 London-based consultants embedded in its global network, the firm has developed a bespoke suite of digital tools within the Hive Portal, transforming decision-making, benchmarking and cost control.
Applications including the Benchmarking App, Cost Control App, e-Tender App and Market Rates App are powered by industry-leading data covering 30% of UK construction.
These tools have accelerated early-stage planning, streamlined procurement, enhanced predictability and integrated cost and carbon considerations. Scalable across regions, they set a new standard for data-driven, sustainable project delivery in construction.
WSP – Building on a grand scale with kit-of-parts
WSP has pioneered a digitally driven kit-of-parts approach to construction, combining offsite manufacturing with a DfMA (design for manufacturing and assembly) workflow.
This method simplifies projects into larger factory-built sub-assemblies, enabling rapid on-site assembly, higher quality and improved sustainability.
At Manchester Airport’s Terminal 2 expansion, 5,400 person-hours were shifted offsite, construction time cut from hundreds to tens of days, and 125 tonnes of CO₂ emissions saved.
By rationalising 5,000 components into just 67 assemblies, the project demonstrated faster delivery, reduced waste and safer operations, setting a benchmark for programme-wide efficiency, digital optimisation and sustainable construction delivery.
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