Big names make the list across 19 categories

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The firms in the running for the 2026 Building Awards have been announced. 

Several big-name companies and jobs have been shortlisted (see the full shortlist below) for the awards spread across 19 categories.

This year’s awards ceremony is set to take place at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on 3 November.

Building editorial director and chair of the judges Chloe McCulloch said: “The 2026 Building Awards shortlist is a powerful reminder of the resilience, ingenuity and ambition that continues to define this industry. From safer buildings and net zero to housing growth and infrastructure, the sector is being asked to deliver more than ever and the organisations and individuals on this year’s shortlist are leading from the front. 

“The standard of entries was exceptionally high, reflecting an industry that continues to innovate, collaborate and raise the bar. Congratulations to all of our finalists and we look forward to recognising their achievements at this year’s Building Awards.”

Kier Group, Mace Construct, Sisk and Willmott Dixon are all in contention to be named major contractor of the year for those firms with a turnover of more than £500m, with last year’s winner Multiplex also in the running.

A number of high-profile schemes have also been shortlisted for awards, including Allford Hall Monaghan Morris’s 1 Broadgate, Pulse Consult’s work at the V&A East Museum,  NBBJ’s Life and Mind Building job for the University of Oxford and Mace Construct’s Timber Square scheme in Southwark.

Tickets for the event, which is being sponsored by Bellrock, Clement Windows Group, DGP, Fenwick Elliott and Gleeds and in partnership with Build UK, The Climate Group, The Housing Forum and UKGBC, are on sale now.

Finalists for the final two categories, CEO and Construction Client of the Year will be revealed shortly.

Building Awards 2026 shortlist

Architectural Practice of the Year

  • DB3 Group
  • GRID Architects
  • HLM Architects
  • P+HS Architect
  • Ryder Architecture

Building Magazine Project of the Year

  • Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, 1 Broadgate
  • Bellrock, CLI Dartriver, 63 Coleman, EC2
  • CPC Project Services, The Schwarzman Centre for Humanities, University of Oxford
  • Feilden+Mawson, Norwich Castle: Royal Palace Reborn
  • Kier, Deyes High School
  • Mace Construct, Timber Square
  • Multiplex Construction Europe, The Chancery Rosewood Hotel
  • NBBJ, Life and Mind Building, University of Oxford
  • Niazi Roden, Trinity By Breakthrough
  • Pulse Consult, V&A East Museum
  • VINCI Building, Countess of Chester Women and Children’s Building
  • Wates Smartspace, Trinity Road, Halifax - Lloyds Banking Group

Building’s Good Employer of the Year

  • Barr Gazetas
  • Britcon
  • Cahill Design Consultants
  • Coreus
  • Gleeds
  • HLM Architects
  • JTP
  • Kilnbridge
  • RED Group
  • Rider Levett Bucknall

Construction Consultant/Surveyor of the Year (fewer than 100 staff)

  • Adair
  • Baker Wilkins & Smith
  • Childerstone Project Management
  • Circle Development
  • Coreus
  • HartDixon
  • Playle & Partners
  • Pulse Consult
  • Quartz Project Services
  • Thomson Gray

Construction Consultant/Surveyor of the Year (over 100 staff)

  • Arcadis
  • CPC Project Services
  • Drees & Sommer UK
  • EDGEPS
  • Gleeds
  • Mott MacDonald
  • Rapleys
  • Rider Levett Bucknall UK
  • Ridge and Partners
  • Fulkers Bailey Russell

Delivering Social Value Award

  • Bidwells
  • HTA Design
  • Kier Construction
  • Kier Group
  • McGregor Bowes
  • Morgan Lovell
  • New Hospital Programme (NHP) – Delivered with Support from Mott MacDonald (Interim Delivery Partner IDP3)
  • MYCO
  • Populo Living
  • Sir Robert McAlpine

Digital Excellence Award, sponsored Bellrock

  • Accenture, Integrated Project Management with SSEN Transmission
  • ECD Architects, RetroFlow
  • HLM Architects, Cairn Digital Design Toolkit
  • Reds10, Redefining Construction Compliance Through Fully Traceable, Digitally Assured Delivery
  • Revizto, Moorfields and UCL Centre for Eye Health: A new model for delivering complex NHS infrastructure
  • Siderise Group, Digital Specification and Installation Tools
  • Skanska, 105 Victoria Street

Engineering Consultant of the Year

  • ADP Consulting, an Ayesa company
  • AECOM
  • Cundall
  • DACI Utilities Engineering Consultancy
  • Davies Maguire
  • Harley Haddow
  • IN2 Engineering
  • Informed Engineering
  • Mott MacDonald
  • OFR Consultants

Environmental Impact Award, in partnership with the Climate Group

  • Barker Associates (Essex), Great British Energy Solar Partnerships (GBESP) / Net Zero Accelerator Programme (NZAP)
  • Gilbert-Ash, Environmental Impact Award
  • HTA Design, The Queen Elizabeth II Garden
  • Mott MacDonald, Zero Carbon Accelerator
  • University of East London, The Living Lab

Housebuilder & Housing Developer of the Year

  • Berkeley Group
  • Latimer by Clarion Housing Group
  • London Square

Housing Project of the Year, in partnership with The Housing Forum

  • Drees & Sommer UK, Jigsaw Homes Wharton Road
  • HTA Design, Braund Mansions
  • Kendall Kingscott, Hounslow Small Sites Programme, London Borough of Hounslow
  • KORE Insulation, Duneridge Co-Housing Development, Findhorn Eco Village
  • MYCO, Acorn House, King’s Cross
  • Thakeham, Woodgate

Major Contractor of the Year (over £500m), sponsored by Fenwick Elliott

  • Kier Group
  • Mace Construct
  • Multiplex Construction Europe
  • Sisk
  • Willmott Dixon

Manufacturer of the Year

  • ACS STAINLESS STEEL FIXINGS
  • Gripple
  • Internorm
  • Quickslide Windows & Doors
  • Siderise Group

Net Zero Award, in partnership with UKGBC

  • Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, Urbanest Battersea
  • Gilbert-Ash, Paradise SE11
  • HTA Design, Enclave: Acton
  • Kier Group, Lyneham Solar Farm
  • Magrock, Access 18, Avonmouth
  • Sir Robert McAlpine, 3 Chamberlain Square
  • Thornton Tomasetti & Holcim UK, The Whale on the Wharf 

Retrofit Project of the Year

  • Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, Metropolis
  • Davies Maguire, 7 Princes Street
  • dMFK, 170 Piccadilly
  • HLM Architects & EDGE, Health Sciences Library
  • Hodder+Partners, No.1 St Michael’s, 36 Jackson’s Row, Manchester M2 5WD
  • HTA Design, The Sutton Estate
  • IID Architects, Thomas’s College
  • Musson Brown Architects, The Regeneration of a Grand Victorian Villa
  • MYCO, Sunlight House
  • Pillar Consulting, Sir Devonshire Square Hotel
  • Stantec, Spitfire Hangar at Brabazon
  • Wates Smartspace, Trinity Road, Halifax - Lloyds Banking Group

Small Project of the Year (up to £5m)

  • Midhill House, Olive Grove Depot, Sheffield, Amey
  • Sheep Field Barn, DSDHA
  • Helideck Pavilion, Harrods, Kendall Kingscott
  • John O’Groats Mill, McGregor Bowes
  • Stanford Close, MSP Details
  • Arthouse, Studio 10 Architects
  • The Whale on the Wharf (Skyscraper), Thornton Tomasetti

Specialist or Main Contractor of the Year (under £500m), sponsored by Clement Windows Group

  • Britcon
  • ESG
  • GMI Construction Group
  • Kilnbridge
  • RED Group
  • SES

 

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