Firms to claim prizes include HLM, Core Five and ISG

Some of the biggest names in the industry including Core Five, ISG, Sir Robert McAlpine and Mace have all secured titles at the 2022 Building Awards.

ISG won the Major Contractor of the Year Award and Delivering Social Value Award, while Core Five picked up the prize for Construction Consultant of the Year (100 staff or over).

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HLM also earned two titles – being handed the Architectural Practice of the Year and the Every Person Counts: People Strategy Award.

Hosted by comedian Jimmy Carr, the ceremony at the Grosvenor House hotel in London’s Mayfair tonight (1 November) was attended by more than 1,100 people who were able to congratulate the winners (full list below).

>> In pictures: Building Awards 2022

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Chloe McCulloch, editorial director at Building, said: "The judges felt truly uplifted by the quality of the submissions this year, pointing to the resilience of this industry in the face of unprecedented headwinds."

Other winners included Alex Vaughan, the chief executive of Costain, who claimed the gong for CEO of the Year.

The CEO and Client of the Year prizes are chosen from shortlists compiled by the industry judging panel, with Muse winning the client award.

Sir Robert McAlpine and Mace won the Digital Excellence Award, while Berkeley was named Housebuilder of the Year for the second year running.

The Houlton School – a collaboration between van Heyningen and Haward, Morgan Sindall Construction, Urban & Civic and the Department for Education – was named as the Building Magazine Project of the Year.

Building Awards 2022 winners

Every Person Counts: The People Strategy Award - HLM Architects (Highly commended: DGP Logistics)

Construction Consultant/Surveyor of the Year (fewer than 100 staff) - Plan A Consultants

Construction Consultant/Surveyor of the Year (100 staff or over) - Core Five

Architectural Practice of the Year - HLM Architects - Sponsored by MESH Construction Consultancy

Engineering Consultant of the Year - Cundall - Sponsored by Bentley Systems

Contractor of the Year (up to £500m) - REDS10

Major Contractor of the Year (over £500m) - ISG - Sponsored by Fenwick Elliott

Housing Project of the Year - Bream Street - Allford Hall Monaghan Morris 

Net Zero Project/Initiative of the Year - UCL Pearl by Penoyre & Prasad - Sponsored by AECOM

Delivering Social Value Award - Social, emotional and mental health schools programme by ISG

Housebuilder of the Year - Berkeley Group

Specialist Contractor of the Year - Imtech Engineering Services (Highly commended: DGP Logistics)

Small Project of the Year (up to £5m) - Radley College Extension by Beard, Ridge & Partners and Purcell - Sponsored by Clement Windows Group

International Project of the Year - Terra the Sustainability Pavillion Dubai 2020 by Grimshaw

Digital Excellence Award - Sir Robert McAlpine and Mace - Sponsored by Hollis

Refurbishment Project of the Year - Bodmin Jail Hotel by CField Construction - Sponsored by AET Flexible Space

Offsite Project of the Year - Seismic by the Seismic Consortium

Building Magazine Project of the Year - Houlton School by van Heyningen and Haward, Morgan Sindall Construction, Urban&Civic and the Department for Education - Sponsored by Aluprof

Construction Client of the Year - Muse

CEO of the Year - Alex Vaughan of Costain - DGP Logistics

Thanks also to our table plan sponsor Core Five