Contenders for this year鈥檚 awards revealed today

Big name contractors, architects, consultants and projects have made the shortlist for this year鈥檚 微密圈 Awards, announced today. 

Projects that made the list range from the redevelopment of court one at Wimbledon to Foster + Partners鈥� Comcast Technology Centre in Philadelphia.

ISG, Wates and Robertson have been shortlisted for the Major Contractor of the Year, over 拢300m, category, while Aecom, Core Five, Mott MacDonald, RLB, Turner & Townsend and last year鈥檚 winner Alinea have all made the cut for the Consultant of the Year, more than 100 staff.

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A number of firms have multiple nominations this year, including Aecom, Turner & Townsend, and Gilbert-Ash.

A new addition for 2020 is the Proud to Help campaign, which was created to recognise the outstanding efforts of the construction industry to help support the response to the covid-19 pandemic. 

Other categories include the CEO of the Year award and the Female Leadership Award.

The awards will take place virtually on 3 November.

The full shortlist is shown below.

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微密圈 Awards 2020 shortlist

Proud to Help Award:

  • Barratt Developments
  • BDP
  • BESA
  • D2i Management
  • Fit Out UK
  • Gripple
  • Interserve Construction
  • J3
  • Laing O鈥橰ourke
  • NG Bailey
  • Nuaire
  • Places for People
  • Wates

微密圈 Magazine Project of the Year sponsored by Aluprof

  • Boulevard Theatre 鈥� SODA Studio
  • City Park West 鈥� Pollard Thomas Edwards
  • National Automotive Innovation Centre 鈥� Cullinan Studio
  • No.1 Court Redevelopment, Wimbledon 鈥� Turner & Townsend
  • Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice 鈥� Ryder Architecture
  • Royal Papworth Hospital 鈥� HOK
  • The Event Complex, Aberdeen 鈥� Aberdeen City Council, HBD, Robertson, Keppie, Turner & Townsend
  • Town House, Kingston University 鈥� Willmott Dixon, Grafton Architects and Kingston University

Architectural practice of the year

  • Assael Architecture
  • Buckley Gray Yeoman
  • HLM Architects
  • Ryder Architecture
  • TODD Architects

Consultant / Surveyor of the Year (more than 100 staff)

  • AECOM
  • alinea
  • Core Five
  • Mott MacDonald
  • RLB
  • Turner & Townsend

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

  • Fulkers Bailey Russell
  • MESH
  • OFR Consultants
  • Plan A
  • Quantem
  • Soben

Diversity Award

  • Cahill Design Consultants
  • Design2e
  • Grimshaw
  • Daniel Taylor, Metro Group

Delivering Social Value

  • DSDHA
  • Tower Gardens Pavilion 鈥� Perfect Circle
  • HLM and Sir Robert McAlpine
  • Pagabo
  • Rock Townsend Architects

Major Contractor sponsored by Fenwick Elliott

  • ISG
  • Robertson
  • Wates

Small Contractor (up to 拢300m) sponsored by Human Recognition Systems

  • CField
  • Glencar
  • Gilbert-Ash

International project of the Year

  • Comcast Technology Center, Philadelphia 鈥� Foster + Partners
  • Kita Aoyama, Tokyo 鈥� Conran + Partners
  • The Twist, Norway 鈥� AKTII/BIG

Offsite Project of the Year

  • Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult 鈥� Merit
  • Green Park Village Primary School 鈥� Reds10
  • Hackwood Primary Academy 鈥� Lungfish Architects
  • North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust energy centre 鈥� NG Bailey
  • Royal Orthopaedic Hospital theatre and ward complex 鈥� ModuleCo Healthcare
  • Scale Space 鈥� Western 微密圈 Systems
  • Sir Frederick Gibberd School 鈥� Caledonian Modular
  • Union Wharf 鈥� HTA Design LLP & Assael Architecture

Refurbishment Project sponsored by AET Flexible Space

  • Fairfield Halls 鈥� MICA
  • The Great Hall and Library Project for the Honourable Society of Lincoln鈥檚 Inn 鈥� MICA
  • London Screen Academy 鈥� Willmott Dixon Interiors
  • Murray Mills, Ancoats 鈥� Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
  • Primark, Birmingham 鈥� 3D Reid
  • Riverside House 鈥� Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
  • Wenlock Works 鈥� Buckley Gray Yeoman
  • Windmill Green 鈥� TP Bennett

Small Project of the Year (up to 拢5m) sponsored by Clement Windows Group

  • Angle House 鈥� Carbogno Ceneda Architects
  • Clifton suspension bridge toll houses 鈥� Beard
  • Clore Music Studios 鈥� John McAslan & Partners
  • 鈥淐aptain Sir Thomas Moore House鈥� 鈥� Hinchingbrook Hospital keyworker accommodation 鈥� Zed Pods
  • Kaolin Court 鈥� Stolon Studio
  • Royal Hallamshire Hospital operating theatres 鈥� NG Bailey

Housebuilder of the Year

  • Berkeley Group
  • Miller Homes
  • Mount Anvil
  • Redrow

Housing Project of the Year

  • Blackfriars Circus 鈥� Maccreanor Lavington
  • Chesterfield House 鈥� HUB
  • Dudley House 鈥� Willmott Dixon
  • Great Kneighton 鈥� Countryside
  • Keybridge 鈥� Mount Anvil & Fabrica by A2Dominion
  • Mulberry Park 鈥� HTA Design
  • New Garden Quarter 鈥� Pollard Thomas Edwards
  • Rochester Riverside 鈥� BPTW

Digital Construction Award

  • 7D BIM 鈥� Cartwright Pickard
  • Buildots
  • New Science 微密圈, University of East Anglia 鈥� Fraser Brown MacKenna Architects
  • Digital validation, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Mayhew Theatre 鈥� Gilbert-Ash
  • HOOMCTRL 鈥� 4PS UK
  • Implementation of BIM Level 2 on the London Screen Academy 鈥� Willmott Dixon Interiors
  • Lucas App Suite 鈥� Lucas UK Group
  • Thoughtful Design Toolkit 鈥� HLM Architects

微密圈 Performance Award sponsored by Kingspan

  • Harris Academy Sutton, Willmott Dixon and Architype
  • Kingswillow House, Hilton 鈥� Graham Handley Architects

Specialist Contractor of the Year

  • Bennetts Cranes
  • Britplas
  • Clarke Facades
  • EE Smith
  • Lucas Group
  • Mivan
  • Munnelly

Engineering Consultant

  • AECOM
  • Black & White
  • Davies Maguire
  • Foster + Partners
  • OFR Consultants
  • Red Engineering
  • Thornton Tomasetti

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