Constructing Excellence North East Awards 2026 – Finalists

Sponsored by Wates

• Esh Group

• Kier Construction

• MGL Group

• Morgan Sindall Construction

• NuTH Capital Works Programme

• Optimum Skills; Thriving Educators Building the Future Construction Workforce

• P+HS Architects

• RE:GEN Group Ltd

• Tilbury Douglas; A People first Approach to Excellence

• True North Construction

Sponsored by Centurion Fire Safety Solutions 

• A1 Birtley to Coal House – Costain, National Highways, Jacobs, Arcadis, AtkinsRealis, Applebridge, Seymour Civil Engineering and Tarmac
• AESC UK Gigafactory Project – Wates Construction and AESC UK
• Digital Life, Teesside University – Wates Construction, Teesside University, Gardiner & Theobald, Hawkins Brown, Billinghurst George & Partners, Desco and One Environments
• Hexham General Hospital Refurbishment – Phase 3 – Integrated Health Projects (Sir Robert McAlpine and Vinci), Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust, Identity Consult, P+HS Architects, Stantec, CAD21, Dalkia UK and Summers Inman
• North East Housing Partnership – Prosper, JTC Furniture, Karbon Homes, believe Housing, Gentoo and Bernicia Homes
• Pilgrim’s Quarter – Bowmer+Kirkland, Reuben Brothers (Newcastle) Ltd, Avison Young, Ryder Architecture, Cundall and Oobe Landscape Architects
• RVI, Urgent Treatment Centre – P+HS Architects, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust, Robertson Construction, Turner & Townsend and NHS P23
• SeAH Wind Monopile Factory – MGL Group, K2 Construction Management, Rainton Construction and Tynedale Roadstone
• Tees Valley Community Diagnostic Centre – Kier Construction, Stockton Borough Council, Identity Consult, Ryder Architecture, BGP, North Tees University Hospitals, NG Bailey and Desco
• University Hospital of North Tees – Robotics Theatre – Geoffrey Robinson Limited and NTH Solutions LLP

Sponsored by Robertson CE Ltd

• Action for Children partnership with Turner & Townsend

• AESC UK Gigafactory Project – Wates Construction and AESC UK

• Applebridge Family

• Digital Life, Teesside University – Wates Construction, Teesside University, Gardiner & Theobald, Hawkins Brown, Billinghurst George & Partners, Desco and One Environments

• Durham Lane Station Car Park – Delivering Beyond Construction – Seymour Civil Engineering, Stockton on Tees Borough Council and Tees Valley Combined Authority

• Equip at HMP Deerbolt – Equans

• Kier Construction Regional Social Impact

• MGL Group

• Pilgrim’s Quarter – Bowmer+Kirkland, Reuben Brothers (Newcastle) Ltd, Avison Young, Ryder Architecture, Cundall and Oobe Landscape Architects

• Sir Robert McAlpine

Sponsored by Isoler Ltd

• Accenture Business Park – CrowdHouse Energy Limited, Accenture UK and CrowdHouse MEP

• Allerdene Culvert – Applebridge Family, Costain and ZTL Contracting

• Digital Life, Teesside University – Wates Construction, Teesside University, Gardiner & Theobald, Hawkins Brown, Billinghurst George & Partners, Desco and One Environments

• Durham Lane Station Car Park – Seymour Civil Engineering, Stockton on Tees Borough Council and Tees Valley Combined Authority

• NuTH Capital Programme – Robertson, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, ProCure P23 Framework, Rider Hunt and Mountfair Consultancy

• Sugar Hill Primary School – Tilbury Douglas, Department for Education, AtkinsRealis, Beamore Group, Howarth Lichfield Partnership, Billinghurst George & Partners and Hoare Lea

• Synergy Consortium – Propser, North Star Housing Group, Tyne Housing, Livin Housing, Durham Aged Mineworkers’ Homes, Keelman Homes and Zenith Mechanical Services

• The Market Pavilion – Kier Construction, Advance Northumberland, JamJar  Cinema, Gleeds, FaulknerBrowns, DPP and TClarke

Sponsored by Weightmans LLP

• Digital Life, Teesside University – Wates Construction, Teesside University, Gardiner & Theobald, Hawkins Brown, Billinghurst George & Partners, Desco and One Environments

• Harris Brick Safety Systems

• MGL Group

• Smart Hazard Spotting App – Northumbria University and Lindsay Audit and Safety Consultancy Ltd

• Space Architects

• The  Alnwick Garden – Carbon Removal Visitor Centre –  Verdant Carbon Zero and The Alnwick Garden

• Bailiffgate Hotel – Robertson, Northumberland Estates, MawsonKerr, CK21, Kyoob, Bell Munro and Room 33

• Boldon House Office Refurbishment, Durham University – Bowmer+Kirkland, Durham University, GT3 Architects, Cundall, TGA Consulting Engineers LLP, Identity Consult, Colour Urban Design and Apex Acoustics

• HICSA – Housing Innovation Construction Skills Academy – AtkinsRealis, Sunderland City Council, Sunderland College, Brims Construction, MawsonKerr, SHED and Skelly & Couch

• Middlesbrough Central Library – Aptus Construction, Middlesbrough Council, Mosedale Gillatt Architects, Projekt6, NEECO, AC Fire Safety, Opening the Book and JC Consulting

• Redcar Central Station – Robertson Construction, Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council, Howarth Lichfield Architects, Identity Consult, SINE Consulting, BPG and Vextrix

• The Light – Durham Light Infantry Museum – Willmott Dixon, Durham County Council, Scape, Avison Young, NORR, BGP, TGA Consulting Engineers LLP, SINE Consulting, Stantec, Apex Acoustics and One Environments

• The Regeneration of a Grand Victorian Villa – Musson Brown Architects, Alistair W Baldwin Associates, Bernard Interiors, JC Consulting, Clark Degnan, Thornton Firkin and Brims Construction

Sponsored by Northumbrian Water Group

• Esh Group: Even Greener

• Invest to Save Net Zero – Turner & Townsend, Northumbria Healthcare Facilities Management, BH Project Management Services and Dalkia Energy Services

• MGL Group

• South Bank Watercourse – JBA Consulting, South Tees Development Company, ZTL and Hall Construction Services

• Space Architects

• West  Park Flood Alleviation Project – Seymour Civil Engineering, Hartlepool Borough Council and Environment Agency

Sponsored by AtkinsRealis

• GenNorth

• GLC Projects

• Isoler Ltd

• Rosebirch Ltd

• True North Construction

  Micro-SME

• A&N Safety Consultants

• EDD Building Services

• WCS Interiors

Sponsored by DAC Beachcroft

• HUSK Northumberland – Northumberland County Council, HUSK Northern Limited and MGM Construction

• Regatta Place – Bowmer+Kirkland, Peveril Securities, CPMG, Cundall, PROMEP and WSP

• The Birks Farm – True North Construction, Charlie & Flora Roper Ord, MawsonKerr and Narro Associates

• Union Village, Gresham – Esh Construction, Thirteen Group, Arcus Consulting LLP, Elliott Associates, CK21 and IDP

• Hexham General Hospital Refurbishment – Phase 3 – Integrated Health Projects (Sir Robert McAlpine and Vinci), Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust, Identity Consult, P+HS Architects, Stantec, CAD21, Dalkia UK Ltd and Summers Inman

• HICSA – Housing Innovation Construction Skills Academy – AtkinsRealis, Sunderland City Council, Brims Construction, MawsonKerr, SHED and Skelly & Couch

• HUSK Northumberland – Northumberland County Council, HUSK Northern Limited and MGM Construction

We will announce nominees on June 12

Sponsored by GenNorth

• National Highways nominated by Costain

• Northern Education Trust nominated by Morgan Sindall Construction

• Northumberland County Council nominated by BAM Construction

• Northumbria Healthcare Facilities Management – IHP nominated by Sir Robert McAlpine

• Northumbria Healthcare Facilities Management nominated by Turner & Townsend

• NuTH Capital Works nominated by Robertson

• Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council nominated by Identity Consult

• Teesside University nominated by Wates

Sponsored by CDM Recruitment

• A1 Birtley to Coal House – Costain, National Highways, Jacobs, Arcadis, AtkinsRealis, Applebridge, Seymour Civil Engineering and Tarmac

• IAMP A1290 Infrastructure Project – Esh Civils, IAMP LLP, Sunderland City Council and Gleeds

• Keel Crossing, Sunderland – VolkerStevin Infrastructure Limited, Sunderland City Council, Arup and Kinghts

• NEP 1 Quay, Blyth (Ash Barge Dock) – Esh Construction, Advance Northumberland, Driver and Arch Henderson

• Newcastle International Airport Car Park Extension – MGL Group, Newcastle International Airport, Rainton Construction and Tynedale Roadstone

Sponsored by CDM Recruitment

• AESC UK Gigafactory Project – Wates Construction, AESC UK

• Bailiffgate Hotel – Robertson, Northumberland Estates, MawsonKerr, CK21, Kyoob, Bell Munro and Room 33

• Digital Life, Teesside University – Wates Construction, Teesside University, Gardiner & Theobald, Hawkins Brown, Billinghurst George & Partners, Desco and One Environments

• HICSA – Housing Innovation Construction Skills Academy – AtkinsRealis, Sunderland City Council, Sunderland College, Brims Construction, MawsonKerr, SHED and Skelly & Couch

• Pilgrim’s Quarter – Bowmer+Kirkland, Reuben Brothers (Newcastle) Ltd, Avison Young, Ryder Architecture, Cundall and Oobe Landscape Architects

• Redcar Central Station – Robertson Construction, Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council, Howarth Lichfield Architects, Identity Consult, Sine Consulting, BGP Consulting and Vextrix

• RVI, Urgent Treatment Centre – P+HS Architects, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust, Robertson Construction, Turner & Townsend and NHS P23

• Tees Valley Community Diagnostic Centre – Kier Construction, Stockton Borough Council, Identity Consult, Ryder Architecture, BGP,  North Tees University Hospitals, Desco and NG Bailey

• The Market Pavilion – Kier Construction, Advance Northumberland, JamJar Cinema, Gleeds, FaulknerBrowns, DPP and TClarke