Big names make the list across 18 categories

The finalists for the 2021 Building Awards have been announced.

Big-name firms have so far been shortlisted (see the full shortlist below) across 18 categories, with the contenders for three more categories – construction client, CEO of the year, and personality of the year – all set to be revealed soon.

This year’s awards will be held in person and the ceremony set to take place at the Grosvenor House Hotel on 2 November.

In the major contractor category, firms in the running include ISG, Mace and Midgard.

Aecom, Alinea and Turner & Townsend are in contention to be named consultant of the year among firms with more than 100 staff. Others nominated in this category include Baily Garner, Core Five, Fulkers Bailey Russell, Gleeds, Mott Macdonald, Rider Levett Bucknall, Soben and Stace.

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A number of high-profile schemes are in the running for awards, including Kier’s Morley House project in Westminster, Bam’s GICU scheme for University Hospital Southampton and Sir Robert McAlpine’s 100 Liverpool Street.

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Building Awards 2021 shortlist

Architectural Practice of the Year:

  1. Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
  2. Assael Architecture
  3. Buckley Gray Yeoman
  4. HLM
  5. HTA Design
  6. JTP
  7. Patel Taylor
  8. Ryder Architecture

Consultant of the Year (fewer than 100 staff):

  1. Blackburn
  2. exigere
  3. KAM Project Consultants
  4. MESH Construction Consultancy
  5. MJ Donnelly Quantity Surveyors
  6. Plan A Consultants
  7. Rund Partnership
  8. The Construction Consultants

Consultant of the Year (more than 100 staff):

  1. AECOM
  2. alinea
  3. Baily Garner
  4. Core Five
  5. Fulkers Bailey Russell
  6. Gleeds
  7. Mott Macdonald
  8. Rider Levett Bucknall
  9. Soben
  10. Stace
  11. Turner & Townsend

Contractor of the Year (up to £300m) - Sponsored by Msite: 

  1. Beard
  2. Calztec
  3. Glencar
  4. JLES

Major Contractor of the Year - Sponsored by Fenwick Elliott:

  1. ISG
  2. Mace
  3. Midgard

Engineering Consultant of the Year

  1. AECOM
  2. Black and White Engineering
  3. BWB Consulting
  4. Cundall
  5. Ramboll
  6. Red Engineering Design
  7. Services design Solution
  8. Thornton Tomasetti

Housebuilder of the Year

  1. Berkeley Group
  2. Miller Homes
  3. Redrow

Delivering Social Value Award

  1. Aberfeldy Village - a joint venture between EcoWorld London and Poplar HARCA
  2. Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
  3. Durkan
  4. Morgan Sindall
  5. Mott Macdonald

Diversity Award

  1. Gilbert Ash
  2. Mace
  3. Thornton Tomasetti

Building Performance Award - Sponsored by Kingspan:

  1. 1 London Wall Place – AECOM
  2. Trafford and Eccles social housing energy performance upgrade – Knauf Insulation and Knauf Energy Solutions
  3. Unit E, Premier Park, Park Royal, London – Hollis
  4. The Underwood – Fuse Architects
  5. Passivhaus social housing for Powys Council – Pave Aways Limited

Offsite Project of the Year:

  1. Imperial War Museums’ Staff Offices: Parkside – Reds10
  2. Claridge’s Hotel – Kane
  3. Vandyke Upper School – Morgan Sindall
  4. Highfields Spencer Academy – Lungfish
  5. UK Battery Industrialisation Centre – NG Bailey
  6. Lakeside Wing, University Hospital of Wales – Darwin Group
  7. Addingston SEN School – HLM Architects
  8. The Broxbourne School – Mid Group
  9. Ten Degrees – HTA Design LLP, Tide Construction & Vision Modular Systems

Specialist Contractor of the Year:

  1. DGP Logistics
  2. Dowds Group
  3. JLES
  4. Kane Group
  5. NG Bailey
  6. OFR Consultants
  7. Reconomy
  8. SES Engineering Services
  9. Specialist Group
  10. Trust Management

International Project of the Year - Sponsored Core Five

  1. Ancora 40 – Buckley Gray Yeoman
  2. One Barangaroo – WilkinsonEyre
  3. adidas East Village Expansion – Turner & Townsend

Housing Project of the Year - Sponsored by Daikin:

  1. Windmill Place – Pitman Tozer Architects
  2. Matlock Spa – Wildgoose Construction
  3. Park Central West and East – Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
  4. Sandpit Road, Calne – Clifton Emery Design
  5. Beton, Wembley Park – Cartwright Pickard and Quintain Living
  6. West Green Place, N17 – HTA Design and Pocket Living
  7. E03 Canada Gardens, Wembley – John Sisk & Son
  8. Beachcroft House and The Masefield – Westminster City Council

Small Project of the Year - Sponsored by Clement Windows Group:

  1. Maggie’s Leeds – AKTII
  2. David Brownlow Theatre – Jonathan Tuckey Design
  3. The Alder Centre – Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
  4. St Mary’s Calne School Library – Woods Bagot
  5. Kajima HQ, Centrepoint – Gibson Thornley
  6. Manor Lodge School Coach House – IID Architects
  7. St Helens STEM Centre – IID Architects

Refurbishment Project of the Year - Sponsored by AET Flexible Space:

  1. Nottingham Castle – GF Tomlinson
  2. Museum of Making, Derby Silk Mill – Derby Silk Mill Alliance
  3. 77 Coleman – Buckley Gray Yeoman
  4. Lincoln College, Oxford – Ridge and Partners
  5. The Mayfair Townhouse – Brewer Smith Brewer Group, Goddard Littlefair and L+R Hotels
  6. The Archway – Beard
  7. The Royal Albert Hall, Phases 1-4 – Sir Robert McAlpine
  8. University of Bristol Senate House – Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios

Digital Construction Award:

  1. Kane Group
  2. XL Werks
  3. Ilke Homes & matterlab
  4. Lucas UK Group
  5. Redrow
  6. Sir Robert McAlpine
  7. Biosite Systems

Building Magazine Project of the Year - Sponsored by Aluprof:

  1. Morley House, Westminster – Kier Construction
  2. GICU University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust – Bam Construction
  3. Hawley Wharf – Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
  4. The North East Lighthouse Laboratory – Turner & Townsend
  5. Regent’s Crescent – JRL Midgard
  6. 100 Liverpool Street – Sir Robert McAlpine
  7. St Edwards: The Quad – Gilbert-Ash
  8. The Grand Hotel, Birmingham – GRAHAM

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