The votes are in and after much debate and deliberation the shortlisted finalists for the 2008 Building Services Awards have been chosen.

This year the quantity and quality of entries was particularly high, with only the very best making it through to the final.

The winners will be announced at the Building Services Awards at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel on the Monday 23 June.

This year marks the 11th year of the industry’s most prestigious awards and this year’s event is set to be the biggest and best yet.

If you haven’t already done so, then put Monday 23 June in your diary and make sure you book at seat for what promises to be a most memorable night. Tables cost £1950 + VAT for a table of 10, or £210 + Vat for an individual place.

To book please call Createvents +44 (0)1252 781 178 or email clare@createvents.co.uk, or click below for an on-line table-booking form.

The shortlist is:

Large Consultancy of the year

Arup

BDP

Buro Happold

Faber Maunsell

Hoare Lea

White Young Green

Consultancy of the year

Beattie Flanigan

CBG Consultants

King Shaw Associates

Maleon

Red Engineering Design

RHB Partnership

Major M&E contractor of the year

Balfour Kilpatrick

Dodd Group

Haden Young

Crown House Technologies

M&E contractor of the year

Airedale Mechanical & Electrical

JS Wright & Co

Kier Building Services Engineers

International achievement

Arup

Buro Happold

Hurley Palmer Flatt

Hyder Consulting MEP

Morgan Professional Services

Waterman International Holding

Training award

Arup

Buro Happold

City and County of Swansea

Haden Young

NG Bailey

Sinclair Knight Merz

Major project of the year

Faber Maunsell - BBC Broadcasting House, London

Hoare Lea -Golden Square Shopping Centre, Warrington

Hurley Palmer Flatt - Investment Bank, London

Jacobs - NATS Scottish & Oceanic Area Control Centre, Prestwick

WSP Group - Beetham Tower, Manchester

Project of the year

Arup - Northern Arizona University, USA

BDP - Leigh Academy, Dartford

Mott MacDonald - Vulcan House, Sheffield

McBains Cooper - Embassy Court, St Johns Wood

Southern Electric Contracting - VT Shipbuilding, Portsmouth Naval Base

White Young Green - Eco Centre at Cockermouth School for Cumbria County Council

New Achiever of the year

BDP - Peter Brickell

Capita Symonds - Ying Dong

Halcrow Yolles - Nick Sendall

Hoare Lea - Chia Huay Lau

Morgan Professional Services - Aymeric Girard

WSP Group - Mitesh Patel

Environmental initiative

Arup/Kingspan Off-site

Balfour Kilpatrick

BDP Sustainability

Earthcare Products

Mott MacDonald

WSP Group

Innovation of the year

BDP

Gifford

Hoare Lea

Hurley Palmer Flatt

Morgan Professional Services

Red Engineering Design

Health & safety initiative

Balfour Kilpatrick

Faber Maunsell

Haden Young

NG Bailey

Sinclair Knight Merz

WSP Group

Best use of IT

BDP

HadenYoung

Morgan Professional Services

Waterman Building Services