Revealed: 2025 Digital Construction Awards shortlist
Industry News Revealed: 2025 Digital Construction Awards shortlist
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The full shortlist as well as winning individuals, projects and companies will only be revealed at the DC Awards gala at the Ritz Carlton, JBR, Dubai on 24 June
The Big Project Middle East (BPME) editorial team has revealed the companies, individuals and projects shortlisted for the 2025 edition of the Digital Construction Awards (DC Awards). Over 100 nominations were submitted to the awards programme's 15 categories when nominations closed at the end of May 2025.
Following the close of nominations, the editorial team initiated the judging process which comprised two rounds of scrutiny. The first round of eliminations was conducted by the BPME editorial team, following which nominations were then sent to an independent panel of judges for study. Following two weeks of deliberation, BPME's Head of Content Jason Saundalkar met with the judges for final discussions and voting.
The full shortlist and winners in each category will only be revealed on the night of the DC Awards on 24 June at the Ritz Carlton JBR, Dubai, the BPME editorial team confirmed.
'The BPME team and I are pleased to reveal the partial shortlist for the forthcoming 2025 edition of the Digital Construction Awards. The new nomination process that we rolled out for the 2025 BPME Awards was also leveraged for the 2025 DC Awards and has been well received, with many companies and individuals submitting concise and impactful nominations. I look forward to revealing the full shortlist and all the winners at the gala dinner event on 24 June,' explained Saundalkar.
The shortlist for Technology SME of the Year; Construction Hardware Provider of the Year; Construction Software Provider of the Year; Data Champion of the Year and other categories will only be revealed on the night of the DC Awards. The partial shortlist is as follows:
Young Technology Champion of the Year
Ahmad Sharjeel – Al Khoory Solutions
Megan hughes – XD House
Digital Visionary of the Year – Consultant
Hichem Troudi – KEO International Consultants
Marwan AbuEbeid – Turner International
Mohannad Salam – AtkinsRealis
Digital Visionary of the Year – Contractor
Youssry Salman – Saudi Binladin Group – Contracting
Roger Wahl – Innovo Group
Digital Visionary of the Year – Software & Certification
Ron Nussbaum – BuilderComs
Bilal Dridi – Bureau Veritas Middle East
Senthil M. Kumar – Slate Technologies
Digital Team of the Year – Consultant
AECOM
DEWAN Architects + Engineers
KEO International Consultants
Digital Team of the Year – Contractor
ALEC
Saudi Binladin Group – Contracting
Digital Construction Innovator of the Year – Consultant
DEWAN Architects + Engineers
KEO International Consultants
XD House
Digital Construction Innovator of the Year – Contractor
ACCIONA
Innovo Group
Saudi Binladin Group – Contracting
Excellence in Collaboration & Productivity of the Year
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Saudi Binladin Group – Contracting
XD House
Digital Construction Project of the Year – Building
KEO International Consultants
Miral & ALEC
Red Sea Global
Digital Construction Project of the Year – Infrastructure
ACCIONA
AECOM
Digital Consultant of the Year
AECOM
CSQ
KEO International Consultants
Parsons
Digital Contractor of the Year
ALEC
Al Khoory Solutions
DuPod
Saudi Binladin Group – Contracting
The 2025 Digital Construction Awards are being sponsored by:
Silver Sponsor: AECOM
Supporting Partners: Polypipe, RIB
To learn more about the Digital Construction Awards, click here.
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