The Big Project Middle East (BPME) editorial team has revealed that the first round of eliminations for the 2026 edition of the Digital Construction Awards (DC Awards) has been completed. Following the completion of this part of the judging process, the editorial team is announcing a partial shortlist of the companies, individuals and projects that will be recognised at the awards gala next week.
The full shortlist, honourable achievement recipients 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.
Nearly 100 nominations were submitted to the awards programme’s 21 categories when nominations closed. Following the close of nominations, the editorial team initiated the judging process which comprised 2-rounds of eliminations. 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.
Shortlisted companies and winners participating in categories including 3D Printing Specialist of the Year; Construction Hardware of the Year; Data Driven Decision Making Champion of the Year; Digital Twin Project of the Year; Sustainable Technology Champion of the Year, and Technology SME of the Year will be announced at the awards gala next week, the BPME team said.
The BPME team also said that certain categories have been split and expanded in a bid to better compare like-for-like nominations, which will be reflected on the night of the awards gala.
The partial shortlist is as follows:
Young Technology Champion of the Year
Maha Alharbi – Saudi Binladin Group – Contracting Seoyoung Kim – AECOMBIM Specialist of the Year
Ahmad Elgammal – Khansaheb Civil Engineering Ahmad Sharjeel – Al Khoory Solutions Angel Balilo – XD House David Awad – Innovo Group Gareth Ponmoon – Dewan Architects + Engineers Kaustubh Pandey – BNW Developments Mohab Magdy Abudiba – SBG Contracting Rakes Pandey – AECOM Sherif Mamdouh – ParsonsDigital Team of the Year
Dewan Architects + Engineers Innovo’s Digital Innovation Team JT+Partners Digital Team KEO’s Digital Thread Khansaheb Civil Engineering – Central Digital Construction Team Trimble Engineering & Technical TeamsDigital Visionary of the Year
Ahmed Gadelhak – Saudi Binladin Group – Contracting Douglas Zuzic – Innovo Group Marwan Abuebeid – Turner Construction International Ihab Ramlawi – DuPod Kaustubh Pandey – BNW DevelopmentsExcellence in Collaboration and Productivity
BNW Developments Trimble Middle East XD House / XDHouse.AIDigital Construction Innovator of the Year
Sobha Modular XD HouseDigital Consultant of the Year
AECOM AESG CEMEX DAS by KEO Excellence Consortium HKR Architects JT+Partners tangramGULF XD HouseDigital Contractor of the Year
Engineering Contracting Company HTS Interiors Innovo Group Khansaheb Civil Engineering Saudi Binladin Group – ContractingConstruction Software of the Year
OpenSpace RIB Software Trimble Middle EastAI Champion of the Year
AESG Global Construction SolutionModular Construction Champion of the Year
HKR Architects Sobha ModularDigital Construction Project of the Year – Building
DEC Expansion Phase One – Khansaheb Civil Engineering Ghaf Woods – Innovo Group Radisson Blu, RAK Central – BNW Developments Seagate – Engineering Contracting Company SEVEN-Program 3 Eastern Province – Dammam & Al Khobar – Saudi Binladin Group – ContractingThe 2026 Digital Construction Awards are sponsored by:
Silver Sponsors: AECOM & RIB
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