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
- Graphite
- 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.