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 – AECOM
BIM 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 – Parsons
Digital 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 Teams
Digital 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 Developments
Excellence in Collaboration and Productivity
- BNW Developments
- Trimble Middle East
- XD House / XDHouse.AI
Digital Construction Innovator of the Year
- Sobha Modular
- XD House
Digital Consultant of the Year
- AECOM
- AESG
- CEMEX
- DAS by KEO
- Excellence Consortium
- HKR Architects
- JT+Partners
- tangramGULF
- XD House
Digital Contractor of the Year
- Engineering Contracting Company
- HTS Interiors
- Innovo Group
- Khansaheb Civil Engineering
- Saudi Binladin Group – Contracting
Construction Software of the Year
- OpenSpace
- RIB Software
- Trimble Middle East
AI Champion of the Year
- AESG
- Global Construction Solution
Modular Construction Champion of the Year
- HKR Architects
- Sobha Modular
Digital 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 – Contracting
The 2026 Digital Construction Awards are sponsored by:
Silver Sponsors: AECOM & RIB
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