2025 Winners

Allyship Champion of the Year

Winner: David Myers, Dornan Engineering

Finalists:

Louise Clark
Tilbury Douglas

Gail Farley
HMS

Lou Garrick
Systra

Tarika Jain
nCircle Tech

Jayne Little
Skills4

Vince Pizzoni
Women Engineering Society

Keith Robson
AtkinsRéalis

Contribution to a Project

Winner: Ashley Lancaster, Erith Contractors

Finalists:

Eilean Appleton
Willmott Dixon

Lindsay Campbell
Fugro

Zainab Dangana
Wates Group

Eve Herrington
National Highways & Lower Thames Crossing

Jennifer Heath-Porsz
Willmott Dixon

Lara Alves de Oliveira Soares Rosa
Mott MacDonald

Tatiana Smith
Deerns

Lisa Taylor
MiCiM

Contribution to Gender Diversity

Winner: Melanie Stewart, Merit

Finalists:

Denise Airey
Airey Miller

Taffy Booth
Studio Booth

Krystyna Dimtchev
Arcadis

Karen Hughes
Genuit Group

Michal Gath-Morad
University of Cambridge

Kat Parsons
Female Design & Build

Keith Robson
AtkinsRéalis

Era Shah
Aecom

Subashini Suriyar
Dalkia

Inspirational Leader – Client

Winner: Lisa McFadden, Translink

Finalists:

Yemi Aladerun
Meridian Water

Nicola Clay
The Crown Estate

Setareh Neshati
Westminster City Council

Kat Parsons
Female Design & Build

Catherine Tuffin
Cambridgeshire County Council

Inspirational Leader - Consultant

Winner: Eftychia Koursari, Amey

Finalists:

Katy Baker
Arcadis

Taffy Booth
Studio Booth

Pernille Bonser
Resonate Interiors

Victoria Clapp
Mott MacDonald

Krystyna Dmitchev
Arcadis

Sophia Flucker
MiCiM

Rebecca Heald
Rebecca Heald

Urszula Kanturska
Mott MacDonald

Hannah Smith
Ridge & Partners

Inspiring Leader – Contractor

Winner: Renee Preston, Gallaway Construction

Finalists:

Rachel Butterworth
Willmott Dixon

Zainab Dangana
Wates Group

Kay Denham
Galliford Try

Michelle Grady
Willmott Dixon

Louise Haining
Connect plus Services

Rebecca Harris
OCL Facades

Sukhi Kaur
Build 4U Property

Alice Monty
Equans Regeneration

Agnieszka Read
Bam

Heidi Salmons
Winvic Construction

Andrea Simon
Trant Engineering

Inspirational Leader – Supplier

Winner:  Mel Milazzo, GRS Group

Highly commended:  Eibhlin Barrett, L Lynch Plant Hire & Haulage

Finalists:

Val Clarke
4PS Construction Solutions

Maxine Cornelius
City Plumbing & PTS

Jelena Arsic Van Os
Accsys Technologies

Paula Gould
Converge

Raeesa Rawal
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Lisa Roberts
Sterling quality Services

Rebecca Stewart
Artus Air

Rising Star - Contribution to Gender Diversity

Winner: Alexia Williams, Defence Organisation

Finalists:

Faith Abudu
Prima Systems South East

Jay James
Haskoning

Alkmini Karastamati
Heathrow Airport

Laura McGuigan
Kier Construction

Laura O'Donoghue
AtkinsRealis

Luana Parisi
University of East London

Sumaiyah Sareshwala
Burns & McDonnell

Bee Wylie
Willmott Dixon

Rising Star - Contribution to a Project

Winner: Alex Clark, Severfield

Finalists:

Emma Alderman
Winvic Construction

Natalie Bonnick
Lower Thames Crossing

Abigail  Cattanach-Elsden
VolkerFitzpatrick

Grace Leckie
Multevo

Aura Lukaite
Canary Wharf Contractors

Hazel MacMahon
Fyld

Amelia Margiotta
Mott MacDonald

Millie Nimmo
Winvic Construction

Zophie Partridge
Multiplex

Grace Wheaton
Balfour Beatty

Rising Star - Technical Excellence

Winner: Saffron Catterick, JBA Bentley

Finalists:

Zoe Alexaki
Robert Bird Group

Valentina Aleotti
Metis Consultants

Rebecca Calderon
Robert Bird Group

Melissa Cicin-Sain
Webb Yates

Camille Ezel
Aecom

Viktoiia Grachova
Winvic Construction

Neave Thompson
Winvic Construction

M Cristina Todisco
Coffey Geotechnics

Ruth Wallace
VolkerFitzpatrick

Chelsea Williams
Deerns

Technical Excellence

Winner: Aggie Georgiopoulou, Ternan Energy

Finalists:

Anna Beckett
Buro Happold

Victoria Boothby
Haskoning

Joanna Buckingham
Aecom

Zainab Dangana
Wates Group

Lucy Hayes
Jacobs & Lower Thames Crossing

Eftychia Koursari
Amey

Xiaoyan Long
Fugro USA Marine

Alex Murphy
Arcadis

Vanessa Quansah
Bovis

Alice Windle
GHD

STEM Champion

Winner: Renee Preston, Gallaway Construction

Finalists:

Lucy Bansal
Tilbury Douglas

Lauren Edmunds
Balfour Beatty

Anna Fletcher
MEPC Milton Park

Danielle Haskings
MCS

Madeleine Jury
AKT II

Arya Langroudi
University of East London

Simon Oakley
Fugro

Sarah Peers
New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering

Isabel Perkins
Mott MacDonald

Cath Waller
Knights Brown

Alexia Williams
Defence Organisation

Unsung Hero

Winner: Magdalena Widawska, Dornan Engineering

Highly commended: Claire Brown, Stantec

Finalists:

Katie Ashton
Balfour Beatty

Sandeep Kaur Bajwa
The OM Group

Tatiana Bentley
Electricity North West

Angie Brooker
Multiplex

Sunny Cadman
Watkins Payne

Clare Evans
City Plumbing

Colleen Hunt
International Powered Access Federation

Abby Rugg
Island Roads

Jodie Sawyer
MPB Structures

Honor Wilson
GMI Construction Group

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Initiative of the Year

Winner:  Gallaway Construction, Construction For Women

Highly commended: Balfour Beatty, Right to Respect Project Team

Finalists:

AtkinsRéalis
#Hackafuture2025

AtkinsRéalis
#PPEforALL

Mothers into Work
CIC

Onnec
Women at Onnec

P3CL
Women's Leadership Group

DIIC

Diversity and Inclusion in Construction

Severfield

Excellence in Mental Health and Wellbeing

Winner:  4PS Construction Solutions, Building a Culture Where People Come First

Highly commended: Connections Legal Management, To be the best we can be

Finalists:

Aquarian Cladding Systems

Mental Health Champion

B&K Hybrid Solutions

Mental Health & Wellbeing Room

Connections Legal Management
To be the best we can be

Dornan Engineering
Wellbeing at Dornan

MiCiM
Leadership Team

Winvic

Excellence in Outreach

Winner: Gallaway Construction, Construction for Women

Finalists:

Jomas Associates 
Building Foundations: Inspiring the Next Generation of Ground Engineering Professionals

Mine Environment Management 
Environment engineering STEM placements

OCL Facades
Girls can Build

Whitfield Consulting Services
Building a Stronger Future

Excellence in Recruitment and Retention

Winner: FM Conway, An Employer for All Women

Finalists:

Geoquip Marine
Elevating Recruitment and Retention Strategies through Inclusion, Innovation and Impact

Mott MacDonald
Engineering Equity

Excellence in Senior Leadership

Winner: Metis Consultants, Senior Leadership Team

Finalists:

Coffey Geotechnics

Gallaway Construction

Metis Consultants
Senior Leadership Team

MiCiM
Promoting Women, Powering Progress

RLB Digital

Inspiring Women – Company of the Year

Winner: P. Flannery Plant Hire, Leading the Way for Women in Construction

Finalists:

AtkinsRéalis

BakerHicks Belonging

Future Cast
European projects Team

Gallaway Construction

Severfield
Female Mentoring Programme

Waterman Aspen
Championing gender diversity

WeaveAir

Winvic

Next Generation Employer of the Year

Winner: Gallaway Construction

Finalist:

4PS Construction Solutions

Bridging the Skills Gap: The Talent Strategy

B&K Hybrid Solutions
Trainee Scheme

GMI Construction Group
GMI Elevate - Mastering Talent. Soaring to New Heights

Mine Environment Management
Industrial student placements

RSS Infrastructure
Design a Railway Station 2030 Competition

Simple Works

Women’s Network of the Year

Winner: Women in Property, Central Scotland Branch

Finalist:

Arup
Connect Women+

Bluefield Services
Women in Leadership Network

Hilti
Gender Own It! group

Laing O'Rourke Women and Allies Network

London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
London Women in Engineering Group

P3CL
Women's Leadership Group

Wilson James
Hinkley Point C Gender Network