2026 Shortlist

Thank you to all the amazing entries you've submitted this year. Congratulations to all our finalists!

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Individual categories

Finalists:

Lana Coromines
AtkinsRéalis

Lauren Curle
South Hampshire College Group

Clare Friel
Women in Construction Anglia

Terri Hudson
Turner & Townsend

Phebe Mann
Loughborough University

Catherine McQuillan
RSK Ireland

Stefano Quintavalle
Skanska Costain Strabag

Malania Santoro
Arcadis

Finalists:

Amanda Ashton
Balfour Beatty

Khushboo Bansal
Sthapati

Francesca Guldemond
CMDP

Karolina Kuzinska
Caledonia Water Alliance (a joint venture with Aecom & MGroup Water)

Mitu Mathur
GPM Architects & Planners

Beatriz Ramo
STAR Strategies + Architecture

Sagal Rooble
Chetwoods Architects

Ruth Soulier
Gardiner & Theobald

Yasmin Spain
Costain

Helena Stolle
NG Ventures

Emily Waller
Trant Engineering

Finalists:

Faith Abudu
Diversity and Inclusion In Construction

Laura Bacon
Brian Smith Associates

Idil Baykam
Kambeton

Debbie Darling
Jooce Marketing & PR

Sayantani Ghosh
Savills

Jayne Little
Skills 4

Claire Piller
Knights Brown Construction

Carla Queiroz
Arcadis

Melania Santoro
Arcadis

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Finalists:

Desiree Blamey
Considerate Constructors Scheme

Maliha Haque
LOM Architecture and Design

Thulasi Karunakaran
Arcadis

Tanya Khanna
Epistle Communications

Lenka Petrakova
Zaha Hadid Architects

Annabel Precious
The Transportation Consultancy

Jade Purdy
Agentia

Ashleigh Rastall
Allora Infrastructure

Monique Wintle-Camp
Wintle-Camp Coaching

Hannah Wooller
Matter of Place Architects

Finalists:

Noemi Barrington
Skanska Costain Strabag

Catherine Brookes
McCann

Freya Chapman
Mainmark

Maria Fernandez Cachafeiro
Multiplex Construction

Clare Giannini
Willmott Dixon Construction

Tanya Godwin
Morgan Lovell

Lindsay Maartens
Stepnell

Rebecca McAteer
Farrans

Sarita Stevens
Equans Regeneration

Claire Trott
Boring 2 Brilliant

Finalists:

Kerry Evans
DBFO A55

Alexis Field Swain
Defence Infrastucture Organisation

Laura Lincoln
Girl's School Day Trust

Katy Robinson
East Riding of Yorkshire Council

Erinn Sapsford
National Grid

Claire Sheridan
UK Power Networks

Rachael Turner
Thames Water Utilities

Katy Vincent
21 Engineer Regiment

Finalists:

Pam Bailey
Global Digital Systems Instruments

Julie Christian
GAP Hire Solutions

Leanne Gill
OBR Group

Emma Kent
Initivo

Louise McCree
Dalkia

Alicia Parfitt
RVT Group

Jo Stiles
Data Centre Alliance

Georgia Stillwell
Alice Technologies

Vicki Suret
Ramcrete Concrete Pumping Services

Collette Want
Alimak Group Deutschland

Finalists:

Mariana Botezatu
John F Hunt

Poppyy Casson
Willmott Interiors

April Clark
Multiplex Construction

Megan Jones
Balfour Beatty

Sophie Jones
Costain

Samantha Pickering
Galliford Try

Lily Robbins
Willmott Dixon

Robbie Seal
Winvic Construction

Phillippa Shaw
innDex

Sarah Wardle
McCann

Finalists:

Dolly Akinde
Ardmore Construction Group

Mia Christopher
Jackson Civil Engineering

Ashly Ellis
EKFB

Molly Gardner
Multiplex

Lily Gregory
Kier Group

Helen McCrone
Mott MacDonald

Jessica Percy
Multiplex Construction

Katy Robinson
East Riding of Yorkshire Council

Anna Rzepczynski
We Build Too

Olivia Ward
L Lynch Plant Hire & Haulage

Finalists:

Aimee Blay
Galliford Try

Chloe DaSilva
EKFB

Ayesha Farooq
Dalkia

Giuliana Kyerematen
Costain CEL

Ee-Hooi Lee
Arup

Vidoslava Marinova
John F Hunt

Alix Reynolds
Galliford Try

Janani Sangakkara
Frankham Consultancy Group

Georgia Sargent
Galliford Try

Daisy Stevens
Winvic Construction

Finalists:

Lilian Ho
Aecom

Phebe Mann
Loughborough University

Helen McCrone
Mott MacDonald

Paula McMahon
Sir Robert McAlpine

Catherine Mcquillan
RSK Ireland

Eleni Price
Kitall

Cath Waller
Knights Brown Construction

Aida Yousefabadi
Leeds College of Building

Finalists:

Rachel Avraham Katriel
Blank Lehrer Bar

Sara Barsley
Canal & River Trust

Caroline Bradley
NG Ventures

Florence Browning
Webb Yates

May Elsamman
Mott MacDonald

Bianca Gribnitz
Arcadis

Ally Hall
Galliford Try

Eleonora Regni
Webb Yates

Millie Watson
Dalkia

Finalists:

Pam Bailey
Global Digital Systems Instruments

Alicia Burrows
Dalkia UK

Sarah Evans
Multiplex Construction

Sophie Howe
H &MV Engineering

Marie Joe
Glanua

Lindsay Maartens
Stepnell

Safiyyah Sardar
Alistair Burroughs Design Partnership

Sarah West
Trant Engineering

Meleiha Youngs
Matter of Place Architects

Organisation categories

Finalists:

Camargue
Women in Construction South

Constructing Change

Costain and SCS Railways
British Tunnelling Society Young Members

Glent Group

Graham
Ability not Disability

Morgan Sindall Infrastructure Nuclear
Diversity & Inclusion Steering Group – PLACE initiative

Skills 4
EMPOWER

The Supply Chain Sustainability School
The Fairness, Inclusion & Respect Programme App

University College London

Womens Leadership Group

Finalists:

Balfour Beatty
Regional buildings - Diversity, inclusion & wellbeing committee

Costain

Caledonia Water Alliance (a joint venture with Aecom & MGroup Water)
CWA Framework – Jana Brady

QTS Group

Spencer Group

Staticus

Danny Sullivan Group
The health, safety, sustainability and wellbeing team

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Finalists:

Construction Futures

Costain

EKFB
Skills, employment & education team

Kambeton

McCann

National Grid
National Grid Electricity Transmission

Spencer Group
Ron Dearing UTC

Willmott Dixon
University of Staffordshire Student Village

Finalists:

Alimak Group Deutschland
Facade access solutions UK

Balfour Beatty
Regional buildings - Pathway to planning

Matter of Place Architects
Building Careers with Purpose

OBR Group
Engineering team

Simple Works

Trust Electric Heating

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Finalists:

Arcadis
Energy networks & renewables

Dalkia UK
Dalkia UK’s Senior Leadership excellence

External Wall Installation Store

Galliford Try
Engineering's senior leadership hub

Gloucestershire County Council
Gloucestershire Highways

Simple Works

Staticus

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Finalists:

Anglian Water Services

Calfordseaden

Leviatan Group

Matter of Place Architects

Nottingham Women in Construction

Simple Works

Skills 4

Staticus

Trust Electric Heating

Finalists:

A&B Engineering

Burroughs

Kambeton

Maintenance and Contracting Services

Morgan Sindall Infrastructure Nuclear

OBR Group

Spencer Group

Finalists:

National Grid
Women in Construction South

Construction Inclusion Coalition
Elevate

Commercial Real Estate Women UK

Institution of Civil Engineers
ICE Connects: Women in Fellowship

Lucion Group
Circles

Morgan Sindall Infrastructure
Women’s Network

Multiplex Construction
Multiplex's UK Women's Network

Perceptive Communicatos
Perceptive Communicators and The Firefly Consultancy

VINCI Construction UK
Early Careers Woman's Network

Women in Construction Anglia
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