Laing O’Rourke’s Ben Hardie reveals how he was drawn to construction – and what the industry can do to attract a younger generation with digital skills.

United Utilities and Advance Plus (a joint venture between MWH Treatment, Stantec and J Murphy & Sons) have won the Digital Collaboration of the Year award, sponsored by Bluebeam, for their efforts at Oswestry Water Treatment Works.

The Health & Safety Executive’s live trial pioneering the use of sensors and safety zones with 3D modelling won the Digital Innovation in Health, Safety and Wellbeing category, sponsored by Mission Room, at the Digital Construction Awards last night (2 July).

iDEA and King’s College London have used new digital technologies and data planning to delivery a long-term campus masterplan and their collaboration won the Best Use of Data category at the Digital Construction Awards last night (2 July).

Sir Robert McAlpine’s adoption of materials passports on 1 Broadgate, in the City of London, triumphed in the Delivering Sustainability with Digital Innovation category, sponsored by Zero, at the Digital Construction Awards last night (2 July).

AtkinsRéalis’s Virtual Site Access won the Best Application of Technology, sponsored by Digital Construction North, at the Digital Construction Awards last night (2 July).

Queenswood won the Digital Consultancy of the Year, sponsored by Women in BIM, at the Digital Construction Awards last night (2 July).

ONE Engage address the complex challenge of managing digital information in the residential sector for landlords, residents and fire and rescue services, and the judges picked the platform as the Product Innovation of the Year at the Digital Construction Awards last night (2 July).

Laing O’Rourke digital engineer Ben Hardie was crowned Digital Rising Star of the Year, a category sponsored by the Chartered Institute of Building, at the Digital Construction Awards 2024.

The National Underground Asset Register, developed by the Geospatial Commission and AtkinsRéalis, won Digital Innovation in Productivity, sponsored by Dassault Systèmes, at the Digital Construction Awards last night (2 July).

McLaughlin & Harvey’s commitment to clear information management and its impressive in-house digital construction expertise made the contractor the unanimous choice of the judges for the Digital Contractor of the Year prize – sponsored by Procore – at the Digital Construction Awards last night (2 July). 

Pam Bhandal was named Digital Construction Champion of the Year, sponsored by Construction Management, at the Digital Construction Awards last night (2 July).

Balfour Beatty’s Midland Metropolitan University Hospital secured the prestigious Digital Construction Project of the Year trophy, sponsored by Revizto, at the Digital Construction Awards last night (2 July).

AtkinsRéalis, Balfour Beatty and McLaughlin & Harvey were among the big winners at the Digital Construction Awards 2024, held last night (2 July) before more than 430 [update figure as necessary] of the sector’s leading lights.

There’s a week left to book your seats at the Digital Construction Awards 2024.

Six entrants made the Digital Collaboration of the Year award shortlist.

The Digital Construction Awards attracted 165 entries this year, 84 of which have been shortlisted. Here, we detail the shortlisted entries for Digital Innovation in Productivity.

Shortlist of the Digital Innovation in Health, Safety and Wellbeing category from the Digital Construction Awards 2024.