South Africa's Most Prestigious Construction Awards (SACA) Nominations Open for 2025
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SACA President & Founder Honorable Lloyd Ngavu
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The 18th Annual South African Construction Awards celebrates the brilliant individuals, initiatives and businesses shaping South Africa's built environment.
The awards seek to recognise and reward individual excellence, corporate prowess and projects that have taken strides to become future-ready within the construction industry. The Awards are well recognised and recognise the achievements of the country's construction and infrastructure players.
Siphesihle Vazi (Selimathunzi) and Mpho Wa Badimo (Influencer) SACA red carpet hosts
Companies are invited to nominate people, projects and initiatives of which they are most proud, across a total of 18 categories. Entries will be judged by a large jury of industry peers, a factor which has given the South African Construction Awards an independent and credible reputation.
The awards presentation is an event which has become a great social occasion and essential networking opportunity. Winners will receive a commemorative trophy, plus extensive print and online coverage of their success in SACA. Nominate yourselves now, to be in with a chance to win at the best construction industry awards event in the Southern Africa.
We have different categories available for entry this year, each with their own set of criteria and key questions for you to complete. Please take a look at our full list of categories and decide which ones you will be entering this year. There is no limit to the number of entries you can complete.
SACA entry is FREE!
WHY ATTEND?
By attending the 18th Annual South African Construction Awards, you will be part of the largest and most prestigious construction awards around and be able to enjoy benefits throughout the campaign including:
Gaining extensive coverage across our magazine, online platforms, and social media before and after the event
Showcasing your achievements and innovations to the wider industry and potential clients
Celebrating success across your business and project teams, boosting morale and rewarding outstanding work
Leveraging a competitive edge when it comes to winning work and becoming the contractor of choice
Make sure you are part of the 2025 event by entering today and ensuring you have a chance of being crowned the best in construction.
The 18th Annual South African Construction Industry Awards™ now dubbed by the media as the ‘Oscars’ of the South African construction industry, the event is the night for top SA companies to shine, a night for the “best of the best” in the construction industry.
This popular event is held yearly to recognize superior construction projects built by South African companies. An elegant banquet to recognize the winners is the fitting culmination and takes place in November of each year.
CATEGORIES FOR SACA 2025
Contractor of the Year
This award recognises most outstanding contractor in SA over the past 12 months. Including skilled delivery and exemplary practice that demonstrates the ability to deliver world class outcomes on a variety of projects.
Organisation background, such as when it was established, the number of employees, services provided and relevant industry achievements and accreditations.
Women in Construction Award
The Women in Construction Award recognises the exceptional achievements of women who have made significant contributions to the construction industry. This award is for women who have demonstrated leadership, innovation, and excellence in their roles, and who have broken down barriers to pave the way for future opportunities for women in the sector.
Subcontractor of the Year
This award is for sub-contractors that can best demonstrate excellence over the past 12 months. Including commercial strength and development, and the quality of work carried out.
Architect Excellence Award
This award recognises the best examples of pushing the boundaries of architectural innovation, combining creativity with practical functionality to enhance the built environment.
Including teams that have excelled with:
A visionary approach to design
An exceptional solution that meet project needs
Consideration of sustainability, aesthetics, and user experience.
Teams should also illustrate how their work positively contribute to project success and its wider impact
Quantity Surveyor Excellence Award
Thos special award recognise industry leading achievements and demonstrate the upholding of the highest standards of professionalism and ethics by individuals and teams across the built and natural environments.
Why Participate
For you:
Garner widespread industry acknowledgment and elevate your personal profile.
Become a role model for the profession.
Enhance your career prospects.
Influence the future of the profession through content creation and conference engagement.
For your firm:
Boost team morale and recognise exceptional staff.
Showcase your brand's distinction among competitors.
Attract remarkable talent and investment.
Consultancy of the Year
This category is open to any type of construction consultancy. This may include, but is not limited to, M&E consultants, quantity surveyors, compliance consultants, project auditing consultants, IT consultants, sustainability consultants, health and safety advisors, taxation consultants, etc. .
Engineering Excellence Award
This award recognises the best examples of pushing the boundaries of engineering design and delivery, demonstrating outstanding innovation, precision, and problem-solving in delivering exceptional project outcomes.
SACA is look for teams that have showcased:
Cutting-edge engineering design, practice and solutions,
Exemplary technical expertise applied to enhance real-world outcome
A commitment to quality and efficiency, sustainability and social impact
Contractor Commercial Project of the Year
This award recognises excellence in a construction project completed, or substantially completed, within the past 12 months, for offices and business spaces which are not retail in nature. This may include office blocks, service centres, airport terminal buildings, among other commercial buildings, and can be either a new build or an extension to an existing building. Judges will be looking for the highest standard of work, adherence to budget and client satisfaction in a healthy and safe working environment. This award is only open to the main contractor managing the construction project as we can only accept one submission per project.
Green Project Excellence Award
This award recognises the most interesting sustainable building project in SA completed over the past 12 months. Including houses, apartments, offices, health, educational, leisure, hotels, industrial and public sector. If you are not the main building contractor,.
Contractor Tourism & Hospitality Project of the Year
This award recognises excellence in the construction of a tourism or hospitality building, or substantially completed, within the past 12 months. This may include any building or development in the tourism, visitor or leisure space; including visitor centres, hotels, swimming pools, golf clubs, stadiums, pubs, restaurants, night clubs, cinemas, theatres, health clubs and spas, conference centres, museums, galleries, sports complexes, to name a few! This award is only open to the main contractor managing the construction project as we can only accept one submission per project.
Civil Construction Project of the Year
This award recognises excellence in a civil construction project, completed, or substantially completed, within the past 12 months, including roads, bridges, dams, utilities, or other civil engineering works. Including highest standard of work, adherence to budget and client satisfaction in a healthy and safe working environment. This award is is for the main civil engineering contractor managing the construction project.
Health, Safety and Wellbeing Excellence Award
The award recognises the organisation in SA’s construction industry that has delivered the best health and safety initiative over the last 12 months. Including best practice in health and safety, compliance to standards, training, or technical and behavioural improvements. It could also be about how your organisation uses a product designed to improve health and safety practices or a completed construction project with an exemplary health and safety record.
Supply Chain Excellence
This award is to recognise outstanding performance by a supply chain, where all partners have worked together towards common goals and can demonstrate improved performance between Jan 2024 to Jan 2025 .
This can be demonstrated on a specific project, or as part of a partnership, framework or joint venture, and should highlight how supply chain collaboration and integration has resulted in a better outcome for all parties.
Project Team Excellence of the Year
This award recognises the best examples of exceptional collaboration, leadership, and commitment to delivering outstanding results. Including successfully navigated challenges together
Fostered a culture of innovation and teamwork with tangible results
Adopted best practices and processes for collaboration across projects and programmes.
Exceeded expectations in achieving project goals.
Including the team’s collective effort and synergy contributed to the overall success of a project.
The project awards are for construction teams who deserve recognition for their high standard of work, adherence to budget and client satisfaction in a healthy and safe working environment.
Property Excellence Developer of the Year
This category seeks to recognise the most outstanding work by a contractor, developer or housebuilder in a regeneration project to enhance communities and provide exceptional buildings between Jan 2024 to Jan 2025.
Emerging Contractor Excellence of the Year Award
This is for rising stars who have been in the construction industry for 10 years or less but have shown innovative thinking, astute business acumen, made a significant contribution to a project, or otherwise demonstrated their ability to rise to the top. Entrants should be able to demonstrate how, specifically, they have made a difference to their projects or business.
Construction Excellence Leader of the Year
This category is open to any leader of a construction company, that can demonstrate excellence in leadership and who goes above and beyond for their business and the wider industry.
Training Excellence
This award is for contractors who can demonstrate a positive and progressive approach to training and skills developing staff between Jan 2024 to Jan 2025.
Companies or organization are assessed on the outcomes of their training initiatives, as well as the innovation shown in developing new training methods and the time allocated to training. Including strong leadership and commitment to training, as well as evidence of an embedded culture of training.
Digital Construction Excellence Award
This category is open to any company that has created an innovative product to improve the construction process between Jan 2024 to Jan 2025.
The innovation could be site or office based, and entrants should be clear whether the innovation lies in performance, cost, health & safety, reliability, or other factors, and provide supporting evidence.
The innovation could be site or office based, and entrants should be clear whether the innovation lies in performance, cost, health & safety, reliability or other factors and provide supporting evidence.
SPONSORSHIP
There are sponsorship packages currently available for these prestigious awards at a level that suits your business objectives.
It is an ideal opportunity to get in front of the key people in the industry.
To enquire further about sponsorhip opportunities please contact Lelo at:
Lelo@saca2007.co.za
Finally, we would like to tell you that you need to register to come to the Awards, After registering, sit back and relax as our team will go through all the registration and will confirm on your registration. Please note, it's on on a first-come, first-serve basis. On the event day, please remember to bring the confirmation email, which will serve as your entry pass for the Awards.
For any queries on. nominating your company, please email to Lucas Khoza our Head of Planning & Marketing to: admin@saca2007.co.za
During the South African Construction Awards you'll be able to explore the latest products, services and technologies, research an exceptional number of new business opportunities, research into many new territories and markets, and conduct importance face-to-face networking.
You will have a unique opportunity to hear from the construction proper authorities, share intelligence, discuss policy and may be even influence the future direction of the construction industry.
More importantly you will network extensively, enjoy the generous SACA hospitality and have a great deal of fun.
With the above in mind in order to avoid disappointment, we would like to propose a speedy turn-around time with regard to decision making due to the fact that our tickets and corporate VIP tables sell out months in advance of the Awards.
See you at the 18th South African Construction Awards 2025 in the City of Gold.
Warm Regards,
Lloyd Ngavu
SACA President
Email: president@saca2007.co.za
"CELEBRATING 18 YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION EXCELLENCE SINCE 2007"
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