FINALLY THE NOMINATIONS FOR THE 19th ANNUAL SOUTH AFRICAN BUILDERS & CONSTRUCTION AWARDS NOW OPEN!
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SA TOP CONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR
This award is aimed at firms that work as main contractors. The projects and construction work your firm has been involved with in the last 12 months (June 2025June 2026 demonstrates outstanding features and innovative solutions to difficult problems. This award recognising firms that demonstrate outstanding performance, efficiency, and excellence in delivering projects and contributing towards improving construction industry standards.
BEST EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR
Being a good employer has taken on a new level .
If your organisation excelled at these things, the Best Employer of the Year Award might be for you. This award celebrates organisations that went the extra mile to support not only their employees but also the communities in which they operate.
What makes a winner?
Judges will look for evidence of how employees are engaged in company values and how human resources have been optimised to achieve and sustain the commercial operation. They will also look at investment in people, initiatives to create a more collaborative culture, and the impact this has had on commercial performance.
Open to any business, this award will recognise the enterprise that has driven demonstrable excellence in the following key areas:
Employee development, retention and recruitment
Diversity and inclusion
Leadership and management
Innovation and operational excellence
Employee communication/feedback mechanisms
An embedded ethical culture
Creative and collaborative customer service
Supporting the local community
Does this sound like your company? Submit your Nomination now!
SOUTH AFRICAN WOMAN IN CONSTRUCTION OF THE YEAR AWARD
The criteria for the Best Woman in Construction in South Africa criteria includes:
- Leadership and Impact: Demonstrated leadership and impact in the construction industry, such as innovative projects, community engagement, or industry contributions.
- Career Achievements: Notable career milestones, achievements, and progression in the construction industry, including overcoming challenges and breaking down barriers.
- Mentorship and Support: Contributions to mentoring, coaching, or supporting other women in the construction industry, promoting diversity and inclusion.
- Innovation and Excellence: Demonstrated innovation, excellence, and commitment to quality in construction projects or industry initiatives.
- jndustry Involvement: Active participation in industry events, conferences, or organizations, promoting women's involvement and representation in construction.
BEST CONSTRUCTION LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR AWARD
This award category is assessed based on a combination of technical expertise, client service, innovation, and strategic impact on the sector. Top-tier recognitions, focus on demonstrative excellence over the previous 12-month period.
BEST HOSPITALITY EXCELLENCE AWARDS
This awars spotlight hotels offering high-quality service, excellent design, sustainability and outstanding guest experiences and unique properties.
This award is judged are based on rigorous, often mystery-guest, assessments focusing on quality of service, cleanliness, food excellence, and guest experience. Key criteria include high standards of housekeeping, staff attentiveness, bedroom comfort, and facilities.
BEST REAL ESTATE TEAM OF THE YEAR AWARD
This award recognises the team working for a Propery Company – either Commercial or Residential – that can demonstrate extraordinary teamwork and show examples of how they went the extra mile to deliver their objectives. If you think your team has something to shout about then tell our judges about it and you might just pick up a much-deserved award for your excellence.
BEST SHOPPERS' CHOICE MALL OF THE YEAR AWARD
This award judge's criteria including:
Ample parking, secure parking facilities, good transport links, and easy access for disabled individuals.
A safe and secure environment for patrons is crucial.
Well-maintained restrooms and clean, bright common areas.
A combination of local, international, and flagship brands, alongside functional services like cafes and banks.
Comfortable seating, climate control (heating/air conditioning), family-friendly facilities, and free Wi-Fi.
Modern malls often feature cinemas, arcades, and food courts to enhance the experience.
Increased focus on interactive maps, efficient layouts, and digital engagement.
Energy-efficient infrastructure and design.
High-footfall locations that are well-connected to surrounding areas.
These criteria ensure a pleasant shopping experience, which helps drive high foot traffic and customer loyalty.
BEST FUNDING PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
This award is for funders which offers fast, flexible term funding to companies up to R5 million. The funding must help contractors with Purchase Orders with working capital, provide services, staff, and growth, and funds processed within 24 hours after the application has been approved by the funder.
SUBCONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR
The Best Subcontractor of the year award judges criteria score includes:
QUALITY OF WORKMANSHIP
- Work meets or exceeds specs, codes, and drawings
- Low snag/defect rates at handover
- Evidence of pride in finishes and attention to detail
HEALTH, SAFETY & ENVIRONMENT
- LTIR/accident record on site - zero harm is the benchmark
- Toolbox talks, PPE compliance, safety file in order
- Waste management, dust/noise control, environmental compliance
PROGRAMME & RELIABILITY
- Met key milestone dates and completion dates
- Minimal delays caused to main contractor or other trades
- Proactive communication when issues arise
- Flexibility and responsiveness to changes
COMMERCIAL PERFORMANCE
- Stuck to quoted price with minimal variations
- Transparent, fair variation claims when needed
- Helps main contractor with value engineering/cost savings
- Payment compliance with their own suppliers/labour
TEAMWORK & COLLABORATION
- Coordination with other subcontractors and main contractor
- Attends site meetings, follows site rules
- Problem-solving attitude vs “not my scope” approach
- Mentoring/apprenticeships on site
INNOVATION & ADDED VALUE
- Brought new methods, materials, or tools that improved the job
- Suggested buildability improvements
- Sustainability wins: less waste, recycled materials, energy saving
COMPLIANCE & ADMIN
- CIDB grading valid, tax clearance, COIDA, insurance in place
- B-BBEE compliance, CSD registration if public sector
- Quality of paperwork: invoices, method statements, O&M manuals on time
CLIENT FEEDBACK
- References from main contractor, client, and consultants
QUANTITY SURVEYOR FIRM OF THE YEAR AWARD
This award recognizes a FIRM that achieved project objectives by providing experience and expertise in quantity surveying/estimating, developed innovating and/or sustainable results-driven methods in delivering the project, and embodied lessons learned to continue process improvement.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT COMPANY OF THE YEAR AWARD
This award criteria focus on demonstrating excellence in project delivery, encompassing innovation, sustainability, collaboration, adherence to time and budget, health and safety, and positive community impact. Entrants must provide strong, evidence-based examples of how these criteria have been met, clearly explaining the context, methods, and results of their projects to impress judges.
ENGINEERING FIRM OF THE YEAR
This category is open to firms who offer a variety of services from an engineering-led base. Firms working in all branches of engineering within the built environment are eligible to enter. The projects and construction work your firm has been involved with in the last 12 months ( June 2025-June 2026) demonstrates outstanding features and innovative solutions to difficult problems.
BEST SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR AWARD
This award recognises the supplier who have really gone the extra mile in their partnerships with the construction industry. Any organisation that supplies a product, service or software to the industry is eligible to enter.
GREEN BUILDER OF THE YEAR
Recognising commitment towards sustainability and environmental impact, particularly to reducing carbon footprint, emissions, waste and improving energy efficiency.
BEST HEALTH & SAFETY EXCELLENCE AWARD
Recognising commitment towards ensuring a secure and healthy work environment for the workforce and the general public through appropriate processes and education.
PROJECT TEAM EXCELLENCE OF THE YEAR
This category recognises the best examples of exceptional collaboration, leadership, and commitment to delivering outstanding results.
CEO OF THE YEAR
In this category, judges are looking for chief executives who have displayed outstanding leadership, innovation, determination and commitment to their authorities and their communities.
They will be interested in examples of challenges that chief executives have tackled and surmounted over and above the day-to-day problems of the job.
PROPERTY DEVELOPER OF THE YEAR
This prestigious award is presented annually to a developer who demonstrates outstanding leadership, vision, and innovation within the real estate industry. Nominees must showcase a single development project, completed within the Awards Period, that exemplifies excellence across all evaluation criteria.
Submissions should clearly illustrate the developer’s ambition, adaptability in the face of challenges, and delivery of exceptional results. Supporting materials, including high-quality images and videos, are strongly encouraged to provide compelling evidence of impact and achievement.
HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES MANAGEMENT AWARD
The award recognizes outstanding innovation, leadership, and impact in campus operations, encompassing demonstrated innovation in facilities management technology or services, exceptional leadership, sustainability initiatives, and measurable client satisfaction or positive impacts on the learning experience.
PUBLIC WORKS EXCELLENCE AWARD
This prestigious award recognise the contribution that the built environment has on people's lives. This category will assess construction projects that have had a social, economic and environmental impact in South Africa. It is for a project that can demonstrate it has had a measurably positive effect on end users, a local community or a targeted group. The judges are looking for schemes that inspire others and demonstrate how construction can bring about positive change by creating healthier, safer and more resilient communities. Entrants need to demonstrate they have engaged with the local community from an early stage in the project.
EMERGING CONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR
The category is open to all firms of the project team for a project within South Africa,The award is open to all types of construction firm that helped to deliver the project. Projects are judged on design, sustainability, innovation and construction performance and procurement and team work with the client
CONSTRUCTION LEADER OF THE YEAR
This award celebrates an individual who has showcased remarkable performance throughout 2025/26, building upon their outstanding career history.
Construction Executive of the Year award criteria often focus on demonstrating business success, driving innovation, improving sustainability and carbon footprints, fostering a positive and inclusive workforce culture, and making a positive social impact. Judges look for strong leadership that inspires change, strategic vision, and a commitment to the wider industry, including the supply chain and community.
PROJECT OF THE YEAR
Recognising commitment towar consistently delivering quality on infrastructure projects, ensuring appropriate processes and skilled execution. Focusing on megacities, roads, bridges, airports, or railways and roads, incorporate sustainable architecture, innovative building practices, societal implications, and resolving multifaceted logistical issues.
YOUNG CONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD
This is awarded to an individual that is under 35 year’s of age. The individual should lead by example and inspire others through their tenacity and vision. There should be evidence that the person is ambitious, creative, and achieved first-class results in construction industry.
THE PRESTIGIOUS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2026
The Lifetime Achievement Award honors visionary South African leaders who have consistently embodied and driven transformative leadership, deep commitment, and exceptional dedication to advancing South Africa's infrastructure development; it is with great distinction that the South African Builders & Construction Awards Board confers this esteemed award upon Dr. Matthews Phosa, a paragon of leadership who has profoundly impacted the nation's infrastructure industry.
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CLOSING DATE: 1 JUNE 2026
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