Recognizing and celebrating excellence in Egypt’s construction industry

This award category recognizes outstanding engineering consultancy firms that have not only excelled in delivering innovative and timely solutions to engineering problems but have also demonstrated a commitment to their client's success, business development achievements, knowledge sharing, staff retention, recruitment initiatives, education programs, responsible care, and community projects. The winning firm will showcase its ability to drive its vision and mission while contributing significantly to the field of engineering consultancy.

This category is open to companies with an office in Egypt and firms will be assessed for services delivered during the period of Feb 2023 to Feb 2025.

Judges will assign scores based on how well the submission meets the criteria listed below.

• Engineering excellence
• Client commitment
• Business development achievements
• Knowledge sharing
• Staff retention and recruitment initiatives
• Education programs
• Responsible care
• Community projects
• Vision and mission alignment

(Note: Product and service providers are not eligible to enter)

This award recognizes an architectural firm that has created brilliant architecture and demonstrated its awareness of modern regulations, statutory requirements, and solutions. Judges will assess the practice’s planning expertise, client satisfaction, and that their projects are finished on time and within budget. Firms will demonstrate great depth and breadth in their work, collaborative environment, and ability to consistently address the future of architecture whilst honouring its traditions.

This category is open to companies with an office in Egypt and will be assessed for services delivered during the period of Feb 2023 to Feb 2025.

Judges will assign scores based on how well the submission meets the criteria listed below.

• Evidence of sustainable design excellence
• Project management
• Expertise and collaboration
• Innovation and employee engagement
• Business and financial performance

(Note: Product and service providers are not eligible to enter)

This award recognizes and celebrates the achievements of a Facilities Management (FM) firm (operating in Egypt), which delivers outstanding building performance for its clients and has secured a successful portfolio of new business over the last 3 years. Entrants must give evidence of how the business is improving building performance for their clients in terms of user satisfaction and comfort, energy, and carbon, health and well-being, and whole life value. Entrants must also show how they are driving competitive advantage, innovation, and developing their workforce.

This category is open to companies with an office in Egypt and firms will be assessed for services delivered during the period of Feb 2023 to Feb 2025.

Judges will assign scores based on how well the submission meets the criteria listed below.

• Business performance
• Innovation
• Sustainability
• Improved building performance for clients

(Note: Product and service providers are not eligible to enter)

Open to all building types, situated in Egypt. This award recognizes and celebrates the retrofit of a building that most effectively demonstrates high levels of user satisfaction while delivering outstanding measured building performance - the vital adaptation and repurposing of existing buildings, setting a precedent to inspire the industry’s carbon footprint in the process. Please include evidence of significant energy/water savings, improved IAQ, and contribution to making the building greener.

The project must be completed during the period of Feb 2023 to Feb 2025.

Eligible entrants: Project owners, building operators, architecture and design firms, main contractors, and project management companies.

Joint submissions from consultants, architects, contractors, engineers, developers, project owners, etc. will be accepted.

Judges will assign scores based on how well the submission meets the criteria listed below.

• High levels of user satisfaction
• Evidence of carbon emissions reduction
• Wow factor
• Contribution to making the building greener

(Note: Product and service providers are not eligible to enter)

This award is open to organizations (non-technology providers) that can demonstrate how they have successfully implemented sustainable digital transformation in their business. Entrants must show how they have had a successful impact on the business by focusing on fixing pain points, team collaboration, operational change, and fostering innovation. Examples of improved productivity, digital use cases, and positive impact on client projects and engagement should be provided.

Judges will assign scores based on how well the submission meets the criteria listed below.

• Evidence of successful digital transformation implementation
• Evidence of future digital plan
• Collaboration
• Innovation
• Evidence of improved productivity, efficiency
• Positive impact on client projects

(Note: Product and service providers are not eligible to enter)

Impact Leadership Team of the Year will go to the senior management team driving impact for their business/es and the wider industry.  Judges will look for evidence of team collaboration, business engagement and examples of innovation, sustainable development, technology, and digital achievements.  The winning team will be honoured for their inspirational success story contributing to the transformation of the construction industry. The award celebrates the collaboration and combined efforts of groups of team members working together to meet a planned objective.

Teams can be any group of 3 or more people working within the built environment within a single entity or across the main project stakeholder groups.

(Eligible entrants: project owners, construction consultants, main contractors, engineering firms, and architecture firms.)

• Team collaboration: (25%)
• Measuring impact: (25%)
• Industry innovation: (20%)
• Benefits to wider industry (15%)
• Exceeding team goals: (15%)