Shortlist 2026

Award for Digital Innovation

  • Bam Ground Engineering - Streamlining piling project data and models – from site rig to office to client
  • Darkocean - NAVBathy: AI-powered satellite bathymetry solution
  • Geoquip Marine - Geostat: A digital tool for statistically governed geotechnical design parameterisation
  • Geotechnics 
  • Jacobs - Augmented delivery: Realising benefits through adoption of disruptive automated design processes on transportation and flood defence projects
  • Macquarie Geotechnical - " An evaluate while drilling” solution for construction of bored piles
  • Mott MacDonald - GeoCortex: Transforming ground engineering through AI-driven knowledge harvesting
  • Network Rail, Mott MacDonald and JBA Consulting - Development and implementation of a national slope stability assessment framework for Network Rail
  • Tyréns Sweden AB - GeoBIM in Microsoft 365 teams: A business‑wide digital step‑change for geotechnics
  • VertaseFLI -  VertaVerse Materials Intelligence

Award for Equipment Innovation

  • Altrad RMD Kwikform - Tubeshor 1370
  • GB Card & Partners - Hybrid raft technology
  • Genius Energy Lab - Shared ground loop tool
  • Marshall Drilling - Development of spider excavator mounted drill mast
  • Osprey Measurement Systems - Osprey "Rapid Deploy" sensors: miniaturised, direct-push technology replacing legacy drill-and-grout methods for faster, safer geotechnical monitoring.
  • Sellafield, i3 Decommissioning Partners, Adapt (incl. GeoSonic Drilling and Forth) - All's well that ends well: Developing novel tools to support problematic well decommissioning
  • Socotec, Gears, Tarmac, Instantel, University of Liverpool and Mineral Products Association - Evidence-led blast monitoring technology for quarry operations
  • SolGen - Solar first temporary power using dynamic solar tracking and intelligent control
  • Structural Soils, CAN, Transport Scotland, AtkinsRéalis and WSP - Steep slope ground investigation rig
  • TotaLite - Compact, low-power optical monitoring for ground engineering

Award for Technical Excellence

  • Arcadis - Mitigating the risks created by selenite crystal growth within Waddesdon South Cutting
  • AtkinsRéalis - Qiddyia Six Flags theme park: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  • Card Geotechnics - Design-led geophysics and geospatial analysis for dissolution-prone solar developments
  • Cowi UK - Implementation of handheld LiDAR scanning technology in Lochay tunnels
  • Fidra Energy, Jones Bros Civil Engineering UK and Coffey Geotechnics - Thorpe Marsh BESS Development
  • Gears, Tarmac, Bam and Socotec - Assessment and mitigation of blasting effects to secure consent for the extension to Ravelrig Quarry
  • Geofem - Advanced satellite InSAR monitoring of the Central Prestatyn Coastal Defence Scheme
  • Jacobs UK - A83 saturation hazard matrix & alluvial automation
  • Robert Bird Group -  Automation of Advanced Soil Structure Interaction using Computational Design
  • Tobermore - Tobermore reinforced soil structures as an innovative alternative to traditional reinforced concrete bridge structures

Consulting Firm of the Year

  • AtkinsRéalis 
  • Arup 
  • Buro Happold Ground Engineering 
  • CGL 
  • Macfema 
  • Robert Bird Group 
  • Tony Gee and Partners 

Sponsored By

Contractor of the Year

  • Bachy Soletanche 
  • Bam Ground Engineering 
  • Cognition Land and Water 
  • Geotechnics 
  • Marshall Drilling 
  • Menard 
  • Structural Soils 
  • VSL UK 

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Champion

  • Association of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists - AGS EDI roadmap
  • British Tunnelling Society Young Members - Diversity, inclusion and women in tunnelling committee
  • Cundall - Rowshi Hussain
  • Robert Bird Group 

Excellence in Learning and Development

  • AtkinsRéalis - AtkinsRéalis GE&T academy
  • Dunton Environmental - Senior leadership & business skills training programmes
  • Geotechnics - Solid foundations, smarter futures: excellence in learning at Geotechnics
  • Robert Bird Group - 1:1 support, internal mentoring and coaching, graduate training and rotation, the code academy and chartership workshops

Excellence in Outreach

  • Jack Falk - Arup  - Inspiring the next generation of civil and geotechnical engineers
  • Bam Ground Engineering - Inspiring communities, empowering futures
  • Central Alliance - From Australia to the UK: Connection, Engagement and Mentoring of Students and Young Geoscientists
  • GSS Piling - Creating social value
  • Mott MacDonald - Making ground engineering visible at all stages of education
  • National Grid Electricity Transmission - STEM pathways outreach programme
  • QTS Group -  The Future of Rail
  • Structural Soils - Michael Addinall

Graduate and Apprentice Programme of the Year

  • AtkinsRéalis - Ground engineering and tunnelling apprentice programme
  • Geoquip Marine - Graduate development programme
  • Geotechnics - NextGen geotechnics pathway: Teaching, mentoring and coaching excellence and quality
  • Jacobs -  Tunnel and Ground Engineering early career programme
  • RSK Group - Graduate scheme
  • United Utilities - Ground engineering graduate programme

Ground Investigation Project of the Year

  • AtkinsRéalis - A83 Rest and Be Thankful long term solution GI
  • AtkinsRéalis - Broad Oak Water
  • AtkinsRéalis - Whitehaven tunnel
  • AtkinsRéalis, Beckett Rankine and St William Homes - Bromley-by-Bow gasworks
  • Bam Ground Engineering - Data that delivers: A holistic, low‑impact GI for a a critical transmission link
  • Dunelm Geotechnical and Environmental, Cundall and Flotation Energy - Green Volt offshore wind farm
  • Geotechnics and Severn Trent - Hathersage to Worksop trunk main GI
  • Thames Water, Arup-Binnies JV, Mott Macdonald, Arcadis, Costain,Turner & Townsend, Laing O’Rourke and Nichols Group - White Horse reservoir GI
  • Topdrill - New Mills GI & monitoring

Ground Investigation Specialist of the Year

  • Arcadis 
  • Bam Ground Engineering and Ground Investigation Team 
  • Dunelm Geotechnical and Environmental 
  • Geoquip Marine 
  • Geotechnics 
  • Igne Ground Investigation Scotland 
  • Marshall Drilling 
  • Soil and Structures 
  • Wheeler Site Investigation 

Health and Safety Award

  • Dunton Environmental - Behaviour safety: Stop cards rollout
  • SB3- Bachy Soletanche and Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering JV - Concrete line blockage management
  • SB3- Bachy Soletanche and Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering JV - Driving safety through digital visualization and simulation
  • Bylor - Engineering out risk: Innovating a seismically qualified uncompacted backfill
  • Bam Ground Engineering - From culture to construction: How Bam Ground Engineering achieved zero LTIs in 2025
  • Bam Ground Engineering - Hands on safety: Ending HAVS in tunnel repairs
  • Northumbria University  - Smart safety app
  • Fidra Energy, Jones Bros Civil Engineering UK and Coffey Geotechnics -  Thorpe Marsh BESS Development

International Project of the Year

  • Arup-Mott MacDonald JV - Central Kowloon bypass (Yau Ma Tei Section)
  • AtkinsRéalis - Northern european offshore windfarm cable landfall ground model
  • AtkinsRéalis and EirGrid - Powering up offshore south coast
  • States of Jersey Police  - States of Jersey Police Shooting Range
  • March Construction - Canterbury Museum redevelopment
  • Qiddyia - Qiddyia Six Flags theme park: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  • RSK Geosciences - Sea supply project
  • Structural Soils, Smart Seismic Solutions, Geotec SpA and RSK - Ground investigations for the future circular collider at CERN

Rising Star Award

  • Tom Anderson - Mott MacDonald
  • Andrew Bond - CGL
  • Judy Eid -  Tony Gee and Partners
  • Maritta Elias - Langan International UK
  • Rowshi Hussain - Cundall
  • Sima Jovanovic - Arup
  • Thomas Pennington - Klohn Crippen Berger
  • Alexandra Telford - Aecom
  • Callum Thorpe - Arup
  • Timo Zheng - University of Glasgow

Specialist Geotechnical Supplier of the Year

  • Holcim UK
  • Hyperion Robotics 
  • Macfema 
  • Marshall Drilling 
  • Minova International 
  • SolGen 
  • TotaLite 

Sponsored By

Sustainability Award

  • CGL - Delivering net zero outcomes through reuse of foundations (RuFUS)
  • Gears, Tarmac, Bam and Socotec - Ravelrig quarry blasting impact assessment, engagement & mitigation
  • HS2, National Highways, Expedition Engineering and PA Consulting - Accelerating the adoption of calcined clay
  • Hyperion Robotics - Low carbon 3D printed foundations
  • Keltbray, Wentworth, Arup and The Morton Partnership - Fifty Fenchurch Street
  • Mott Macdonald 
  • Network Rail, Taylor Woodrow and Systra - CP7 Wales and Western: Forest Farm
  • North Yorkshire Council - Fore Gill Bridge Rebuild Scheme: A Sustainable Approach to the Renewal of Ageing Rural Infrastructure
  • Brockwell Energy, Jones Bros, Tony Gee and Partners and Vibro Menard   - North Kyle wind farm
  • Transport for London - Transport for London’s carbon modelling tool for carbon reduction in geotechnical design

UK Geotechnical Team of the Year

  • Align-D: Rendel, Jacobs; Align JV: Bouygues Travaux Publics, VolkerFitzpatrick and Sir Robert McAlpine  -  C1 Earthworks - Western Valley Slopes – AlignJV IPT
  • Amey and National Highways - Southwest geotechnical team
  • AtkinsRéalis - Digital transformation of ground data team
  • AtkinsRéalis, WSP JV, Structural Soils and Transport Scotland - A83 Rest and Be Thankful long term solution GI team
  • Dunelm Geotechnical and Environmental, Cundall and Flotation Energy - Green volt
  • Keltbray, Wentworth, Arup and The Morton Partnership - Fifty Fenchurch Street
  • Network Rail, Murphy, AtkinsRéalis, Ainscough and Bam Nuttall - The Harlesden embankment delivery team
  • Network Rail, Taylor Woodrow and Systra - CP7 Wales and Western: Forest Farm team
  • Scottish Water, George Leslie, Cowi and WJ Groundwater - Provost driver court deep sewer repair
  • Southern Renewals Entreprise - Southern renewals entreprise
  • United Utilities, Keller and GDB - Impounding reservoir team

UK Project with a Geotechnical Value of up to £500K

  • AtkinsRéalis, Beckett Rankine and St William Homes - Bromley-by-Bow gasworks
  • Bam Ground Engineering - Engineering accessibility: Delivering step-free travel at Northolt and Leyton
  • CGL - Little Crow Solar & BESS
  • Geobear and Dorset Council - Bridport Harbour wall B restoration
  • Kent and Sussex Geotechnical - West Sussex Castle rock slope stabilisation
  • Oxford University, Beard Construction and Foundation Piling - Hertford college, Oxford
  • Pell Frischmann, Costain and Transport for London - Gallows corner fly-over upgrade
  • Whitby Wood and JRL Civil Engineering - Royal Mint Gardens
  • WSP - West Cliff landslip emergency works

UK Project with a Geotechnical Value of between £500K and £1M

  • Bachy Soletanche, Taylor Woodrow and Transport for London - Northfields depot enabling work
  • Bam Ground Engineering - Little haywood cutting: Safe, SMART, sustainable
  • Edwards Diving Services - Nant Morlais culvert repair
  • Menard - Tritax Kettering: Automated racking ground improvement solution
  • Mott MacDonald Bentley, Thames Water and HB Tunnelling - Faringdon storage solutions
  • Network Rail, Taylor Woodrow and Systra - CP7 W&W: Forest Farm
  • Shropshire Council, Kier and WSP - Stabilisation of A488 Hope Valley

Sponsored By

UK Project with a Geotechnical Value of between £1M and £3M

  • Arup, McLaren, Keller, Provectus and CAA Icon -  Cardiff Arena and Hotel
  • Bam Ground Engineering - Grutness Pier piling: Strong foundations in stormy water
  • Mott MacDonald Bentley, Severn Trent Water, Tensar, Active Tunnelling and JMH Directional Drilling - Cleobury Mortimer STW AMP7 replacement works
  • Mott MacDonald, Jones Bros Civil Engineering UK, Wrexham CBC, AtkinsRéalis and Corderoy - B5605 Newbridge landslide remediation
  • The QTS Group - Falls of Cruachan: A step above the norm
  • Tobermore, Fairhurst, Geoman and Esh - Sheepfolds subway
  • VolkerFitzpatrick, Network Rail, Ayesa, Keaveney Group as part of the Southern Renewals Entreprise - Robertsbridge sidings
  • VolkerFitzpatrick, Network Rail, Bam Ritchies, VolkerGroundEngineering and Maple Track services as part of the Southern Renewals Entreprise - Edenbridge Embankment
  • VolkerFitzpatrick, Network Rail, Tony Gee and Partners and ProRail as part of the Southern Renewals Entreprise - Westham and Pevensey Embankment
  • Walsh Associates - Wandsworth Mills

UK Project with a Geotechnical Value of between £3M and £10M

  • Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering - M25 junction 10 improvement scheme
  • Bam Ground Engineering - Deep thinking: Redefining safety and sustainability in Lochay Tunnels
  • Careys Civil Engineering - 30 Grosvenor square
  • Menard, Winvic Construction - Avonmouth – Axis 5 – Ground improvement solution
  • Mott Macdonald - Eastern Green link 2
  • Mott MacDonald Bentley, Northumbrian Water Group, FLI Precast and Active Tunnelling - Springwell enhancements
  • Network Rail, Murphy, Atkins Realis, Ainscough and Bam Nuttall - The Harlesden embankment remediation project
  • Structural Soils, the Restoration and Renewal Delivery Authority, Rsk Ordnance Management, Port of London Authority, Red 7 Marine and In Situ Site Investigations - Palace of Westminster marine surveys
  • Taylor Woodrow, Network Rail, Tony Gee & Partners and QTS Group - Long Ashton cutting
  • VolkerGround Engineering - Littleborough FRMS
  • VSL UK - SZC trench stability trials

UK Project with a Geotechnical Value over £10M

  • Brockwell Energy, Jones Bros, Tony Gee and Partners and Vibro Menard - North Kyle wind farm
  • Coffey Geotechnics, Network Rail - Hague Bar embankment remediation
  • Cognition Land and Water - Meridian Water strategic infrastructure works – Remediation and earthworks
  • Dunton Environmental -  Kilnwood Vale: Delivering Ground Engineering Excellence Across a 132-Hectare Landmark UK Landfill Redevelopment
  • Fidra Energy, Jones Bros Civil Engineering UK and Coffey Geotechnics - Thorpe Marsh BESS Development
  • Graham and Sweco - M25 junction 28 improvements scheme
  • Keltbray, Wentworth, Arup and The Morton Partnership - Fifty Fenchurch street
  • National Highways, Balfour Beatty, Arup, Zublin, Aecom -  A63 Castle Street Improvement
  • WSP UK, Alun Griffiths -  St Austell to A30 Link