Last edited 27 Feb 2023

Digital construction awards

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Digital Construction Awards 2023 July 4, The entry deadline has been extended by a week from March 10 to March 17, 2023. Enter now here. https://dca22.evessiocloud.com/2023/en/page/home

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[edit] Introduction

The Digital Construction Awards have been running for a few years and celebrates the most pioneering projects, teams, and individuals championing innovation and technology in the built environment, whether at the bleeding edge of technology and digitalisation or exploring digital technologies and processes for the first time. The organisers want to share and recognise the incredible efforts from across the sector in driving our industry forward.

The 2023 awards are open to the entire industry. Run in partnership with Digital Construction Week, BIMplus, Construction Management and the Chartered Institute of Building. With 12 prestigious categories to enter, this is your chance to showcase the outstanding work you’ve been doing over the past 12 months.

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[edit] Categories

[edit] Best Application of Technology

This category will recognise the application of a specific technology. The manufacturer or vendor should not be the focus of your entry, rather it should focus on how the associated technology has been applied to a particular challenge or solved a specific problem. For example, rather than the USPs of a specific VR headset, in this case we want to know how VR has changed the way you work or offer value to your clients.

[edit] Best use of data on a project

This category recognises the use of data to enhance design, construction processes or asset management on a building or infrastructure project.

[edit] Delivering net zero with digital innovation

This category recognises those organisations whose vision of the future is an industry that places great importance on carbon efficiency. An industry that continuously measures and manages carbon through all project stages, basing project decisions on CO2e emissions, not just cost and time.

Entries should focus on how digital tools, methods, and skills are improving the performance of projects and leading to lower emissions. This may include, but is not limited to maximising DfMA, material selection, construction plant, equipment, labour, and transport and the role of technology and digitalisation in these areas.

The entry should focus on a specific innovation that has led to reduced emissions towards net zero.

[edit] Digital construction project of the year

This category celebrates what can be achieved through the successful implementation and adoption of digital technologies and processes on a project. This is not about one specific issue or challenge, but about how a digital approach has enabled better outcomes for a project overall.

Judges will be looking for clear- and thought-out client requirements and engagement, collaborative dialogue and engagement with supply chain, and how this has enabled better project outcomes.

The project your entry is focused on can be of any capital value. Judges will be directed to review the entries in the light of the size/scope of the entrants, and thus entries from SMEs will be able to be judged fairly alongside those from major contractors.

[edit] Digital contractor of the year

This category will reward the contractormain contractor or specialist – that has demonstrated excellence and transformed their business through the adoption of digitalisation, digital methodologies and/or technologies. Entries should explain the steps taken to change the way they work and the positive impact this has had on the business.

[edit] Digital consultancy of the year

This category will reward the digital consultancy that has demonstrated excellence and helped their client(s) transform their businesses or projects through the adoption of digital processes and technologies. Entries should explain the steps taken to change the way they work and the positive impact this has had on the business.

[edit] Digital collaboration of the year

This category recognises the best use of digitalisation/digital methodologies and/or technologies to enhance collaboration between two or more organisations on a project, at any level of the supply chain.

[edit] Digital innovation in asset management

This award recognises the use of digital technology and processes in asset management. Outcomes your entry might focus on include improved operational efficiency of the asset, more sustainable operation, improved maintenance regimes, the steps towards compliance with the golden thread, etc.

Necessarily information management will be at the heart of your entry.

Your entry can focus on management of an existing asset(s) or the steps taken to enable effective asset management of a new asset(s) (being built) or both.

We welcome entries from across the built environment, so the asset being managed could for example be a public or private building, a road, rail, or housing.

[edit] Digital innovation in productivity

This category recognises the use of digitalisation, digital methodologies and/or technologies to enhance the productivity of construction workers on a project or projects.

[edit] Digital innovation in health, safety and wellbeing

This category recognises the use of digitalisation, digital methodologies and/or technologies to enhance health, safety and wellbeing among workers on a construction project or projects.

[edit] Digital construction champion of the year

This category recognises an individual who has played a key role championing digital transformation on a project, in an organisation, or an industry sector, during their career.

[edit] Digital rising star of the year

This category recognises an individual who has been in the construction industry for five years or less and has used digitalisation, digital methodologies and/or technologies to achieve excellence in their work, and help advance digital transformation on a project or in an organisation.

Text based on the award categories from the awards site, for more information visit the site directly here

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