What a night we had at the Celtic Manor on Friday 12th June!
The atmosphere at our 20th CEW Awards was fantastic, with a real sense of celebration throughout the evening. It was wonderful to welcome so many people to what has become the biggest, best, and busiest awards night in the Welsh construction calendar. More than 540 guests joined us to celebrate the outstanding achievements of this year’s winners and highly commended projects, organisations, and individuals.
Congratulations to all of our winners and highly commended recipients, who are featured below. Your achievements showcase the talent, innovation, and excellence that continue to drive the Welsh construction industry forward.
A huge thank you also goes to everyone who attended the dinner, our valued sponsors for their continued support, and our dedicated judges who generously gave their time and expertise throughout the judging process.
Thank you all for helping to make the CEW Awards 2026 such a memorable evening, we received some great feedback a few quotes are included below:
It was a wonderful event…huge congratulations on such a brilliant bit of organizing!
The evening, as always, was a fantastic success, made even better by our award. Each year you do a fantastic job of pulling everything together and organising everything, which is no small feat.
Thank you for a fantastic awards evening. We thoroughly enjoyed the event and felt it was very well organised. It was a great opportunity to celebrate with our team and recognise the achievements of so many businesses across Wales.
I think the event went exceptionally well and don’t have anything negative to offer and its hard to suggest where improvements can be made, I think it the format, setting, food, venue, host was all of a exceptionally high standard. Congratulations to you for all your hard work and efforts and making the evening what it was, a success!
CEW Award Winners 2026:
Building Project of the Year over £5m
CanfodAu – Centre for Engineering & Innovation – Wynne Construction, Wrexham University, Lovelock Mitchell
Building Project of the Year under £5m
Flat Holm: ‘A Walk Through Time’ – Knox & Wells, WSP, Cardiff Council, CMS Group, Lottery Heritage Fund
Client of the Year Award
Swansea Council
Delivering Value Award
Ysgol Croes Atti: Value Built In, Not Bolted On – Read Construction, Flintshire Council, Lovelock Mitchell, JP Structural, Davies Partnership
G4C Future Leader Award
Jack Jones, R&M Williams – WINNER
Chelbie Jones, Bouygues UK – HIGHLY COMMENDED
Innovation Award
Fairwater Community Campus – BESL, Blake Morgan, Cardiff Council, CMB Engineering
Infrastructure Project of the Year
Mumbles Coastal Protection Scheme – Knights Brown, Swansea Council, Thames Valley Construction
Integration & Collaborative Working Award
Dyffryn Rhondda Tip Stabilisation (Dyffryn Rhondda) – Walters UK, Neath Port Talbot CBC, WSP
People & Culture Award
Wates Residential – Building a fair place where everyone can thrive
Regeneration & Conservation Award
Flat Holm ‘A Walk Through Time’ – Knox & Wells, WSP, Cardiff Council, CMS Group, Lottery Heritage Fund
Residential Project of the Year
The Cascade – Langstone Construction, Codi Group, Powell Dobson
Retrofit Award
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru | National Library of Wales – DB3 Group, LEB Construction, Aber Heating, Arctic Glaze, Fentrade, RCA Engineering, Will Davey
SME of the Year 1-50
Morgan Construction Wales
SME of the Year 51-250
Thames Valley Construction & Civil Engineering Ltd
Social Impact Award
Prince Charles Hospital Refurbishment – Phase 2 – Tilbury Douglas, Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Sustainability Award
144 ultra-low-carbon homes at Gwynfaen – JG Hale Group Ltd, Stride Treglown, So Modular