Annual Dinner & Awards 2026
We are pleased to advise that the CECA Midlands Dinner & Awards Evening will take place at the Burlington Hotel, Birmingham on Thursday 10 September 2026, 6.15pm-late.
Our flagship networking event will bring together 330 people for the biggest networking event of the CECA Midlands calendar. We are once again looking to celebrate the fantastic civil engineering projects undertaken and amazing people who work in our sector across the Midlands region.
Our host and speaker will be Ben Hanlin who is an entertainer, magician and distinguished keynote speaker, and our nominated charity for the evening is Black Dog outdoors, a charity supporting mental health.
You can book tables of 10 or there is also the option to book tickets of 5 for those not wishing to take a full table.
If you would like to attend, please complete this booking form and return it to Lisa Hollington.
We do hope you are able to join us for a wonderful entertaining evening to celebrate the Civil Engineering sector across the Midlands.
CECA MIDLANDS AWARDS 2026
These Awards celebrate the best projects and people in our sector and our award categories for 2025 are as follows. Click the link to download a nomination form for each category:
- Project of the Year 0- £3 million – click here.
- Project of the Year £3 million- £10 million – click here.
- Project of the Year over £10 million- click here.
- Client Team of the Year- click here.
- Innovation Award – click here.
- Social Value of the Year Award – click here.
- Most Promising Apprentice – click here.
- Employee of the Year – click here.
- Lifetime Achievement – click here.
Completed Nomination Forms should be returned no later than 5.00pm on Friday 12 June 2026.
Please note that submissions are restricted to one per category per member company, however, you can still submit in all categories.
The Awards will be announced at the CECA Midlands Annual Dinner & Awards Event in Birmingham on Thursday 10 September 2026.
Please note that no prior notification of award winners will be announced before the event.
Winners will receive a framed certificate and an inscribed trophy.
In addition, depending on the quality of nominations received, the Judges may decide to make a “Highly Commended” award to the runner up in one or more of the categories.
We look forward to receiving your submission and announcing the winners at the evening to celebrate the remarkable achievements of the individuals, teams and companies across our sector.
With thanks to our sponsors:








CECA Midlands is delighted to be able to share with you our Sponsorship Packages for 2026, ahead of our Annual Dinner.
All sponsorship packages are unique, offer superb benefits and are priced to suit every budget. Sponsorship of CECA Midlands Annual Dinner and Awards puts your company in front of approximately 350 industry professionals, key clients and stakeholders, local Politician’s and dignitaries.
Further details on all our packages can be found in the attached document along with the terms and conditions.
Closing date for all sponsorship requests is 5.00pm, 19 June 2026. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
