CECA Midlands Annual Dinner & Awards 2023 took place at the Macdonald Burlington Hotel, Birmingham on 14 September and brought together over 350 contractors, local stakeholders, and major clients for a glittering night of celebration. Celebrating our world class civil engineering industry and the individuals and teams that make it just that, by delivering outstanding performance.
The award nominations were of extremely high calibre with the judges nominating Highly Commended in a number of categories. The winners of the categories for 2023 were:
- Project of the Year 2023 up to £3 Million
Winners – Freyssinet
Highly Commended – Currall, Lewis and Martin
- Project of The Year 2023 over £3 Million
Winners – Balfour Beatty
Highly Commended – Danaher and Walsh
- Environmental Excellence Award 2023
Winners – Currall, Lewis and Martin
Highly Commended – Jackson Civil Engineering
- Social Value Award 2023
Winners- WINVIC
Highly Commended – Jackson Civil Engineering
- Most Promising Apprentice 2023
Winner – Callum King, Aggregate Industries UK Limited
Highly Commended – Joe Tregartha, Buckingham Group Contracting Limited
Highly Commended – Pym Westrix, R&C Williams
- Lifetime Achievement Award
Nigel Drew, R&C Williams
Nominated Charity – Tabor Living
Our wonderful guests and members raised £1982 on the night for Tabor Living, a charity supporting homeless individuals across the Midlands to transition back into society through a personalised support plan and a place to ‘live’ for up to 18 months The charity has a 50% success rate for client users and also supports the wider community through a variety of community engagement initiatives.
The night was topped off with after dinner entertainment from Toyah Willcox, who gave a insight into her working life and also entertained the crowd with a few musical numbers.
We would also like to express our gratitude to all our sponsors whom without this event would not have been able to go ahead.