Winners of the BESA Industry Awards revealed

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) unveiled the winners and highly commended in its record breaking 2024 Industry Awards which took place on 17 October at London’s historic Brewery, Chiswell Street.

Outstanding businesses and individuals were recognised across 14 awards categories covering innovative projects, products and initiatives supported by a new record of over 100 entries.

More than 450 industry figures attended the awards dinner which followed the Association’s Annual Conference at the same venue earlier in the day.

There was a special presentation in memory of Skanska’s Rob Lambert who died earlier this year having been a long-standing and much respected member of BESA’s technical committee.

The President’s Award for Outstanding Achievement went to Dave Kieft of EFT Consult for his pioneering work on driving the UK’s first technical standard for health & wellbeing in buildings.

BESA’s first Rising Star award was presented to the incoming chair of its NextGen Network, Ibrahim Qadir from Vital Energi reflecting the Association’s ongoing commitment to support emerging talent and the next generation of building services engineers.

Several other new categories were introduced for 2024 including Retrofit Project of the Year to reflect the growing focus on refurbishment of existing buildings to meet net zero targets and improve occupant health and wellbeing.

The increased focus on training and skills led to the first Training Provider of the Year Award for BESA’s training partners. A new Competence and Compliance category also celebrated the growing focus on raising professional standards and helping building engineering firms prove their ability to comply with increasingly stringent legislation.

The awards categories covered the full supply chain from manufacturers and distributors through to contractors, engineers, and clients, and reflected the industry’s efforts to get to grips with some of society’s biggest issues like building safety, indoor air quality, and diversity.

Full details of the winners of the BESA’s Industry Awards 2024 can be found here.