Judges

Judges are selected from major contractors and industry figures who contribute valuable time and effort to work through hundreds of entries, reviewing each against strict criteria and attributing scores aimed at rewarding and recognising the very best of the construction industry.

Judging process

The NCE Tunnelling Awards 2025 will have a panel of judges representing leading clients, academics, designers and contractors who will review your entry online before discussing together who the winner should be.

Each stage is designed to provide a fair and transparent process. Please note if you are chosen as a finalist by our judges you will need to present to our judging panel. The final dates per category will be published soon.

Stage 1: Online Judging – once the entry phase closes, the judges will review online and score each submission to determine the shortlist.

Stage 2: Finalists for the majority of categories will be judged via closed roundtables, based entirely on the written entries, so do include supporting evidence.

New Live Presentations at the event:

As part of the programme for 2025, the shortlist for following categories will be judged live during the conference ahead of the evening awards:

• Carbon & Sustainability Initiative
• Tunnelling Contractor of the Year
• Tunnelling Project Team of the Year

If you are planning to enter these three categories please make sure you can be at the event.

The shortlists for the other categories will be judged by closed roundtables by our judges.