24 August 2023

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With less than two weeks until we come together for the Construction Sector Accord Beacons Awards, we wanted to take a moment to congratulate all our finalists across the event.

Open Nominations category finalists

This year, for the first time we invited the wider sector to nominate examples of good practice and innovation across the construction and infrastructure sectors. We were overwhelmed by the response. With over 40 exceptional nominations to choose from, the judges have had the difficult job of narrowing it down to ten finalists.

Today, we are pleased to be able to announce the finalists for our new open nominations category.

• McConnell Dowell
• Spaceworks Interior Architecture
• Watercare Services Limited and Ghella Abergeldie Joint Venture
• Rāranga Limited 
• Dwell Housing Trust
• Ministry of Education
• Summerset Management Group
• John Fillmore Contracting (JFC)
• Martinus Rail New Zealand
• Dunlop Builders

Winners will be announced at the Beacons Awards event on Wednesday 6 September in Wellington.

If you have not yet purchased your tickets to the awards, please get in quick as we expect these to sell out this coming week.

Congratulations again to the Beacons Supreme Award Finalists 2023.

Last week we announced the finalists in our supreme award category - those case studies the Accord has previously selected to showcase through our full case study process between 2022-2023.

• Supplier diversity contracting for broader outcomes
• MJH Engineering runs successful welder training programme
• Scafit - people centric approach to staff wellbeing and development
• Naylor Love - Diverting construction waste
• Te Wānanga o Raukawa
• Relationship based contracting for complex projects
• Kāinga Ora Passive House standard
• QOROX 3D printing technology
• Auckland District Health Board - Targeting Critical Skills Gaps

Thank you to all of those who took the time to send in a nomination this year - the high calibre of projects and initiatives coming through was inspirational.

We have some exciting developments in the pipeline that will help us to recognise and share even more Beacons in 2024 – watch this space.

In the meantime, we look forward to celebrating the mahi of those at the cutting edge of good construction the Construction Sector Accord Beacons Awards Event on September 6^th 2023. See you there.

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