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School of Built Environment, Engineering and Computing

Short List Announced - Constructing Excellence in Yorkshire and Humber Awards (CEYH) 2019

Organised by our school CEYH Awards focuses attention on some of the most important issues in the construction sector. They recognise the very best companies, collaborations and projects sharing best practice and inspiring others to adopt new and better ways of working that deliver outstanding results.

Written By

Donna Lee

Published on 10 Jun 2019

All types of organisations enter our awards each year; private and public sector, micro, SME and large contractors, designers, consultants, clients and suppliers – in fact anyone and everyone that is part of construction’s extended family.

From all those entrants our judges select the very best projects, schemes and teams to go forward to represent the Yorkshire and Humber region at the national Constructing Excellence Awards in November.

Short List Revealed - Congratulations to all our lucky finalists who have made the shortlist for the 2019 Constructing Excellence Yorkshire and Humber Awards! We have some fantastic projects and teams that have made the coveted shortlist this year and our judges had some very difficult decisions to make.

Who will triumph this year? We look forward to revealing our winners and celebrating their success at our awards on Thursday 11 July 2019.

Our prestigious award ceremony is your opportunity to network with over 350 of your professional peers representing the full spectrum of the regional built environment sector. The awards continue to grow year on year providing a fantastic platform to showcase the industry leaders who are disrupting existing delivery models and changing the way the region builds for the better.

Constructing Excellence in Yorkshire and Humber (CEYH) is the regional partner to Constructing Excellence, the single organisation charged with driving the change agenda in construction, housing and regeneration.

It is run by the School of Built Environment and Engineering at Leeds Beckett University.