On Friday October 11, hundreds of industry professionals gathered at Double Tree by Hilton Hotel in central Glasgow to recognise some of the sector’s most talented individuals.

Stuart Burgess of Tilbury Douglas was crowned as this year’s Project Manager of the Year, while Ianna Roche of Balfour Beatty scooped the coveted Graduate of the Year title.

Other winners included:

• Site Manager of the Year – Joanne Fuller-Wilson
• Trailblazer of the Year – Lewis Quinn
• Project Professional of the Year – Michael Braiden
• Open Award – Ron Sutherland 

Congratulating all the winners, Caroline Gumble, CEO at CIOB, said: “I am delighted to offer my congratulations to all the winners at the CIOB Scotland Awards. We have a very active, committed and hard-working membership community in Scotland and the winners this year, including CIOB members among them, all reflect these qualities and are excellent examples of professionalism in construction.

“I’m already looking forward to seeing the nominations flow in for our next CIOB Scotland Awards ceremony in 2025.”

The CIOB Awards in Scotland is an annual event hosted by CIOB to recognise the incredible work carried out by construction professionals in Scotland. It is a fully inclusive celebration welcoming members and non-members of CIOB.

The awards ceremony was overseen by representatives from Gold sponsors Competence Matters and Contract Scotland as well as from Silver sponsors Training LMS, MPMH, Veitchi Group. McConnell, Aitkin Realis, Zeus Industrial Services and Halliday Construction Contracts.