FIDIC Official International Gala Dinner and Contract Users’ Awards

The FIDIC Official Contract Users’ Conference International Gala Dinner and Contract Users’ Awards recognise excellence in the use of FIDIC contract forms for project delivery and showcase examples of good practice through collaboration from across the world.

Entries for these prestigious awards will open on 3 May 2023. Entering the awards couldn’t be easier, with an easy-to-follow, step-by-step online submission process. Entrants are able to save their entry and return to it to complete later, making the process straightforward and more user-friendly than ever before.

The closing date for submitting entries to all the Contract Users' Awards is 18 August 2023.

Winners will be announced during the Gala Dinner and Contract Users' Awards Ceremony which takes place in London as an in-person event on Tuesday 28 November 2023.


The table below gives an at-a-glance guide to each award.

You can read more about the winners of the 2022 FIDIC Contract Users’ Awards in the button below.

2022 FIDIC Contract Users’ Awards Winners

2023 Contract Users' Award judging panel

FIDIC Contract Users' Award

What / Who is it for

Who can apply

Requirements

FIDIC Contracts Project of the year

Any project procured under a FIDIC Contract

Individual / Organisation / Company

- Involvement and role within project(s)
- Use of FIDIC contracts
- Description of best practice achieved 
- Emphasis on the 1999 or 2017 editions of the FIDIC contract form

FIDIC Contracts Client of the year

Any client or organisation

Individual / Organisation / Company

- Use of FIDIC contracts
- Engagement with the supply chain in the project(s) and procurement method used
- Description of best practice achieved with supply chain
- Emphasis on the 1999 or 2017 editions of the FIDIC contract form

FIDIC Contracts Consultant of the year

Engineers / consultancy firms

Consultant / Company

- Use of FIDIC contracts
- Engagement with the client and supply chain in the project(s) and performance of the procurement
- Description of best practice achieved
- Emphasis on the 1999 or 2017 editions of the FIDIC contract form

FIDIC Contracts Contractor of the year

Contractors

Company

- Use of FIDIC contracts
- Engagement with the supply chain and clients and procurement method used
- Description of best practice achieved
- Emphasis on the 1999 or 2017 editions of the FIDIC contract form

FIDIC Contracts Legal firm of the year

Contributors to the wider use of FIDIC contracts 

Company

- Use of FIDIC contracts
- Legal services provided

FIDIC Contracts Trainer(s) of the year

Trainers of FIDIC contracts

Individual / Company

- How the training was delivered
- Engagement with FIDIC and its training processes

FIDIC Contracts Adjudicator of the year

Adjudication services for FIDIC contracts

Individual / Company

- How the adjudication was delivered
- Engagement with FIDIC and its adjudicator processes