The Federation of Piling Specialists (FPS) is pleased to reveal the shortlist for the anticipated 2025 FPS Awards. This year, the FPS received an exceptional 40 entries across seven categories, each highlighting the industry’s innovation, skill and dedication to best practice.
Our distinguished panel of judges, including Jim De Waele (Coudrier), Tony Sucking (A-squared Studio Engineers), Cameron Foley (Invennt) and Nirmal Tiwari (Mentor and Advisor), faced the difficult task of selecting the finalists from a wealth of outstanding submissions.
The shortlisted finalists are:
Safety Innovation Award
- – BAM Ritchies – Hands on Safety: Ending HAVS in Tunnel Repairs
- – Bauer/Keller JV – Collective Protection and Sampling Slurry Walls
- – Cementation Skanska – Visual RAMS
- – Delta Concrete Products – Blow Out Cannon
Sustainability Award
- – Bachy Soletanche, Canary Wharf Contractors, Arup and London Concrete – Sustainable CEM VI Limestone Fines Cement
- – Casagrande & Expanded Piling – Casagrande B175XP Hybrid Piling Rig
- – DAWSON WAM – Reuse that Scales: A Replicable Framework for Low-Carbon Sheet-Pile Walls
- – Junttan – UK’s First Battery Pile Driving Rig
Geotechnical Solutions Award
- – BAM Ritchies – Huddersfield Tunnel Repairs
- – Keltbray Built Environment – 50 Fenchurch Street Project
- – Roger Bullivant – Bespoke Piling Solutions: Yarm Viaduct Regeneration
- – Van Elle – TRU – Pier 8
Project Leadership Award
- – Danny Bunting, Van Elle
- – Fernando Bienes, Expanded Piling
- – Paul Keime, Bachy Soletanche
- – Vitor Marques, Cementation Skanska
Geotechnical Team of the Year Award
- – Bachy Soletanche, Canary Wharf Contractors, Arup & Red7Marine – Eden Dock Bridge Marine Piling, Canary Wharf
- – BAM Ritchies, Murphy Group, Atkins & Network Rail – Harlesden Embankment Stabilisation
- – DAWSON WAM & Van Elle – SMP Alliance – NEAR Piled Retaining Structures
- – Roger Bullivant – Bespoke Piling Solutions: Yarm Viaduct Regeneration
The winners of all categories, including the Chair’s Award and Lifetime Achievement Award, will be announced at the FPS Awards 2025, which take place on Friday 21st November 2025, at the five-star Hilton London Bankside Hotel.
Widely regarded as one of the premier highlights of the geotechnical calendar, the event brings together members, colleagues and industry leaders for a night of recognition, inspiration and celebration.
The ceremony will be hosted by actor and presenter Alexander Armstrong, alongside FPS Chair Malcolm O’Sullivan, and promises an unforgettable evening of entertainment, networking and celebration.
The FPS extends its sincere thanks to all those who entered this year’s Awards. Your hard work, innovation and commitment continue to raise standards across the piling and ground engineering community.
Full event details and registration information can be found here: https://www.fps.org.uk/events/fps-awards-2025/](https://www.fps.org.uk/events/fps-awards-2025/