FIS is delighted to announce the finalists for our 2026 Innovation Awards. The awards aim to shine a light on innovation, debunking the myth that our sector is not innovative. The Awards comprise three categories, Digital, Sustainability and Product. A judging panel was set up for each category, who independently assessed all entries.

Digital

• KOPE for its AI platform for productization, KOPE
• Hooped for its construction-specific digital workforce assurance platform, Hooped
• Travis Perkins (CCF) for its digital platform, CONNECT which supports more accurate compliance and carbon reporting.

Sustainability

• Betan for its independent partition testing service, B-Test
• Collins Construction for its closed-loop recycling process, Circular Glass Recycling
• SAS International for its service and product line, Recover

Product

• Betan for its patented structural opening system, B-Post
• Bravi Platforms the first platform specifically designed for residential construction, Residential 170
• British Gypsum for its industry-first, evidence-based Fire Rated Junction (FRJ) Guide
• Circular Ceilings for its sustainable building material, KindCarbon KindCore
• DVM Global for its Capsule Cocoons
• Nova Plasterboard Systems for its Nova Track, designed to simplify and streamline the installation of plasterboard ceilings

Congratulations to all our finalists and thank you to everyone who entered. The winners will be announced at the winners at the FIS Awards Dinner on 22 October at Whittlebury Park in Northamptonshire.If you’ve not yet secured your seats, you can do so now at https://www.thefis.org/project/fis-innovation-awards-dinner/

Today we have announced the winners of our annual Contractors Awards at a gala lunch held at Royal Lancaster Hotel in the heart of London.

The ceremony honoured the remarkable craftsmanship, exceptional collaboration and exemplary adherence to best practices within the finishes and interiors community.  Showcasing a diverse array of fantastic projects, the event recognised the outstanding achievements of FIS members in eight categories.

Guest judge Stephen Wightman, Director at UK MMC Lead, announced Roskel Contracts for its work at Haymarket Square, as the winner of the 2026 Project of the Year, which he selected from the award-winning projects. Here is what Stephen had to say:

“In assessing the Project of the Year I was looking for a project that showed a wide scope of work, a challenging delivery environment and one that delivered the very highest quality finishes. This project stood out for the breadth of details, the quality of the finish, the challenging geometry, overcoming significant access challenges, and the overall scale of the finished product. This project is an outstanding example of how the interior fit out industry works with designers and the client team to adapt and innovate and deliver a project with a real WOW factor.”

Winners

Interior Fit-Out sponsored by SIG
Large contracts: Bespoke Construction Services – Project Queen Fit Out

Small contracts: Astra Office Interiors – Linde Demo Area

Partitioning sponsored by Protektor
Large contracts: Indeglas – Haymarket Buildings 4 & 5

Small contracts: ML Interiors – Private Investment Company

Partitioning – Operable Walls sponsored by Protektor
Style Group – Excel Exhibition Centre – Phase 3

Plastering Fibrous and GRG sponsored by Go Interiors
George Jackson – The Chancery Rosewood

Plastering – Internal sponsored by Go Interiors
V&D Interiors – Bilton Grange Preparatory School

Drylining Commercial sponsored by CCF
Roskel Contracts – Haymarket Square

Drylining Residential sponsored by British Gypsum
Linear Projects – Square Gardens – Block D

Ceilings sponsored by Zentia
Large contracts: Measom Dryline – The Chancery Rosewood Hotel
Small contracts: Drywall Contracts – East Midlands Airport

Steel Framed Systems sponsored by Hadley Group
Veitchi Interiors – New Tain Royal Academy

Acoustic Excellence – sponsored by Rockfon
Vertex Acoustics – Café 24 – Goodwood Art Foundation

Most Sustainable Project sponsored by Alpha Drywall Systems
Drummond Street by Simplicity Specialist Finishes

Project of the Year sponsored by Nevill Long
Haymarket Square by Roskel Contracts

Commenting on this year’s nominees, Independent FIS Award Judges, Tony Pieri and Colin Hunter said:

“As judges, we have again seen a high volume of excellent entries for the awards. All of them, in their own inimitable way, exhibit high levels of quality workmanship, ingenuity and collaboration. We don’t just judge these projects on their overall finished appearance.

“Other factors – sustainability, design input, problem-solving, logistics, value-added initiatives and integration – are all factored into our assessment of the work involved. As ever, the final judging evaluation comes down to minimal decimal point differentiation between those achieving or not achieving an award. And as usual, FIS contractor members have excelled themselves in presenting to us a myriad of high-quality, stunning projects.

“To us, many of them are good enough to receive gold standard recognition; so all companies that have submitted projects should be proud of the work they have done. It remains a real credit to FIS and its members.

“Ultimately, we judges have to make the difficult task of deciding who wins. So congratulations to the winners, and well done to the ‘nearly winners’. It has been a real pleasure for Colin and me to witness such outstanding and varied work again this year, so thank you to everyone for the courtesy and valuable time you have generously extended to us on our visits.”

 For further information about the 2027 awards, which will open for submission in July, contact us on info@thefis.org or call 0121 707 0077.