We recently attended the Constructing Excellence Essex Club (CEEC) Awards, with Sarah Pittard, Mark Scaife, Nick Swainston and Robert Holland there to represent Cahill Design Consultants.
We were delighted to come away with the Innovation Award, recognising the work we have been doing over the past year to embed innovation into the business and explore new, practical ways of improving how we work and how we support our clients.
Our focus has been on building understanding and confidence across the team. Through the introduction of our AI First initiative, staff across the business were encouraged to explore where artificial intelligence could help reduce repetition, improve efficiency and enhance the client experience. This approach led to the identification of a number of AI use cases and the early development of a document analysis approach designed to help clients navigate complex technical reports more easily.
Winning the Innovation Award is a real credit to everyone involved and reflects the commitment, collaboration and curiosity shown across the business while continuing to meet the demands of day‑to‑day project delivery.
It was also great to see the Queen Street project, delivered by Horizon Construction Group and supported by the wider consultant team, pick up both Building Project of the Year and Conservation and Regeneration awards. We were proud to have contributed to a project that received such strong recognition.
Thank you to Constructing Excellence Essex for a very enjoyable event, and congratulations to everyone who was shortlisted, commended or took home an award on the day.
