Nominations for the Big Project ME Awards 2021 will close on December 12, 2021, the editorial team has confirmed, with the deadline for nominations at 6PM on the day.

This year, in a bid to help companies submit strong nominations, the Big Project ME team will be conducting interviews with judges from the 2020 event and will be seen on the staging.bigprojectme.com/ LinkedIn page. The December issue of Big Project ME will also feature concise guidelines from the judges about their nomination suggestions.

Nominees are advised to keep an eye out for these.

Following the close of nominations in December, the Big Project Middle East team will begin the first round of eliminations. The nominations that make it through to the second round of will then be sent to a new set of judges, handpicked by the editorial team. Following a period of individual deliberation by the judges, they will then convene in person and vote on the strongest submissions for the final shortlist to presented on the night of the awards.

The panel of judges will be revealed on the night of the awards, and will be professionals from across the construction sphere, including consultants, architects, designers and academics.

The Big Project ME Awards 2021 will be held on January 24, 2022. There are 20 categories up for nomination, including high-profile awards such as Contractor of the Year, Developer of the Year, and of course Project of the Year.

With Expo 2020 Dubai expected to be at the forefront of this year’s awards, the editorial team has created a special category for this year’s event – the EXPO 2020 Dubai: Best Pavilion Award, which will reward the best pavilion at the megaevent.

For more information and to submit your nomination ahead of the deadline, please visit: www.bigprojectmeawards.com