The 2026 Awards will take place at the Annual Conference, on 16th June at the Treehouse Hotel, Manchester, where the shortlisted entrants will give four minute presentations. The results will be announced at a dinner that evening and the awards will be presented.

The Conference programme is available here and a booking form is available here 

The awards promote and recognise excellence among UK acoustic consultants and look for examples of work that displays innovation, and originality in acoustic design or approach to a particular project.

Below are the shortlisted entries.

Health, Wellbeing and Inclusion (sponsored by Oscar Acoustics)

Acoustic Consultants – 19 Hills Health & Wellbeing Centre

AtkinsRealis – Lisburne SEND Primary School

Venues (sponsored by Zentia)

AECOM – EMD Walthamstow

Cundall – Tides

Red Twin – Arena Torquay

SLR Consulting – Sandon Bury Farm

Vibration Prediction and Control (sponsored by CDM Stravitec)

Bickerdike Allen Partners LLP – Destoner

PDA Ltd – Facade Wind Noise and Vibration Mitigation Guildford Rail Station

Bickerdike Allen Partners LLP – Sound-Induced Vibration and Risk to Museum Collections

Environmental Noise : Infrastructure (sponsored by ANV Measurement Systems)

AECOM – Diriyah Square Road Tunnel

Stantec – Severn Trent Water Treatment Upgrade Projects

AECOM – Transpennine Route Upgrade

Environmental Noise : Non Infrastructure (sponsored by Getzner)

Acoustic Consultants – Gravity Industries

Apex Acoustics and Sustainable Acoustics – Grievesons Yard

WSP – Barking Riverside 

Building Acoustics (sponsored by AcSoft)

Acoustic Consultants – University of Gloucestershire City Campus

Hoare Lea – Radley College

Ramboll – MasterChef, Birmingham

Sustainability (sponsored by Pliteq)

AECOM – Morden Wharf

AtkinsRealis – SWTRA Vegetation Attenuation Noise Study

Sustainable Acoustics – B Corporation Journey

Innovation (sponsored by Mason)

Acoustic Consultants – Gravity Industries

Create Consulting Engineers – Bodleian Storage Facility

Cundall – Tides