FIDIC has announced the overall winners of its prestigious Project Awards for 2025 at a glittering gala dinner event held in Geneva on 23 September 2025.
Winners of the awards, which were presented during the 2025 FIDIC Global Infrastructure Awards Gala Dinner, sponsored by infrastructure, engineering and advisory practice, Zutari, showcase and highlight the achievements and successes of consulting engineering member firms and their clients across the globe and the important impact their construction and infrastructure projects have on social, economic and environmental quality of life around the world.
A global list of 14 infrastructure projects from across ten countries were awarded winners and highly commended awards at the Cape Town event, which was attended by engineering, construction and infrastructure professionals from across the world. Awards were given to projects in the following categories – Megaproject, Large Project, Medium to Large Project, Small to Medium Project and Small Project.
Commenting on the results of the awards, outgoing FIDIC president Catherine Karakatsanis said: “I’m so proud that once again this year we are able to highlight the best of our industry, the difference it makes and the lasting contribution that engineers and other professionals in the infrastructure sector make to society on a worldwide scale. The successful projects this year reflects the excellence of the work of consulting engineers and the value that our industry brings to society by planning, developing and delivering world-class projects.”
The full list of five winners and nine highly commended entries is listed below, together with the client and engineering consultants involved in the project.
Winner - Project of the Year (Megaproject)
Sphere, Las Vegas, USA.
Client: Sphere Entertainment Co. Engineer: Severud Associates Consulting Engineers.
Winner - Project of the Year (Megaproject)
Shenzhen–Zhongshan Link, China.
Client: Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link Management Center. Engineer: China International Engineering Consulting Corporation; CCCC Highway Consultants Co.
Winner - Project of the Year (Large Project)
Energy transfer loop at Royalmount, Canada.
Client: Carbonleo. Engineer: GBI.
Winner - Project of the Year (Medium to Large Project)
Dae-ho Lake Floating Photovoltaic Plant Project, Korea.
Client: Korea East-West Power. Engineer: Dohwa Engineering Co.
Winner - Project of the Year (Small to Medium Project)
Kelowna, BC - Mill Creek Flood Mitigation Infrastructure Project, Canada.
Client: City of Kelowna. Engineer: CIMA +.
Highly Commended - Project of the Year (Megaproject)
Jamuna Rail Bridge Project, Bangladesh.
Client: Bangladesh Railway. Engineer: Oriental Consultants Global, Chodai, SMEC, ACE, DDC.
Highly Commended - Project of the Year (Megaproject)
Guangzhou Baiyun Railway Station Transportation Hub, China.
Client: China Railway Guangzhou Bureau Group, Guangzhou Metro Group. Engineer: China Railway Siyuan Survey & Design Group.
Highly Commended - Project of the Year (Megaproject)
Brightline Florida East-West Connector, USA.
Client: Florida East coast Industries/Fortress Investment Group. Engineer: HNTB Corporation.
Highly Commended - Project of the Year (Large Project)
North Bothnia Line, Sweden
Client: Trafikverket. Engineer: AECOM.
Highly Commended - Project of the Year (Medium to Large Project)
Lava Flow Mitigation Structures in Suðurnes, Iceland.
Client: Civil Protection and Emergency Management. Engineer: Verkis.
Highly Commended - Project of the Year (Medium to Large Project)
Xianghe Hydro Project Complex and Supporting Irrigation System, China.
Client: Shigatse Zhumulangma City Investment and Development Group. Engineer: China International Engineering Consulting Corporation, Tibet Hydraulic and Electric Planning Survey and Design Institute and Power China Chengdu Engineering.
Highly Commended - Project of the Year (Small to Medium Project)
New Vertical Lift Pamban Bridge project, India.
Client: Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL). Engineer: Tecnica Y Proyectos S.A (TYPSA), STUP Consultants - Assystem, MC2 Estudios de Ingenieria TYPSA Group.
Highly Commended - Project of the Year (Small to Medium Project)
Serengeti Ecosystem Development and Conservation Project, Tanzania.
Client: Tanzania National Park Authority, Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW). Engineer: CDM Smith.
Highly Commended - Project of the Year (Small Project)
Viettel Hoa Lac Data Center, Vietnam.
Client: Viettel Asset Management Company. Engineer: Vietnam National Construction Consultant Corporation.
