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LNEC will host the awards ceremony for the 2026 BIM Excellence Award, which recognizes the projects that stand out most in the application and development of BIM methodology in Portugal. Following the jury’s review of the 30 applications received, the finalists in the various categories have now been announced:

- Project Owners: Contracting and Management

· Lisbon City Council — Lisbon General Drainage Plan (PGDL)

· Lisboa Ocidental SRU — Implementation of BIM Methodology within the Company

· Fidelidade Property Europe + LIMSEN Consulting — Fidelidade Headquarters in Lisbon – Integrated Entrecampos Operation

- Coordination and Design

· COBA – Engineering and Environmental Consultants — Extension of the Yellow and Green Lines: Rato – Cais do Sodré | Design and Construction Contract for the Rough-in Work

· PROSPECTIVA – Projects, Services, Studies — Start Campus Sines 4.0 – Master Plan for the 1.2 GW Campus

· Mota-Engil Global — Lisbon East Hospital

- Planning and Construction

· ACA – Alberto Couto Alves — Troia Resort – UNOP 3, Lot 2

· HCI Construções + LIMSEN Consulting — New Headquarters of Caixa Geral de Depósitos in Lisbon

· K.T.L. – Sociedade de Construções — Botânica Building in Vilamoura

- Built Environment Management

· Quadrante – Engineering and Consulting — BIMconnect – openBIM Platform for Digital Management of the Built Environment

· Castro Red Build — PLINTO – Technical and Operational Interoperability Platform

· TPF Consultores – Engineering and Architecture Consultants — PGI – Information Management Platform – Innovation Center

- Technological Innovation in BIM

· Twin Studio, Sole Proprietorship — GoTwin

· Mota-Engil Global — Construction Management Control Platform: Mota-Engil BIM Viewer

· Ventura + Partners – Architects — ArchAI – Intelligent Automation in BIM Workflows – Companhia Aurifícia Construction Project

The Interoperability: openBIM category has no finalists.

The selected projects now move on to a new phase, during which the finalists will supplement their applications with more detailed information on specific aspects of the projects for the jury’s final evaluation.

The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony, which will take place on November 17 at LNEC in Lisbon, as part of the openBIM DAY’26 program.

The 2026 BIM Excellence Award is an initiative of CT 197 – BIM, in partnership with ONS – BUILT CoLAB and PTPC – Portuguese Construction Technology Platform / AEC Cluster.