CCF WA is pleased to announce a record 136 nominations in the 2026 WA Civil Construction Industry & Training Awards. The nominations come from 31 companies across WA's civil construction industry; once again making these Awards the industry's biggest night of the year. Congratulations to all confirmed nominees.

And the nominees are...

TRAINING AWARDS

Aboriginal Apprentice/Trainee of the Year:

• Lewis Henry - Melchor 
• Ben Maslin - A&B Building
• Brendon Walley - RC Construction
• Deborah Williams - Georgiou Group

Apprentice of the Year (General)

• Teariki Framhein - Melchor
• Ramadhan Guriman - Castleross Construction
• Ben Maslin - A&B Building
• Brendon Walley - RC Construction

Civil Apprentice of the Year

• Callum Chance - APEX Utilities
• Mortaza Huseini - APEX Utilities
• Kane McClure - APEX Utilities
• Indie Oakley - Georgiou Group
• Kaienua Pera - Melchor
• Lachlan Sharpe - APEX Utilities
• Hayley Smith - APEX Utilities
• Galvin Takiaho - Melchor
• Brett Tedman - APEX Utilities

Certificate II Civil Trainee of the Year

• Austin Haslam - Motivation Foundation/Georgiou Strabag
• Larissa Macgregor - Motivation Foundation/Georgiou Strabag
• Zayne May - Motivation Foundation/ERTECH
• Joshua Morris - Motivation Foundation/ERTECH

Certificate II Trainee of the Year (General)

• Jermain Hansen - Carey Group Training Organisation
• Jacob Steffanoni - Structerre Consulting Engineers
• Shaun Stokell - Structerre Consulting Engineers

Certificate IV Civil Trainee of the Year

• Nicholas Dolin - Georgiou Group
• Adam Sheavyn - APEX Utilities
• Todd Sheavyn - APEX Utilities

Certificate IV Trainee of the Year (General)

• Shane Atkinson - Structerre Consulting Engineers
• Anthony Blazeski - Structerre Consulting Engineers
• Brett Tedman - APEX Utilities

Training Professional of the Year

• Victor Cavallaro - HRTA

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

Administration Professional of the Year

• Tara Burke - Calroc
• Elyse Burrell - Alkimos Pipeline Alliance
• Tracey Daly - APEX Utilities
• Kiara Daly - Busselton Civil
• Keelie Elliot-Shircore - Ertech
• Deimante Kaulakyte - O'Brien Civil
• Allyana Lopez - Saltire Infrastructure
• Saoirse Maguire - PCH Civil
• Amy McGrigor - SRG Global
• Mladenka Orelj - FSC Civils
• Sinead Scott - BMD
• Ebony Tindall - Structerre Consulting
• Mika Weygoood - Celotti Workforce
• Rubee Wilson - Tracc Civil

Bid Professional of the Year

• Lisa Carmichael - BOS Civil
• Tracey Daly - APEX Utilities
• Adam Dring - O'Brien Civil
• Nayelly Garcia - CPB Contractors
• Paul Hidding - Tracc Civil
• Iain Lawrence - BMD
• Andy Lyon - DT Infrastructure
• Kelly Maughan - AsssA
• Roxanne Picado - Celotti Workforce
• Michael Sloan - Saltire Infrastructure

Civil Tradesperson of the Year

• Niall Bourke - O'Brien Civil
• Jose Dos Santos - Melchor
• Manuel Dos Santos - Melchor
• Matt Humpski - Melchor
• Abbey-Lee Johnson - APEX Utilities
• Aodhan Keane - O'Brien Civil
• Sean Walsh - Tracc Civil

Communications/Engagement Professional of the Year

• Joey Bal - CPB Contractors
• Chelsea De-Vries - AsssA
• Michael Dolton - BMD
• Alison Lennon - Georgiou Group
• Candis Smartt - Georgiou Group

Engineer of the Year

• Adeel Ahmad - Georgiou Group
• Naveed Atbein - Georgiou Group
• Jared Bodger - Ertech
• Brendan Carroll - DM Civil
• Luke Chadwick - CATS Construction
• Ben Desmier - PCH Civil
• Lorrany Ferreira - Melchor
• Jatila Manage - Calroc
• Jason McAleer - CATS Construction
• Ciara McCrystal - O'Brien Civil
• Wai Myo - Melchor
• Rajkumar (Raj) Parmar - FSC Civils
• Jeevan Paudel - Tracc Civil
• Andrew Reynalds - BMD

Plant Operator of the Year

• Paul Byl - Tracc Civil
• Eoin Corcoran - O'Brien Civil
• Thomas McCool - PCH Civil
• Lachlan Sharpe - APEX Utilities

Project Manager of the Year

• Dinuka Corera - Tracc Civil
• Brian Donohoe - Georgiou Group
• Mark Faulkner - CPB Contractors
• Kate James - DT Infrastructure
• Fiona Lethbridge - Georgiou Group
• Sandra McCagh - Busselton Civil
• Muhammad Musaab - FSC Civils
• Campbell Saunders - BOS Civil
• Michael Smith - CPB Contractors
• Declan Wims - BMD

Safety Professional of the Year

• Gary De-Vries - AsssA
• Jordan Fabia - BMD
• Michael Farmer - SRG Global
• Andrew Grant - CPB Contractors
• Ronan Hartin - Calroc
• Georgia Hoetzel - Melchor
• Kate Jensen - Busselton Civil
• Robert Orelj - FSC Civils
• Usama Qurban - AsssA

Site Supervisor of the Year

• Ian Byrne - BOS Civil
• Ben Day - Georgiou Group
• Shane Doherty - Calroc
• Pio (Brendan) Duffy - FSC Civils
• Liam Hansberry - O'Brien Civil
• Daniel Howarth - Saltire Infrastructure
• Stewart Kay - BMR Piping & Civil
• Ryan McLardy - DM Civil
• Patrick McLaughlin - Castleross Construction
• Libby O'Brien - BMD
• Tarson Parkyn - Tracc Civil
• George Porter - Castleross Construction
• Russel Scheffer - APEX Utilities
• Adam Sheavyn - APEX Utilities
• Todd Sheavyn - APEX Utilities
• Gordon Snell - O'Brien Civil
• Shane Walsh - Melchor
• Andy Watson - BOS Civil
• Dean Whitehead - DT Infrastructure

CORPORATE AWARDS

Aboriginal Engagement Award

• Georgiou Group

Supplier of the Year

• Abaxa
• Acu-Tech Piping Systems
• Celotti Workforce
• Coffey Testing
• HRTA
• Mayday Rental
• TDDA Australia

Training Employer of the Year

• APEX Utilities
• Coffey Testing
• Georgiou Group
• Structerre Consulting Engineers
• Tracc Civil