2026 NZCBIA EXCELLENCE AWARDS
Information Package
COLLABORATE UP FOR SUCCESS
Frank Xu President of NZCBIA
2026 NZCBIA EXCELLENCE AWARDS
COLLABORATE UP FOR SUCCESS
The New Zealand Chinese Building Industry Association (NZCBIA) is a non-profit professional organisation. The Association represents a wide range of businesses and professionals within the New Zealand building industry and Kiwi businesses and professionals with close working relationships with the Chinese building industry.
As the jewel in the event’s crown, The NZCBIA Excellence Awards recognise achievements, developments, and innovation within New Zealand’s building industry and feature a wide range of categories for solution providers, contractors, architects, civil engineers, developers, and project managers. Award-winning entrants to this event showcase genuine exemplars. With this in mind, we are encouraging project teams to consider their role in developing future project leaders, supporting projects diversifying the building industry, and promoting industry reputation through the outcomes their projects deliver.
The Awards aim to promote the quality and reputation in the professional fields that the Chinese property & building practitioners have achieved within the New Zealand building industry.
CALL FOR ENTRIES 01
2026 NZCBIA EXCELLENCE AWARDS CATEGORIES
NZCBIA is seeking entries for the 2026 Excellence Awards in the following Eleven categories:
Development
Excellence In Development Award
• Over $20 million
• Between $10 to $20 million
• Under $10 million
Design
Construction
Project Management
Excellence In Project Management Award
Excellence In Design Award
• Commercial
• Residential
• Engineering
Excellence In Construction Award
• Commercial Main-contracting
• Commercial Sub-contracting
• Residential Main-contracting
Collaboration
Health, Safety and Wellbeing
Excellence In Collaboration Award
Excellence In Health, Safety and Wellbeing Award
MEET OUR JUDGING PANEL
Frank Xu
Chairperson
Craig Treloar
Hawkins
Gregory Chawynski
John Lyng Group
Dylan Huang
Archiland
Michael Campbell
Campbell Brown
Ken Hu
Babbage Consultants
Andrew Crosby
Xpect Property
Brett Heaven
Rubix
Jeff Fahrensohn
Auckland Council
Keven Chen
PlaceMakers
MEET OUR JUDGING PANEL
Matthew CutlerWelsh NZGBC
Tim Warren Constructing Excellence NZ
Melvin Man
MEC Engineering Consultants Naseem Ameer Ali Massey University
Paul Jeurissen Unitec
Paul Brown PB&A Architect
Lo Beca Uli Johnston Accent Management
Jennifer
Chris Jobson Site Safe
Vijay Patel Beca
We call upon all our talented members and practitioners in the industry to take this opportunity to showcase their excellent achievements.
Please refer to “General Conditions of Entry” and “Entry Details” for more details.
A panel of judges from senior NZCBIA members and guest judges will assess all entries. The judging panel will assess each category and select the winner.
All entries must be completed between 1 June 2025 –1 June 2026. Please email your entry in PDF format to info@nzcbia.org.nz before 19 June 2026.
The award winners will be announced at the 2026 New Zealand International Building Expo & Summit Gala Dinner on 14 August 2026 at the Cordis hotel.
*SUBJECT TO TERMS & CONDITIONS
KEY DATES
GENERAL CONDITIONS OF ENTRY 02
GENERAL CONDITIONS OF ENTRY
• Entries can be submitted by current NZCBIA company members and associate company members. Individual Members are eligible only to apply for the Excellence in Collaboration Award, and NZCBIA Individual Members must be the main contributor to the project to be eligible.
• Entries can be submitted by Chinese practitioners who are non-NZCBIA members but as the main contributor of the appropriate category for the project.
• All entries must be completed between 01 JUNE 2025 –01 JUNE 2026; please email your entry in pdf format to info@nzcbia.org.nz before 19 June 2025.
• NZCBIA members, as entries, are required to pay an application fee of NZD 500/EACH and NZD 3,000/EACH for Non-NZCBIA members.
• All entries will be assessed by a panel of judges from senior NZCBIA members and invited guest judges. The judging panel will assess each category and select the winner.
• To the extent that either the applicants or the project owner may hold any copyright in any designs or photographs associated with their entry, each party agrees to grant, free of charge, a royalty-free licence to NZCBIA to use such designs, images and/or photographs for future promotional purposes.
• NZCBIA is entitled (at its discretion) to publish entries in b+d YIJU magazine and/or any other applicable publication or online forum, including social media.
WANT TO APPLY? 03
SUBMIT YOUR INTENTION NOW
Step 1
Scan the QR code to submit your application intention and basic information
Upon receiving your application intention, if it meets the criteria, we will contact you for the next step of document collection.
Step 2
The final winner information will be revealed at the 2026 NZCBIA Gala Dinner & Excellence Awards Ceremony.
Step 3 Step 4
After a series of evaluations, we will notify you whether your project has been nominated.
Collaborate Up for Success
All entries must be completed between 01 June 2025 – 1 June 2026. Please email your entry in pdf format to info@nzcbia.org.nz before 19 June 2026.
