Galliford Try at National Business Women’s Awards: diversity lessons for project teams
Reviewed by Joe Ashwell

First reported on New Civil Engineer
30 Second Briefing
Two senior Galliford Try managers have been shortlisted for the 2026 National Business Women’s Awards for initiatives that increase diversity in engineering teams and embed measurable social value into construction services delivery. Their work includes structured pathways to bring more women into site-based roles and professional apprenticeships, and formalising social impact metrics in project procurement and supply chain engagement. For infrastructure contractors, this signals growing weight on workforce diversity and quantifiable community outcomes alongside traditional KPIs of cost, time and quality.
Technical Brief
- Recognition is explicitly tied to engineering and construction services delivery, not generic corporate functions.
- Social impact work is framed at business-wide level, implying application across multiple regional project portfolios.
Our Take
Our database shows Galliford Try featuring frequently in the 819 Infrastructure stories, with recent items on social housing and education builds, suggesting its employer brand and leadership culture are becoming as central to its positioning as project delivery.
The firm’s recent £10m acquisition of Nene Valley Fire & Acoustic to bolster its Asset Intelligence division indicates that recognised female leaders could increasingly be steering Galliford Try’s move into higher-margin, compliance-driven services alongside its core construction projects.
Prepared by collating external sources, AI-assisted tools, and Geomechanics.io’s proprietary mining database, then reviewed for technical accuracy & edited by our geotechnical team.
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