Winning big once again at a ceremony that took place on 15 October in Lisbon, Casais Group was singled out for three major prizes at the 2024 Construir Awards, hosted by Jornal Construir, a construction industry trade journal.
As the recipient of the Construction Company of the Year award, Casais Group has been recognised for the excellence, quality and innovation of its work during the past year, thereby consolidating its position as a sector leader known not only for the quality of its projects but also for its commitment to sustainability and innovation.
Also in the Construction category, Casais Group scooped up the Best Private Sector Project prize—as it did last year—this time for the building known as The First, in Guimarães. Both its design and the use of innovative construction methods and materials are a clear demonstration of the paradigm shift in the construction sector. Made of industrialised timber-hybrid (i.e., wood and concrete composite) components, this building is testimony to pioneering technology on the Iberian Peninsula. More sustainable and efficient than traditional structures, The First signals what the future of sustainable construction and living will look like.
In the category of Real Estate, Casais Group received the Office Building award for the Corporate First Gaia project in Vila Nova de Gaia, a multifunctional office space that includes a hotel (B&B Porto Gaia) and 15 spaces for use as offices. The 11-storey B&B Porto Gaia hotel was inaugurated in June this year. Its 210 rooms and 420 beds are in direct response to tourist and business demand. The building has parking facilities for 63 vehicles, while Sitio Gaia, the coworking space on the west side, is a nine-storey structure comprising 370 workstations spread across more than 30 offices.
“Over the last few years, we have been honoured nationally and internationally for the work we do in Portugal and the 17 other markets where we operate. At the Casais Group, we work to create solutions that contribute to urban development and that respond positively and effectively to the challenges currently facing the sector,” said António Carlos Rodrigues, CEO of the Casais Group.
He is of the view that “these awards reflect the day-to-day work of a team that is totally focused and committed to setting new standards of excellence, as the sector actively becomes more innovative, efficient and sustainable”.
The Awards Ceremony, which took place in Lisbon at the Monsanto Secret Spot, was attended by more than 300 invited guests and paid tribute to the effort and talent of companies and professionals from diverse disciplines within the construction sector. Companies or projects were nominated because they reflect their own work logic, show respect for rehabilitation as well as existing built structures, play an important role in the area in which they are located or
serve to enhance sustainability and energy efficiency, thus attracting media attention from journalists whose livelihoods depend on keeping abreast of developments within the construction sector. More than 120 nominees were adjudicated, divided into five categories: Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Real Estate, and Personality of the Year.
Receiving these three awards reinforces the Casais Group’s prominence and the significant role it plays in the engineering and construction sectors. They keep company with other awards Casais has received this year, including FILDA’s Golden Lion Award in the Best Participation in Civil Construction and Public Works category; Vida Imobiliária’s National Urban Rehabilitation Award in the Best Structural Rehabilitation category; the National Sustainability Award from Jornal de Negócios with 1st place in the Well-Being and Sustainable Cities category; being in the Top 3 of the Randstad Employer Brand Research ranking as one of the Best Companies to work for in Construction and Infrastructure 2024, and Deloitte’s SIRIUS Award in the Human Capital Development Programme category.
