Mott MacDonald Bentley is 'Digital Contractor of the Year' at TechFest 2025
- Dec 23, 2025
- 2 min read
UK design and construction company Mott MacDonald Bentley (MMB) has been named ‘Digital Contractor of the Year’ at the TechFest awards, recognising the company as a digital leader in the construction sector.
Hosted by Construction News and New Civil Engineer, the TechFest awards spotlight the most ground-breaking projects, teams, and businesses driving digital transformation in the built environment.
Mott MacDonald - MMB’s parent company – took home ‘Digital Consultant of the Year’ and ‘Best Use of Technology: Carbon Reduction in Design’, highlighting the strength of digital technology across the whole Mott MacDonald Group.
With JN Bentley’s national contracting expertise combined with Mott MacDonald’s international engineering capabilities, MMB delivers digital solutions that drive real impact throughout the entire project lifecycle.
Digital delivery at MMB
Spanning design to construction, MMB’s digital approach benefits from strong partnerships and advanced tools to add value at every stage. Information-rich BIM models support construction teams, while visualisations and construction rehearsals help optimise programmes, improve safety, and standardise delivery across similar assets.
An established innovation framework ensures new ideas are tested, deployed, and scaled consistently, focusing effort where it matters most. Additionally, a culture of digital leadership is embedded across the business, with dedicated leaders empowering and supporting teams to develop digital skills, drive innovation and understand the digital delivery planning process.
MMB has also invested heavily in intelligent plant, enhanced by the latest application of AI-powered software. The company-owned fleet - including 25 intelligent excavators - has delivered a 30% productivity boost compared to traditional plant, alongside fuel and carbon savings, improved safety, and greater dig accuracy. See how intelligent machines accelerated construction by 58% whilst cutting carbon at the Dearne Reach constructed wetlands project: Nature-based solution optimised by responsible AI | Mott MacDonald
Find out more about our progress in the digital construction space in our 2024 annual review.
