Student Designer Awards 2026 Winners
First Place: Peter Blevins, Northumbria University Newcastle
Second Place: Day Johnson, Liverpool John Moores University
Third Place: Patrick Levy, Liverpool John Moores University
The Association for Project Safety (APS) has announced the winners of its National Student Designer Award 2026, recognising outstanding student projects that demonstrate excellence in the application of Construction Design and Management (CDM) principles.
The annual award celebrates the next generation of designers who successfully embed health and safety, buildability, maintainability and long-term usability into their designs from the earliest stages of project development. This year's competition attracted an exceptionally strong field of entries, with judges praising the high standard of submissions and the innovative approaches taken to managing risk through design.
APS also recognised the contribution of this year's judging panel, comprising Helena Knight, Chris Bracewell, Callum Bunce and Sam Allwinkle, whose expertise helped identify the projects that best demonstrated the role of the Principal Designer in creating safer and more sustainable built environments.
