Payapps – An Autodesk Company has won a Gold Stevie® Award for Company of the Year – Construction & Civil Engineering Technology in the 2026 Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence.
The international recognition reflects Payapps’ growth, construction technology innovation, industry adoption and measurable customer impact across the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
For Payapps, the award is particularly significant because it recognises the company behind the technology – and the progress made in helping construction businesses standardise and improve one of their most business critical commercial processes: managing payment claims.
Gold recognition for construction technology impact
The Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence recognise organisations and individuals contributing to innovation and achievement across the global technology sector.
Payapps received Gold in the Company of the Year – Construction & Civil Engineering Technology category following a submission supported by extensive customer evidence, platform adoption, product innovation and measurable business outcomes.
Judges described Payapps’ submission as “exceptionally well-evidenced”, highlighting its named customer case studies, measurable results, industry adoption and the strategic validation provided by Autodesk’s acquisition of Payapps. Another judge described Payapps as a “standout nomination” combining category leadership, measurable scale and practical innovation.
The recognition was therefore based on more than the technology itself. It reflected the scale at which Payapps is being used, the outcomes customers are achieving and the company’s continued development within the construction industry.
Purpose built payment claim software for construction
Payapps is designed specifically around the way construction payment claims are managed.
Claim processes can involve significant volumes of information moving between subcontractors, commercial teams and finance teams. When those processes rely heavily on spreadsheets, email and disconnected systems, they can create additional administration, inconsistent information and unnecessary delays.
Payapps provides shared, cloud-based payment claim software that helps main contractors and subcontractors manage:
- Claim submission, assessment and approval
- Construction variations, valuations and retentions
- Supporting documentation and compliance
- Workflow visibility and auditability
- Integration with construction ERP and financial systems
By standardising these workflows, Payapps helps project, commercial and finance teams improve consistency, visibility and control across payment claims.
Payapps manages the workflows surrounding payment claims and payment obligations. It does not itself process, transfer or make construction payments.
Construction technology operating at industry scale
The Gold Stevie recognition is supported by significant adoption and growth.
Payapps now supports more than 98,000 users globally. Each year, more than £19 billion is processed through the platform across approximately 350,000 payment claims.
This international scale is supported by adoption across major construction businesses in the UK and Ireland, where Payapps helps contractors establish more consistent payment claims processes across projects, subcontractors and commercial teams.
Customer evidence was one of the strongest elements highlighted by the Stevie Awards judges.
In the UK, OCU Group has managed more than £270 million through Payapps since going live in November 2024. Following implementation, claim rejection rates reduced from approximately 60-70% to under 5%. At the same time, certifications increased from approximately 800 to 2,000, without additional finance headcount.
One Stevie Awards judge specifically highlighted the OCU result, describing the reduction in rejection rates as “remarkable.”
Payapps has also helped OCU improve audit visibility across its application and certification processes, supporting its approach to requirements including the Fair Payment Code and the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act.
These outcomes demonstrate how purpose built application for payment software can help construction businesses reduce administration, improve information quality and manage increasing volumes with greater consistency.
Supporting construction commercial workflows in Ireland
Payapps’ impact also extends across Ireland.
Designer Group has used Payapps over a multi-year deployment to standardise payment claim processes and provide its quantity surveyors with greater visibility over claims, assessments and supporting documentation.
The business reports saving quantity surveyors several hours each month while using the platform to support processes aligned with the statutory assessment requirements of Ireland’s Construction Contracts Act.
Together, the OCU Group and Designer Group examples demonstrate how the same construction specific technology can support commercial teams operating across different regulatory and project environments.
Connecting payment claims with construction ERP systems
Payapps continues to expand the connections between payment claim workflows and the wider technology environment used by construction businesses.
This includes integration with Access Coins, helping connect claim information with wider project and financial data while reducing reliance on duplicate entry and manual system handovers.
More broadly, Payapps integrates with construction ERP, accounting and project management systems to help commercial and finance teams establish a more connected flow of information between claim submission, assessment, approval and downstream financial processes.
Continued innovation in construction commercial workflows
Payapps’ growth has been accompanied by continued investment in technology designed around construction specific commercial processes.
This includes continued development of claim submission, assessment and approval workflows, expanded integration with ERP and financial systems, and investment in improving visibility, compliance and collaboration between contractors and subcontractors.
Autodesk’s acquisition of Payapps in 2024 also marked an important milestone in that development. Several Stevie Awards judges identified the acquisition as significant strategic validation alongside Payapps’ adoption, product innovation and measurable customer outcomes.
As part of Autodesk, Payapps continues to focus on improving the connection between construction commercial workflows and the systems project and finance teams already use.
Independent recognition backed by measurable impact
Winning Company of the Year – Construction & Civil Engineering Technology provides another independent proof point for construction businesses evaluating technology to improve their commercial processes.
But the strength of the recognition lies in the evidence behind it: measurable customer outcomes, significant industry adoption, continued innovation and a clear focus on solving a persistent construction challenge.
For main contractors looking to replace fragmented claim processes with purpose built construction software, Payapps provides a structured way to manage submission, assessment, approval, compliance and supporting information across projects.
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