Other OBEs go to Andrew Wolstenholme, BAA's project director for Heathrow Terminal 5, and Terrence Grote, the former managing director of The Independent newspaper.
Top amateur Gary Wolstenholme and Dane Soren Kjeldsen were the next two best players and will be the first two reserves should anyone from their qualifier drop out.
The total project - which is estimated will see about 30 million passengers a year passing through its doors - is the equivalent to completing a second Gatwick Airport, says Mr Wolstenholme.
But according to Andrew Wolstenholme, director of capital projects for the airport's operator BAA, and formerly director of construction for Terminal 5, the building being officially opened only represents a fraction of the total work completed.