diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codebuild/lib/build-spec.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codebuild/lib/build-spec.ts
index 2b10975d4f9a6..cbefdf08edc53 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codebuild/lib/build-spec.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codebuild/lib/build-spec.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Construct } from 'constructs';
 import * as yaml_cfn from './private/yaml-cfn';
 import { Project } from './project';
 import * as s3_assets from '../../aws-s3-assets';
-import { IResolveContext, Lazy, Stack } from '../../core';
+import { IResolveContext, Lazy, Stack, UnscopedValidationError } from '../../core';
 
 /**
  * BuildSpec for CodeBuild projects
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class AssetBuildSpec extends BuildSpec {
 
   public toBuildSpec(scope?: Project): string {
     if (!scope) {
-      throw new Error('`AssetBuildSpec` requires a `scope` argument');
+      throw new UnscopedValidationError('`AssetBuildSpec` requires a `scope` argument');
     }
 
     // If the same AssetCode is used multiple times, retain only the first instantiation.
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class AssetBuildSpec extends BuildSpec {
         ...this.options,
       });
     } else if (Stack.of(this.asset) !== Stack.of(scope)) {
-      throw new Error(`Asset is already associated with another stack '${Stack.of(this.asset).stackName}'. ` +
+      throw new UnscopedValidationError(`Asset is already associated with another stack '${Stack.of(this.asset).stackName}'. ` +
         'Create a new BuildSpec instance for every stack.');
     }
 
@@ -155,18 +155,18 @@ class YamlBuildSpec extends BuildSpec {
  */
 export function mergeBuildSpecs(lhs: BuildSpec, rhs: BuildSpec): BuildSpec {
   if (!(lhs instanceof ObjectBuildSpec) || !(rhs instanceof ObjectBuildSpec)) {
-    throw new Error('Can only merge buildspecs created using BuildSpec.fromObject()');
+    throw new UnscopedValidationError('Can only merge buildspecs created using BuildSpec.fromObject()');
   }
 
   if (lhs.spec.version === '0.1') {
-    throw new Error('Cannot extend buildspec at version "0.1". Set the version to "0.2" or higher instead.');
+    throw new UnscopedValidationError('Cannot extend buildspec at version "0.1". Set the version to "0.2" or higher instead.');
   }
   if (lhs.spec.artifacts && rhs.spec.artifacts) {
     // We decided to disallow merging of artifact specs, which is
     // actually impossible since we can't merge two buildspecs with a
     // single primary output into a buildspec with multiple outputs.
     // In case of multiple outputs they must have identifiers but we won't have that information.
-    throw new Error('Only one build spec is allowed to specify artifacts.');
+    throw new UnscopedValidationError('Only one build spec is allowed to specify artifacts.');
   }
 
   const lhsSpec = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(lhs.spec));
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codebuild/lib/fleet.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codebuild/lib/fleet.ts
index 548e12d1543b7..ea3eefad6ba16 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codebuild/lib/fleet.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codebuild/lib/fleet.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Construct } from 'constructs';
 import { CfnFleet } from './codebuild.generated';
 import { ComputeType } from './compute-type';
 import { EnvironmentType } from './environment-type';
-import { Arn, ArnFormat, IResource, Resource, Size, Token } from '../../core';
+import { Arn, ArnFormat, IResource, Resource, Size, Token, UnscopedValidationError, ValidationError } from '../../core';
 import { addConstructMetadata } from '../../core/lib/metadata-resource';
 
 /**
@@ -155,13 +155,13 @@ export class Fleet extends Resource implements IFleet {
       public readonly fleetArn = fleetArn;
 
       public get computeType(): FleetComputeType {
-        throw new Error('Cannot retrieve computeType property from an imported Fleet');
+        throw new UnscopedValidationError('Cannot retrieve computeType property from an imported Fleet');
       }
       public get environmentType(): EnvironmentType {
-        throw new Error('Cannot retrieve environmentType property from an imported Fleet');
+        throw new UnscopedValidationError('Cannot retrieve environmentType property from an imported Fleet');
       }
       public get computeConfiguration(): ComputeConfiguration | undefined {
-        throw new Error('Cannot retrieve computeConfiguration property from an imported Fleet');
+        throw new UnscopedValidationError('Cannot retrieve computeConfiguration property from an imported Fleet');
       }
     }
 
@@ -198,25 +198,25 @@ export class Fleet extends Resource implements IFleet {
 
     if (props.fleetName && !Token.isUnresolved(props.fleetName)) {
       if (props.fleetName.length < 2) {
-        throw new Error(`Fleet name can not be shorter than 2 characters but has ${props.fleetName.length} characters.`);
+        throw new ValidationError(`Fleet name can not be shorter than 2 characters but has ${props.fleetName.length} characters.`, this);
       }
       if (props.fleetName.length > 128) {
-        throw new Error(`Fleet name can not be longer than 128 characters but has ${props.fleetName.length} characters.`);
+        throw new ValidationError(`Fleet name can not be longer than 128 characters but has ${props.fleetName.length} characters.`, this);
       }
     }
 
     if ((props.baseCapacity ?? 1) < 1) {
-      throw new Error('baseCapacity must be greater than or equal to 1');
+      throw new ValidationError('baseCapacity must be greater than or equal to 1', this);
     }
 
     if (
       props.computeType === FleetComputeType.ATTRIBUTE_BASED &&
       (!props.computeConfiguration || Object.keys(props.computeConfiguration).length === 0)
     ) {
-      throw new Error('At least one compute configuration criteria must be specified if computeType is "ATTRIBUTE_BASED"');
+      throw new ValidationError('At least one compute configuration criteria must be specified if computeType is "ATTRIBUTE_BASED"', this);
     }
     if (props.computeConfiguration && props.computeType !== FleetComputeType.ATTRIBUTE_BASED) {
-      throw new Error(`'computeConfiguration' can only be specified if 'computeType' is 'ATTRIBUTE_BASED', got: ${props.computeType}`);
+      throw new ValidationError(`'computeConfiguration' can only be specified if 'computeType' is 'ATTRIBUTE_BASED', got: ${props.computeType}`, this);
     }
 
     // Despite what the CloudFormation schema says, the numeric properties are not optional.
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ export class Fleet extends Resource implements IFleet {
 
   private validatePositiveInteger(value: number, fieldName: string) {
     if (!Token.isUnresolved(value) && (value < 0 || !Number.isInteger(value))) {
-      throw new Error(`${fieldName} must be a positive integer, got: ${value}`);
+      throw new ValidationError(`${fieldName} must be a positive integer, got: ${value}`, this);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codebuild/lib/linux-gpu-build-image.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codebuild/lib/linux-gpu-build-image.ts
index d49df714d6427..85d450a1b7a62 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codebuild/lib/linux-gpu-build-image.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codebuild/lib/linux-gpu-build-image.ts
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export class LinuxGpuBuildImage implements IBindableBuildImage {
     const imageAccount = account ?? core.Lazy.string({
       produce: () => {
         if (this._imageAccount === undefined) {
-          throw new Error('Make sure this \'LinuxGpuBuildImage\' is used in a CodeBuild Project construct');
+          throw new core.UnscopedValidationError('Make sure this \'LinuxGpuBuildImage\' is used in a CodeBuild Project construct');
         }
         return this._imageAccount;
       },
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codebuild/lib/project.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codebuild/lib/project.ts
index 5eac7941ef1f4..0976ae5bd7de5 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codebuild/lib/project.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codebuild/lib/project.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import * as iam from '../../aws-iam';
 import * as kms from '../../aws-kms';
 import * as s3 from '../../aws-s3';
 import * as secretsmanager from '../../aws-secretsmanager';
-import { ArnFormat, Aws, Duration, IResource, Lazy, Names, PhysicalName, Reference, Resource, SecretValue, Stack, Token, TokenComparison, Tokenization } from '../../core';
+import { ArnFormat, Aws, Duration, IResource, Lazy, Names, PhysicalName, Reference, Resource, SecretValue, Stack, Token, TokenComparison, Tokenization, UnscopedValidationError, ValidationError } from '../../core';
 import { addConstructMetadata, MethodMetadata } from '../../core/lib/metadata-resource';
 
 const VPC_POLICY_SYM = Symbol.for('@aws-cdk/aws-codebuild.roleVpcPolicy');
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ abstract class ProjectBase extends Resource implements IProject {
    */
   public get connections(): ec2.Connections {
     if (!this._connections) {
-      throw new Error('Only VPC-associated Projects have security groups to manage. Supply the "vpc" parameter when creating the Project');
+      throw new ValidationError('Only VPC-associated Projects have security groups to manage. Supply the "vpc" parameter when creating the Project', this);
     }
     return this._connections;
   }
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ export class Project extends ProjectBase {
         const fragments = Tokenization.reverseString(cfnEnvVariable.value);
         for (const token of fragments.tokens) {
           if (token instanceof SecretValue) {
-            throw new Error(`Plaintext environment variable '${name}' contains a secret value! ` +
+            throw new UnscopedValidationError(`Plaintext environment variable '${name}' contains a secret value! ` +
               'This means the value of this variable will be visible in plain text in the AWS Console. ' +
               "Please consider using CodeBuild's SecretsManager environment variables feature instead. " +
               "If you'd like to continue with having this secret in the plaintext environment variables, " +
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ export class Project extends ProjectBase {
           if (envVariableValue.startsWith('arn:')) {
             const parsedArn = stack.splitArn(envVariableValue, ArnFormat.COLON_RESOURCE_NAME);
             if (!parsedArn.resourceName) {
-              throw new Error('SecretManager ARN is missing the name of the secret: ' + envVariableValue);
+              throw new UnscopedValidationError('SecretManager ARN is missing the name of the secret: ' + envVariableValue);
             }
 
             // the value of the property can be a complex string, separated by ':';
@@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@ export class Project extends ProjectBase {
     this.source = props.source || new NoSource();
     const sourceConfig = this.source.bind(this, this);
     if (props.badge && !this.source.badgeSupported) {
-      throw new Error(`Badge is not supported for source type ${this.source.type}`);
+      throw new ValidationError(`Badge is not supported for source type ${this.source.type}`, this);
     }
 
     const artifacts = props.artifacts
@@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ export class Project extends ProjectBase {
     const environmentVariables = props.environmentVariables || {};
     const buildSpec = props.buildSpec;
     if (this.source.type === NO_SOURCE_TYPE && (buildSpec === undefined || !buildSpec.isImmediate)) {
-      throw new Error("If the Project's source is NoSource, you need to provide a concrete buildSpec");
+      throw new ValidationError("If the Project's source is NoSource, you need to provide a concrete buildSpec", this);
     }
 
     this._secondarySources = [];
@@ -1119,7 +1119,7 @@ export class Project extends ProjectBase {
 
     if (!Token.isUnresolved(props.autoRetryLimit) && (props.autoRetryLimit !== undefined)) {
       if (props.autoRetryLimit < 0 || props.autoRetryLimit > 10) {
-        throw new Error(`autoRetryLimit must be a value between 0 and 10, got ${props.autoRetryLimit}.`);
+        throw new ValidationError(`autoRetryLimit must be a value between 0 and 10, got ${props.autoRetryLimit}.`, this);
       }
     }
 
@@ -1252,7 +1252,7 @@ export class Project extends ProjectBase {
   @MethodMetadata()
   public addSecondarySource(secondarySource: ISource): void {
     if (!secondarySource.identifier) {
-      throw new Error('The identifier attribute is mandatory for secondary sources');
+      throw new ValidationError('The identifier attribute is mandatory for secondary sources', this);
     }
     const secondarySourceConfig = secondarySource.bind(this, this);
     this._secondarySources.push(secondarySourceConfig.sourceProperty);
@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ export class Project extends ProjectBase {
   @MethodMetadata()
   public addSecondaryArtifact(secondaryArtifact: IArtifacts): void {
     if (!secondaryArtifact.identifier) {
-      throw new Error('The identifier attribute is mandatory for secondary artifacts');
+      throw new ValidationError('The identifier attribute is mandatory for secondary artifacts', this);
     }
     this._secondaryArtifacts.push(secondaryArtifact.bind(this, this).artifactsProperty);
   }
@@ -1372,7 +1372,7 @@ export class Project extends ProjectBase {
     errors.push(...this.validateLambdaBuildImage(this.buildImage, props));
 
     if (errors.length > 0) {
-      throw new Error('Invalid CodeBuild environment: ' + errors.join('\n'));
+      throw new ValidationError('Invalid CodeBuild environment: ' + errors.join('\n'), this);
     }
 
     const imagePullPrincipalType = this.isLambdaBuildImage(this.buildImage) ? undefined :
@@ -1449,7 +1449,7 @@ export class Project extends ProjectBase {
 
     // If the fleetArn is resolved, the fleet is imported and we cannot validate the environment type
     if (Token.isUnresolved(fleet.fleetArn) && this.buildImage.type !== fleet.environmentType) {
-      throw new Error(`The environment type of the fleet (${fleet.environmentType}) must match the environment type of the build image (${this.buildImage.type})`);
+      throw new ValidationError(`The environment type of the fleet (${fleet.environmentType}) must match the environment type of the build image (${this.buildImage.type})`, this);
     }
 
     return { fleetArn: fleet.fleetArn };
@@ -1463,13 +1463,13 @@ export class Project extends ProjectBase {
    */
   private configureVpc(props: ProjectProps): CfnProject.VpcConfigProperty | undefined {
     if ((props.securityGroups || props.allowAllOutbound !== undefined) && !props.vpc) {
-      throw new Error('Cannot configure \'securityGroup\' or \'allowAllOutbound\' without configuring a VPC');
+      throw new ValidationError('Cannot configure \'securityGroup\' or \'allowAllOutbound\' without configuring a VPC', this);
     }
 
     if (!props.vpc) { return undefined; }
 
     if ((props.securityGroups && props.securityGroups.length > 0) && props.allowAllOutbound !== undefined) {
-      throw new Error('Configure \'allowAllOutbound\' directly on the supplied SecurityGroup.');
+      throw new ValidationError('Configure \'allowAllOutbound\' directly on the supplied SecurityGroup.', this);
     }
 
     let securityGroups: ec2.ISecurityGroup[];
@@ -1515,7 +1515,7 @@ export class Project extends ProjectBase {
       const status = (cloudWatchLogs.enabled ?? true) ? 'ENABLED' : 'DISABLED';
 
       if (status === 'ENABLED' && !(cloudWatchLogs.logGroup)) {
-        throw new Error('Specifying a LogGroup is required if CloudWatch logging for CodeBuild is enabled');
+        throw new ValidationError('Specifying a LogGroup is required if CloudWatch logging for CodeBuild is enabled', this);
       }
       cloudWatchLogs.logGroup?.grantWrite(this);
 
@@ -1591,7 +1591,7 @@ export class Project extends ProjectBase {
     if ((sourceType === CODEPIPELINE_SOURCE_ARTIFACTS_TYPE ||
         artifactsType === CODEPIPELINE_SOURCE_ARTIFACTS_TYPE) &&
         (sourceType !== artifactsType)) {
-      throw new Error('Both source and artifacts must be set to CodePipeline');
+      throw new ValidationError('Both source and artifacts must be set to CodePipeline', this);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codebuild/lib/report-group.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codebuild/lib/report-group.ts
index 6efd8692e0c20..87b1089d535be 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codebuild/lib/report-group.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codebuild/lib/report-group.ts
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ export class ReportGroup extends ReportGroupBase {
     this.exportBucket = props.exportBucket;
 
     if (props.deleteReports && props.removalPolicy !== cdk.RemovalPolicy.DESTROY) {
-      throw new Error('Cannot use \'deleteReports\' property on a report group without setting removal policy to \'DESTROY\'.');
+      throw new cdk.ValidationError('Cannot use \'deleteReports\' property on a report group without setting removal policy to \'DESTROY\'.', this);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codebuild/lib/source.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codebuild/lib/source.ts
index 2bd0251234b34..04f8cf30ae989 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codebuild/lib/source.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-codebuild/lib/source.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
 import * as codecommit from '../../aws-codecommit';
 import * as iam from '../../aws-iam';
 import * as s3 from '../../aws-s3';
+import { UnscopedValidationError } from '../../core';
 
 /**
  * The type returned from `ISource#bind`.
@@ -246,7 +247,7 @@ export class FilterGroup {
 
   private constructor(actions: Set<EventAction>, filters: CfnProject.WebhookFilterProperty[]) {
     if (actions.size === 0) {
-      throw new Error('A filter group must contain at least one event action');
+      throw new UnscopedValidationError('A filter group must contain at least one event action');
     }
     this.actions = actions;
     this.filters = filters;
@@ -491,7 +492,7 @@ export class FilterGroup {
 
   private addBaseRefFilter(refName: string, include: boolean) {
     if (this.actions.has(EventAction.PUSH)) {
-      throw new Error('A base reference condition cannot be added if a Group contains a PUSH event action');
+      throw new UnscopedValidationError('A base reference condition cannot be added if a Group contains a PUSH event action');
     }
     return this.addFilter(WebhookFilterTypes.BASE_REF, refName, include);
   }
@@ -588,11 +589,11 @@ abstract class ThirdPartyGitSource extends GitSource {
     const webhook = this.webhook ?? (anyFilterGroupsProvided ? true : undefined);
 
     if (!webhook && anyFilterGroupsProvided) {
-      throw new Error('`webhookFilters` cannot be used when `webhook` is `false`');
+      throw new UnscopedValidationError('`webhookFilters` cannot be used when `webhook` is `false`');
     }
 
     if (!webhook && this.webhookTriggersBatchBuild) {
-      throw new Error('`webhookTriggersBatchBuild` cannot be used when `webhook` is `false`');
+      throw new UnscopedValidationError('`webhookTriggersBatchBuild` cannot be used when `webhook` is `false`');
     }
 
     const superConfig = super.bind(_scope, project);
@@ -829,11 +830,11 @@ class GitHubEnterpriseSource extends CommonGithubSource {
 
   public bind(_scope: Construct, _project: IProject): SourceConfig {
     if (this.hasCommitMessageFilterAndPrEvent()) {
-      throw new Error('COMMIT_MESSAGE filters cannot be used with GitHub Enterprise Server pull request events');
+      throw new UnscopedValidationError('COMMIT_MESSAGE filters cannot be used with GitHub Enterprise Server pull request events');
     }
 
     if (this.hasFilePathFilterAndPrEvent()) {
-      throw new Error('FILE_PATH filters cannot be used with GitHub Enterprise Server pull request events');
+      throw new UnscopedValidationError('FILE_PATH filters cannot be used with GitHub Enterprise Server pull request events');
     }
 
     const superConfig = super.bind(_scope, _project);
@@ -915,7 +916,7 @@ class BitBucketSource extends ThirdPartyGitSource {
   public bind(_scope: Construct, _project: IProject): SourceConfig {
     // BitBucket sources don't support the PULL_REQUEST_REOPENED event action
     if (this.anyWebhookFilterContainsPrReopenedEventAction()) {
-      throw new Error('BitBucket sources do not support the PULL_REQUEST_REOPENED webhook event action');
+      throw new UnscopedValidationError('BitBucket sources do not support the PULL_REQUEST_REOPENED webhook event action');
     }
 
     const superConfig = super.bind(_scope, _project);