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ACE is pleased to announce the shortlist for the ACE Engineering Excellence Awards 2012. Now into its fifth year, the awards celebrate the high-quality of work carried out by ACE member companies of all sizes across all sectors.
With a high number of excellent entries, which demonstrate the very best the industry has to offer, judges debated long and hard to decide on those to be shortlisted ahead of the Engineering Excellence Awards gala dinner on 23 May.
ACE chief executive, Nelson Ogunshakin OBE, said: “While the economy continues to struggle and finances remain tough, ACE is pleased to be able to highlight the excellent standards and innovation that our industry continues to deliver. Those shortlisted are the very finest and outstanding examples of work in the consultancy and engineering sector, demonstrating remarkable technical innovation and significant benefits for communities.”
The shortlist is as follows:
Building Services Large
AECOM – BBC Broadcasting House
AECOM – KPMG
Mott MacDonald - Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
Building Services Medium
BDP – B&Q Store Support Office
Hoare Lea – Gladstone Link, Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Hoare Lea – Westminster Magistrates’ Court, Marylebone Road, London
Hulley & Kirkwood – Fife Acute Hospital
Building Services Small
Caldwell Consultants – Swiss Centre, Leicester Square, London
CBG Consultants Ltd – Stanley Park High School, London
Delap & Waller Consulting Engineers – ADOBE Office, Maidenhead
Silcock Leedham Consulting Engineers – Manchester Museum of Science and Industry
Skelly & Couch LLP - New Quarantine House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Building Structures – Large
Ramboll – 50-52 Sloane Square
WSP – Al Shaqab Equestrian Performance Centre, Doha
WSP – Runways End Outdoor Activity Centre
Building Structures Medium
BWB Consulting - Zero Carbon PassivHaus Office, Leicester
Campbell Reith Hill LLp – Rocksalt Restaurant, Folkestone Harbour
Curtins Consulting – West Lancashire College
Building Structures Small
BDP – The Wellington Academy
David Narro Associates - National Museum of Edinburgh Project – Phase II Works
Michael Barclay Partnership LLP - St Mary's University College Sports Centre
Infrastructure Large
Buro Happold - Stratford Town Centre Link
Halcrow Group Ltd and Hyder Consulting Ltd - A487 Porthmadog, Minffordd and Tremadog Bypass
Highways Agency, Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering and Mott MacDonald - A3 Hindhead Improvement Project
Pell Frischmann - Forth Bridge, Edinburgh
Ramboll UK – The MediaCity Footbridge
Infrastructure Medium
Curtins Consulting – The Triangle
Peter Brett Associates LLp – Bristol & Bath Science Park
Infrastructure Small
Flint & Neill Ltd - Compiègne Bridge, Compiègne, France
Flint & Neill Ltd - West Gate Bridge Strengthening Project
Flint & Neill Ltd - The Saints Stadium Bridge St Helens
GHA Livigunn - The Avenue
GHA Livigunn – River Lune Pipe Crossing
Research Studies & Consulting
Burroughs - Tŷ Unnos - A Home Grown Timber Frame Solution
Pell Frischmann - Mumbai Area Traffic Control
URS - The Adapting to Climate Change Application (ACCA)
-ENDS-
Notes for editors
The judging panel was made up of:
• Mark Hansford, Deputy Editor, New Civil Engineer
• Tony Bingham, Barrister
• Michael Ankers, Chief Executive, Construction Products Association
• Graham Watts, Chief Executive, Construction Industry Council
• Jessica Bauly, Head of Construction, CBI
• Michael Hall, Head of Policy and External Affairs, ACE
• John Dowie, Head of Local Transport, Department for Transport
• Alan Dunn, Director, Centre for Renewable Energy in Buildings, London South Bank University
• Mike Peasland, Chief Executive, Balfour Beatty
• Tom Fitzpatrick, Reporter, Construction News
For media enquiries please contact Gavin Pearson (gpearson@acenet.co.uk) (020 7202 0255).
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