Engineering Excellence Awards 2015 - BWB wins Diamond Award as best of the best
UK consultancy business and individual excellence rewarded at evening of celebration - full list of winners revealed.
Nottingham based BWB Consulting swept the board at the 2015 ACE Engineering Excellence Awards, winning two category awards plus the overal Diamond Award for winner of winners to seal celebrations for the firm's 25th anniversary (click for profile).
The evening of celebration also recognised the industry's individual emerging talent and named WSP engineer Michelle Hicks as Engineer of the Future, with AECOM's Karol McCusker and Mott MacDonald's Victoria Sutherland highly commended.
The awards celebrate and reward the very best performances of the year from across the UK consultancy and engineering community.
Judges highlighted BWB's innovative sustainable model of best practice across a range of disciplines, distinguishing its businesses as a trailblazer in careful and sensitive design to bring the natural and built environments together.
Winners were announced at a gala dinner in London last night (Wednesday 20 May 2015) at the Grand Connaught Rooms, London - see below for the full list - at which ACE chief executive Nelson Ogunshakin challenged the industry to continue to lead the UK into growth with innovative solutions to the nation's infrastructure challenges.
"Once again the standard of entries was extremely high and dominated by engineering projects that showcased the ingenuity and innovation of UK engineering companies and the amazing inventiveness shown by their teams in delivering solutions to complex and ambitious projects," said AOgun Shakin told the gathered industry leaders. "Tonight’s theme was ‘ACE – the future : Be who you want to be’ and all our winners are excellent ambassadors for the sector and all demonstrated exceptional team work.”
ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE AWARDS - WINNERS 2015:
ACE Diamond Award - the overall 2015 winner of winners
BWB Consulting
Building Services (over 250 employees)
Sponsored by Beale & Company and Griffith & Armour
WINNER: Hoare Lea
Highly Commended: AECOM
Shorlisted
- Ramboll
Building Services (up to 250 employees)
WINNER: Skelly & Crouch
Highly Commended: Hurley Palmer Flatt
Shorlisted
- BWB Consulting
- Clancy Consulting
Building Structures (over 250 employees)
Sponsored by Beale & Company and Griffith & Armour
WINNER: Ramboll
Highly Commended: BDP
Shorlisted
- Capita Property and Infrastructure
- Pell Frischmann
Building Structures (up to 250 employees)
WINNER: BWB Consulting
Special Award: Engineers for Overseas Development
Shorlisted:
- Clancy Consulting
Engineering Professional of the Year
Sponsored by Mott MacDonald
WINNER: Matthew Browell- Hook, Atkins
Shorlisted
- Brian Brett, Hurley Palmer Flatt
Project Award Design (up to 250 employees)
WINNER: BWB Consulting
Highly Commended: Skelly & Couch
Research, Studies and Consulting Advisory Award
WINNER: IMC Worldwide
Highly Commended: AECOM
Shorlisted
- Jacobs
- Roughton
Utility Infrastructure Award
WINNER: Pell Frischmann
Highly Commended: Royal HaskoningDHV
Shorlisted
- GHA Livigunn
- Waterman
Transport Infrastructure Award
WINNER: AECOM
Highly Commended: Mott MacDonald
Shorlisted:
- Capita
Progress Network Award - Engineer of the Future
WINNER: Michelle Hicks, WSP
Highly Commended:
- Karol McCusker, AECOM
Highly Commended:
- Victoria Sutherland, Mott MacDonald
Shorlisted
- Chris Walker, Flint & Neill
- Divindy Grant, Mott MacDonald
Judges
- Geoff French, Immediate past president, Institution of Civil Engineers (chair of judges)
- Steve Tarr, Balfour Beatty
- David Waboso, London Underground
- Malcolm Bairstow, EY
- Paul Berg, Griffiths & Armour
- Antony Oliver, Infrastructure Intelligence
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