Entries are invited for the 2010 British Construction Industry Awards, the UK’s top accolades for overall excellence in building and civil engineering projects. Full details and online entry is available at www.bciawards.org.uk. Closing date for entries is Thursday 15 April 2010.
Awards will be made in 12 categories, plus the highly prestigious Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award sponsored by CABE, OGC and BIS. Clients, architects, engineers, contractors and others are invited to put forward their projects whether large or small or from the public or private sector.
Each year the Awards attract entries representing the best buildings and civil engineering projects throughout the UK and overseas. Category sponsors are Arup, Atkins and Mott MacDonald
The categories are:
Small Building Project up to £3m
Small Civil Engineering Project up to £3m
Building Project £3m - £50m
Civil Engineering £3m - £50m
Major Project over £50m
and the following special, complementary categories for projects of any size:
Best Practice Award
Local Authority Award
Environmental Award
Regeneration Award
Conservation Award
International Project
Judges ‘Special Award’
Plus The Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award
The results will be announced at a Gala Awards Dinner at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on Wednesday 13 October 2010.
The UK Judging Panel for 2010
Iain Coucher, Chairman of the Judges; Chief Executive, Network Rail
Professor Paul Jowitt, Deputy Chairman; President, Institution of Civil Engineers
Philip Dilley, Group Chairman, Arup
Sir Jeremy Dixon, Chairman, Dixon Jones
Paul Dollin, Managing Director Design & Engineering, Atkins
Katrina Dowding, Corporate Projects Manager, Skanska and Chair, NAWIC
Hugh Ferguson, Institution of Civil Engineers
Paul Finch OBE, Chairman, CABE
Hanif Kara, Partner, AKT
Rory Olcayto, Features Editor, Architects’ Journal
Antony Oliver, Editor, NCE
Jane Priestman, Design Management Consultant
Philip Singleton, Divisional Director: Major Sites, London Borough of Newham
Mark Stevenson, Chief Executive, Gifford
Chris Webster, Chief Operating Officer, Amey
Special Advisors To The UK Judges
John Ioannou, Head of Commercial Delivery - Construction, OGC
Peter Maxwell, Head of Better Public Buildings, CABE
Denis Walker, Head of Construction Sector Unit, BIS (Department for Business Innovation & Skills)
The International category judges are:
Alan Crane CBE, Chairman, 3Cs Consultants
Bob McGowan, Independent Consultant, former Chairman, Scott Wilson Group
Hugh Ferguson, Institution of Civil Engineers