ICE North East has announced its winners for this year’s prestigious Robert Stephenson Awards.
The landmark Temenos sculpture, in Middlesbrough, and the transformation works at North Shields Western Fish Quay refurbishment, are the winners of the 2011 awards.
Commendations have gone to the Cockton Hill Railway Bridge Replacement project, in Bishop Auckland, and the reclamation of the former Lambton Coke Works, in Fencehouses, Sunderland.
Temenos, a project by Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering, Arup and Faithful & Gould, for Tees Valley Unlimited, won the under £4 million category, in which the Cockton Hill Railway Bridge Replacement project, by the Durham Strategic Alliance for Civil Engineering: Jacobs and Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering, for Durham County Council, was commended.
The Fish Quay project, by WA Fairhurst & Partners and Southbay Civils Ltd for North Shields Fish Quay Company Ltd/Port of Tyne, won the over £4 million category, which also saw the commendation for the Lambton Coke Works, by Carillion Civil Engineering and AECOM for the Homes and Communities Agency.
Judges’ comments:
The judges described Temenos as “a landmark sculpture in an iconic setting that encompasses first class engineering that will inspire and promote the region.”
The Judges described the North Shields Fish Quay work, as : “The transformation of a deteriorating facility to meet future demands and ensure the continual successful operation of the fish quay.”
Of the Bishop Auckland project, the judges commented: “Detailed planning and delivery ensured that the replacement of this vital transport link in a busy town centre took place with minimum disruption and maximum community involvement.”
The Lambton Coke Works reclamation was described by judges as “a good example of the conversion of a highly contaminated site to one of great community benefit.”
Jason Boddy, regional chairman of ICE North East said: “This year’s Robert Stephenson Awards nominees came from all over the North East and included a wide range of different types of project. I believe that this, and the selection of the winners, is representative of the array of civil engineering work and skills on display across the North East.”
The awards were presented by Peter Hansford, President of ICE at the annual ICE North East dinner at the Gosforth Marriott Hotel, during his visit to the region.
Mr Hansford said: “To see a sculpture alongside bridge works and vital upgrades at a successful fish quay alongside the reclamation of a contaminated site to bring it back into use for the community is an excellent celebration of civil engineering in all of its guises.”