ICE Wales Cymru has announced the shortlist for the prestigious Project Awards 2013. The annual Project Awards celebrate the contribution of civil engineering to Wales by recognising schemes for their excellence in concept, planning and design, contract management and construction.
Three projects have been shortlisted for the George Gibby Award (for projects over £3m) and five for the Roy Edwards Award (for projects less than £3m).
Two of the projects in the £3m and over category are north Wales coastal defence schemes – highly topical, as the management of flood risk is becoming increasingly important – West Rhyl Coastal Defence Scheme in Denbighshire and Borth Coastal Defence Scheme in Ceredigion. The third scheme shortlisted is also located in north Wales: the Wrexham Industrial Estate Access Road.
A wide range of projects with a value of less than £3m have made the shortlist including two town regeneration projects; a sewerage treatment works; a highway project and a scheme that has actually been constructed in Uganda. The projects are: Blaenau Ffestiniog Regeneration scheme (Gwynedd); Pontypool Town Centre Regeneration (Torfaen); Llanfyllin Sewage Teatment (Powys); Ffordd Amazon Stage 2 (Neath Port Talbot); and Shalom Phase 1A in Uganda, which was designed and supervised by the young Welsh civil engineers group EFOD.
Keith Jones, Director ICE Wales Cymru said: "I am pleased to see such a wide range of projects representing the many aspects of civil engineering in Wales on the final shortlist. We are proud to be able to celebrate the contribution of civil engineering to society through the Project Awards and I look forward to the winners being announced on 17 May at our Awards ceremony in Cardiff, in the company of the President of the Institution, Professor Barry Clarke."
GEORGE GIBBY AWARD CATEGORY (PROJECTS OVER £3M)
West Rhyl Coastal Defence Scheme
Client/Engineer: Denbighshire County Council
Principal Designer: Martin Wright Associates
Principal Contractor: GallifordTry Civil Engineering England & Wales
Borth Coastal Defence Scheme
Client/Engineer: Ceredigion County Council
Principal Designer: Royal Haskoning DHV
Principal Contractor: BAM Nuttal Ltd
Other key organisation involved: Atkins Wales
Wrexham Industrial Estate Access Road
Client/Engineer: Wrexham County Borough Council
Principal Designer: Ranboll UK Limited
Principal Contractor: Birse Civils Limited
ROY EDWARDS AWARD CATEGORY (PROJECTS OVER £3M)
Blaenau Ffestiniog Regeneration Scheme
Client: Gwynedd Council
Principal Designer: Howard Bowcott
Engineer: Capita Symonds Ltd
Principal Contractor: Balfour Beatty Regional Civil Engineering
Other key organisation involved: Blaenau Ymlaen
Pontypool Town Centre Regeneration
Client/Principal Designer/Engineer: Torfaen Neighbourhood Services
Principal Contractor: Alun Griffiths (Contractors) Ltd
Llanfyllin Sewage Treatment
Client: Severn Trent Water
Principal Designer/ Engineer/Principal Contractor: Mott MacDonald Bentley Limited
Ffordd Amazon Stage 2
Client: Welsh Government
Principal Designer: Mott MacDonald
Engineer: URS Infrastructure and Environment UK Ltd
Principal Contractor: Dawnus Construction Ltd
Shalom Phase 1A in Uganda
Client: TESS
Principal Designer/Engineer/Principal Contractor: EFOD Cardiff