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The annual ICE North West Civil Engineering Awards showcase the collective and individual achievements of civil engineers and civil engineering.
The ICE North West awards ceremony recognises excellence and imaginative concepts in civil engineering practice across the North West Region.
We celebrate recently completed projects, the region's civil engineering heritage and individual excellence in the engineering profession.
Please note entries are now closed.
The winners will be revealed live at our gala dinner held at the Hilton Hotel, Manchester on Thursday 14 March 2019.
With grateful thanks to our 2019 sponsors:
If you would like to get involved and become an ICE North West Civil Engineering Awards sponsor, please contact Lynn Caddy on: t: 0161 202 9844 e: lynn.caddy@ice.org.uk
In recognition of ICE's bicentenary and a phenomenal feat of engineering which has changed the local skyline, the Mersey Gateway project is awarded the ICE 200 Special Award.
Merseylink embarked on its relationship with Halton Borough Council in 2014 with full determination not only to respond to the specifics of the project, but to share fully the aspirations of HBC to create a ‘Bridge to Prosperity’.
The Mersey Gateway Bridge is a new 1000m 4 span cabled-stayed bridge over the River Mersey delivering a six lane toll bridge and upgrades to 7.2km of strategic highway network.The project reconfigured eight major junctions in Runcorn and Widnes to improve the road network and direct traffic over the new bridge.
At £600m Mersey Gateway is one of the largest infrastructure projects in the UK. The project posed numerous technological and construction challenges, including working in the tidal range and flow of the River Mersey which required the construction of a trestle access platform across the river and creation of watertight cofferdams to construct the three pylons, reaching heights of 125m. Despite such challenges, the bridge opened on schedule on 14 October 2017.
Project teams: Network Rail, Aecom Mott MacDonald JV, Skanska Bam JV, BDP, Siemens, Amey Sersa JV, Severfield
The Ordsall Chord is a new railway link connecting Manchester’s main railway stations for the first time, reducing rail congestion, allowing the introduction of entirely new railway services, and fostering economic benefits throughout the north of England.
The scheme is supported entirely on elevated viaduct, including the new landmark River Irwell Crossing (the first bridge of its type in the UK), and extensive widening of Victorian railway structures. Key heritage structures have been refurbished and enhanced, including the Grade I Listed Stephenson’s Bridge.
Project teams: Network Rail Infrastructure Projects LNW, Arcadis, Story Contracting
This project renewed over 1.2km track slab, originally installed in the '70s, hidden 40 metres beneath the city. These most challenging sections within the Liverpool Underground network meant dealing with ground water ingress, steep gradients and tight curvature. The renewals will ensure the network remains reliable and safe for the next 65 years.
Project teams: United Utilities, GHD, Askam Engineering
The improvement work at Earnsdale impounding reservoir included several ground breaking technical innovations for UK dam engineering, specifically the first use of a reinforced earth wall, coupled with the use of deep soil mixing and a geotextile reinforced load transfer platform to improve stability of an earth dam. The reservoir safety improvements were implemented using the latest geotechnical standards and supported with a 3D earthworks model which coordinated and helped articulate the project risks and challenging phasing of works.
Project teams: Environment Agency, CH2M, Galliford Try Black & Veatch JV, Jacobs, Volker Stevin, Birse, Axis Planning
This Environment Agency project is of huge importance to Warrington, particularly those communities most at risk of flooding. While providing 5km walls and 2.2km embankments to reduce flood risk, it is the community engagement that has provided the town with an enhanced and lasting legacy. Its overriding aim was to ‘create a better place for people and wildlife’ and was achieved through active engagement with affected communities resulting in improvements to a local park, new/improved paths/cycleways, heritage and nature conservation enhancements and school artwork.
The listed Runcorn Railway Bridge, or Ethelfleda Bridge, is an epic railway structure spanning the Mersey at the Runcorn Gap. Built in the mid 1800s, it spans the river in 3 x 93m girders in wrought iron placed on masonry piers high above the river.
The bridge shortened the journey to Liverpool considerably and enabled the great port to continue its expansion. The bridge was recently assessed as part of the updating of the west coast main line and was passed in the top grade of railway bridge for railway operations. Furthermore, it will be used in any HS2 connection to Liverpool. Not bad for a bridge of this age!
Organisation: Environment Agency
For many years Richard Macilwaine has been the cornerstone of support for civil engineers working within the Environment Agency; this has spanned from mentoring, training and developing of staff through to his role as Supporting Civil Engineer. His continuous commitment, experience and support - especially in the run up to Professional Reviews - has benefitted many engineers.
Organisation: VolkerStevin, ICE Lancashire Branch, ICE Historic Engineering Group
Chris Hudson is a force of nature in terms of promoting the ICE from his local branch, through to heritage across the region and this year, supporting the ICE 200 campaign. He gives talks, attends meetings, engages with people from both inside and outside the profession and still finds the time to post it all on social media.
Mental health matters is the strategy Jacobs has developed for creating a highly engaged, mentally healthy workforce. Using positive mental health champions, they are working to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health and illness, normalise conversations within the workplace, to help in a crisis and keep up to date on latest developments in the field.