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The ICE South West Civil Engineering Awards showcase the collective and individual achievements of civil engineers and civil engineering in the region.

ICE South West Civil Engineering Awards 2021

Engineering works of all shapes and sizes are eligible for our project awards, including emergency and temporary schemes, as well as project phases.

Outstanding apprentices and graduates living or working in the South West can also be nominated for one of our individual awards.

Download the entry pack for full details.

Open for entries

An ICE South West Civil Engineering Award is a mark of excellence and recognised as one of the highest regional honours a scheme or individual can attract.

You can apply anytime between now and the application deadline on 17 March 2021.

Shortlisted projects are visited by an eminent Judging Panel, including Mike Gallop, Regional Director (interim), Wales and Western, Network Rail (Chair); Mel Karam, CEO, Bristol Water; Sally Walters, Framework Manager, Stantec; Abie Hearn, Divisional Manager, SWH Contracting; and Glayne Price, Architectural Technologist and Chair, South West Women in Construction.

Ready to enter?

Please download either a project or individual award application form below.

Project Award Application Form

Individual Award Application

Send your completed application form to [email protected] no later than 17.00 on Wednesday 17 March 2021.

Don’t forget to pay for your entry, if applicable

Project entries cost £200 exc VAT (see the application pack for exceptions). Individual award entries are free.

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If you have any questions, please email us for assistance.

Good luck!

Attend the gala ceremony

This year's gala awards ceremony will take place at the Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel, College Green, Bristol from 18.00 until late on Thursday 30 September 2021.

The event will provide a valuable opportunity for networking with peers and celebrating the successes of civil engineering in the region.

Book a seat

2020 Awards

Our 2020 winners included a stunning bridge, an innovative surfing lake and a major motorway junction, as well as other excellent projects and talented individuals from across the South West.

Get some inspiration for your application by watching our 2020 awards ceremony film and exploring the list of last year’s winners and finalists below.

Tintagel Castle Bridge and Landscape Project

Tintagel, Cornwall

Showcase Award

For the first time in 500 years, the two halves of Tintagel Castle have been reunited thanks to a daring new footbridge. Spanning a 190ft gorge, with a gasp-inducing gap in the middle, the bridge reconnects the gatehouse on the mainland and the courtyard on the island.

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Tintagel Castle Bridge
Photo credit: Hufton & Crow Photography

The Wave

Easter Compton, Bristol

People’s Choice Award

The Wave
Photo credit: Global Shots

The Wave is a ground-breaking inland surfing destination where consistent, safe waves, bring surfing to people of all abilities. An innovative feat of engineering design creates 1,000 waves per hour. The £25m project over a 75-acre site includes a 180sqm surfing lake, a 100m viewing pier and a 1,000sqm clubhouse.

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A38 Stover Country Park Wetlands

Newton Abbot, Devon

Project Under £3m (New Build) and Judges’ Special Award

The aim of this project was to prevent contaminants from vehicles impacting the wildlife at Stover Country Park, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, located alongside a busy trunk road. The £2.9m scheme included the construction of new sustainable drainage, which has provided significant environmental, sustainability and social benefits.

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A38 Stover Country Park Wetlands

Charles Cross Transport Improvement Scheme

Plymouth, Devon

Project Over £3m (Re-Engineered)

Charles Cross Transport Improvement Scheme

Charles Cross Roundabout is a key junction on Plymouth’s road network, with more than 40,000 vehicles every day. Users were experiencing congestion and delays, particularly at peak shopping periods. This £7.4m scheme has successfully reduced delays and improved traffic flow while improving crossings and shared spaces for pedestrians and cyclists.

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Colley Lane Southern Access Road (Squibbers Way)

Bridgwater, Somerset

Project Over £3m (New Build) and Community Award

This complex project overcame a number of challenges to provide a much-needed link road to ease congestion and unlock brownfield land. The £18.4m scheme comprised 840m of carriageway, two bridges, plus improved cycle and footway links. It was completed on time, within budget and named Squibbers Way by the community.

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Colley Lane

M49 Avonmouth Junction

Bristol

Collaboration Award

M49 Avonmouth Junction

This project re-engineered a section of the M49 with a new junction, giving direct access for the port of Avonmouth and Severnside Enterprise Area. It will ease congestion and enable significant economic growth, providing access to one of the largest brownfield sites in Europe, creating up to 14,000 new jobs.

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Polperro Tidal Gate Repair

Polperro, Cornwall

Project Under £3m (Re-Engineered)

A multi-disciplinary partnership worked to protect people and property in this picturesque fishing village by renewing foundations and installing a new tidal gate. Despite constrained and challenging conditions, this £1.7m project was achieved on time and budget, with an exemplary safety record and full community support.

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Polperro Tidal Gate Repair

Hinkley Point C Seawall

Hinkley, Somerset

Finalist

Hinkley Point C Seawall

The seawall construction to protect the UK’s first new nuclear power station for a generation meant working in the Bristol Channel – dealing with the world’s second highest tidal range. The team operated a tidal shift pattern to build the 760m structure and public walkway, giving new access to the foreshore.

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St Erth Multi Modal Hub

Hayle, Cornwall

Finalist

St Erth railway station has been transformed to offer more sustainable transport choices with 530 parking spaces serving main and branchline train services, as well bus and coach links. Access for cyclists, disabled users and pedestrians were a key part of this £14m scheme, delivering major benefits for the community.

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St Erth Multi Modal Hub

St Philips Footbridge

St Philips, Bristol

Finalist

St Philips Footbridge

This scheme is a clever marriage of architectural and structural design, enabling the provision of a new ‘green travel’ route to a major new regeneration area of Bristol city centre. The £4.3m project required separate construction on both riverbanks and a single operation to lift the bridge into place.

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West Bay Coastal Defences

West Bay, Dorset

The visually stunning town of West Bay is now better protected from sea flooding after a £8.2m project to install robust new coastal defences at its two beaches. The economic benefit of the scheme to the local area over 50 years has been assessed at £350m.

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West Bay Coastal Defences

Wichelstowe Canalside Infrastructure Works

Swindon, Wiltshire

Wichelstowe Canalside

This £8.5m project has created a platform for the development of essential facilities to enable the new community at Wichelstowe to flourish. It has delivered a framework of engineering elements designed to form the District Centre, including a new feature footbridge, a public square, community street and restored canal.

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