Engineers take awards for range of projects
The winners of the NZ Engineering Excellence Awards.
Fourteen winners took home awards from the NZ Engineering Excellence Awards, held at the Pullman Hotel in Auckland late last week.
The awards celebrate leadership, innovation, and excellence in engineering projects, people and practice.
The overall supreme award was given to the team behind the creation of Whangarei’s Te Matau ā Pohe bridge – which is only New Zealand’s second bridge, and the first in 50 years, with a lifting mid-section to enable boats to pass underneath it.
The design of the bridge incorporates the traditional Māori fish hook and takes its name from Wiremu Pohe, the Māori chief who greeted the first ever Europeans to visit the region.
The joint winners were McConnell Dowell Constructors, Transfield Services, Novare Design, Gaia Engineers, Knight Architects, Eadon Consulting, Northern Civil Consulting and Whangarei District Council
Dr Doug Heffernan was awarded the William Pickering Award for Engineering Leadership; Dr Brendon Bradley was named the New Zealand Young Engineer of the Year; and brothers Shaun and Grant Ryan jointly received the New Zealand Engineering Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
The Gallagher Team of Keith Gallagher, Craig Malins, Paul Reid and Andrew Bealing were named the New Zealand Engineering Innovators of the Year; and two Christchurch projects were rewarded for their efforts in improving, and disposing of sewerage in Canterbury.
MWH New Zealand was recognised for work on the Eastern Selwyn Sewerage Scheme with the Water, Waste and Amenities Award.
Beca claimed the Resource Efficient Design Award for its Christchurch Biosolids Drying Facility, the first plant of its type to be built on such a scale in Australasia.
Chris Hutching for NBR NZ Property Investor
Fri, 05 Dec 2014
Fri, 05 Dec 2014
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Engineers take awards for range of projects
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