Nominations are invited for the
Excellence Awards 2014 Thursday, 9 October 2014, The Events Centre, Caloundra Do you know an individual or project that demonstrates innovative thinking, best practices and value to your community? This is the ideal opportunity to recognise, reward and showcase your projects and your people’s achievements by nominating them for the IPWEA Queensland Excellence Awards. Recognition Each year the IPWEA Queensland presents these prestigious awards to encourage excellence in the innovation, development, completion and management of local government and public works projects. Nominations are invited from IPWEA Queensland Members from councils and organisations - for individual practitioners and projects. It’s important to note that nominations should not be constrained by project or organisation size and will be judged on their merits.
Rewards Six great reasons to nominate for the Excellence Awards 1. Industry and peer recognition and acknowledgement 2. Inclusion in our widely distributed IPWEA Queensland Excellence Awards book 3. The chance to showcase your work with a paper at the IPWEA Queensland Annual Conference 4. Media coverage of the event and assistance with press releases for winning entries 5. Media coverage of your project in various industry publications (PWP, Local Govt News, IPWEAQ Bulletin) 6. The opportunity to have your project and people nominated by the IPWEA Queensland Board for the National Local Government Engineering Medal.
Celebrating
Excellence in public works
Awards proudly sponsored by: IPWEA Queensland Foundation
Award Nominations close: 5.00 pm on Monday 21 July 2014
Celebrating
Excellence in public works
People Awards •
IPWEA Queensland Engineer 2014
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IPWEA Queensland Young Engineer 2014
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IPWEA Queensland Technical Officer 2014
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IPWEA Queensland Works Supervisor 2014
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IPWEA Queensland Woman in Engineering 2014 (from any category)
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Project Awards •
Design and/or Construction of a local government/public works projects - Projects over $10 million - Projects $5 million to $10 million - Projects $1 million to $5 million - Projects under $1 million (assistance with nomination is available)
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Innovation and/or Introduction of New and/or Improved Techniques
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Road safety
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Asset management projects which address best practice and in particular show a whole of organisation perspective
Water, waste water, sewerage and drought management (sponsored by Queensland Water Directorate) - Projects over $10 million - Projects $5 million to $10 million - Projects $1 million to $5 million - Projects under $1 million (assistance with nomination is available) - Innovation and/or Introduction of New and/ or Improved Techniques
Water Awards sponsored by: Queensland Water Directorate
ALL PROJECTS MUST SHOW HOW THEY HAVE ADDRESSED ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES.
HOW TO ENTER
SHOWCASE
Complete details and entry requirements are available on our website:
We would like to encourage applicants to submit your Project Awards as a paper into the technical program of the IPWEA Queensland Annual Conference. Full papers for the conference are due on Tuesday 22 July 2014 and can be submitted through the speaker portal on the IPWEA Queensland website.
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Eligibility
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Entry Format
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Judging Criteria
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Templates for Submissions
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Checklist
FOR FULL ENTRY DETAILS PLEASE VISIT: www.ipwea.org/queensland/excellence_awards Award Nominations close: 5.00 pm on Monday, 21 July 2014
The Excellence Awards Gala Dinner Celebrate the achievements of our Industry
The Events Centre, Caloundra From 7.00 pm until late Thursday 9 October 2014 FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT YOUR ENTRY, PLEASE CONTACT: Lucy Brown, Events & Membership Coordinator, IPWEA Queensland, P. 07 3632 6802 | E.
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