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Saltire Awards forCivil Engineering2017Application Pack

Deadline for entries:4pm on Friday 12 May, 2017

Forth Road Bridge Truss End Link Repair, winner of Saltire Greatest Contribution to Scotland and ICE UK People’s Choice Awards 2016.

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Deadline for entries is 4pm on Friday 12 May 2017

The Saltire Civil Engineering Awards celebrate outstanding civil engineering achievement, innovation and ingenuity in Scotland. The awards have grown into the highest honour for engineering excellence in the built environment.

Previous winners of our awards include The Helix urban park, M74 Completion Project, Forth Road Bridge repair and Pulpit Rock.

The awards ceremony will take place at the National Museum for Scotland in Edinburgh on the evening of Tuesday 24 October 2017.

A senior Scottish Government Minister will join the Presidents of the Institution of Civil Engineers and Saltire Society and an audience of over 150 senior figures from Scotland’s construction and built environment industries.

How to enterCompleted applications should be e-mailed to

scotland@ice.org.uk

by 4pm on 12 May, 2017.

NB. Shortlisted entrants will also need to send a CD of their images as jpeg files at 300 dpi during May and images should include crediting and copyright information as necessary.

Forms available from:

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Award Categories

Greatest Contribution to ScotlandThis award is given to the project that most beneficially impacts the people of Scotland and best showcases the vital contribution that civil engineers make to Scottish life.

Infrastructure AwardThe infrastructure award recognises civil engineering excellence in the design and construction of transport, geotechnical or water engineering; energy, waste or regeneration.

Special AwardsThese are awarded at the discretion of the judging panel for projects that they feel demonstrate a significant contribution to society. The award could be given to a public space project with significant positive impact upon the local community, a restoration of historic infrastructure or a project that significantly improves environmental outcomes.

Building AwardThe building Award recognising the engineer’s part in collaborative working across the whole design and construction team to produce a building solution that is elegant and positively influential.

Engineered in ScotlandThis category rewards projects of excellence situated outside Scotland developed by teams in Scotland. It recognises the significance of work conducted by Scotland’s civil engineers both nationally and globally.

Environmental AwardScotland has ambitious climate change targets and this award recognises good practice in low carbon infrastructure or interventions which have helped prevent or reduce the impact of extreme weather events.

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Saltire Awards for Civil Engineering 2017

Criteria

Projects should demonstrate innovation, creativity and social value whilst embedding a safety and sustainability culture. Projects must be excellent in design, construction, project management, financial control, infrastructure maintenance or network operation - and could be heritage projects which have been ‘re-engineered’.

Projects will utilise digital systems and new technologies and demonstrate a circular economy approach where appropriate to serve civil engineering, and will clearly demonstrate their positive impact upon the communities that they serve.

Projects should demonstrate how civil engineering has gone beyond the technical to make an excellent contribution to the sustainable creation, improvement and nurturing of the physical and social environment, demonstrating a circular economy approach.

Entries checklist:

Please send the following documents to scotland@ice.org.uk 1. Six high resolution (300dpi) photographs*2. Supporting information such as layout plan,

sketches, drawings (10 max) Project footage including timelapse for use in a short film which will be used during the ceremony.

3. Company Logos**4. Location map for reference, to enable the panel to

locate the projects from a main road5. Powerpoint for use at the adjudication meeting.

* Six high resolution photographs without company logos, clearly numbered and accompanied by a list identifying the project and giving a short description.

** Please supply all project team logos as high resolution Illustrator, eps, vector, or jpeg files and indicate the project team roles (i.e. client, designer, contractor etc).

Application fee

The £450 application fee includes five complimentary places at the awards ceremony. Projects with an outturn value of £250,000 and under can enter free of charge. Deadline for entries: 4pm, Friday 12 May 2017Pay online here.

Judging process and panelEntries will be shortlisted by an awards panel made up of ICE Scotland members and senior representatives from Scotland’s civil engineering community. Assessors will visit the schemes during the summer months to determine the award winners.

PublicityA short film of each of the projects will be shown at the Awards Ceremony. The film captures what is unique about each of the projects and tells the story to the wider public. Filming is for publicity purposes rather than project assessment.

The winning projects will be widely publicised by ICE Scotland and the Saltire Society. This will include coverage in social media, print and broadcast media and industry publications. Press releases and images from the awards presentation will be shared with entrants.

The winning projects will also be announced via the ICE Scotland and Saltire Society websites, and ICE Scotland monthly e-zine which reaches more than 8,000 professional engineers, graduates and students in Scotland and the Saltire Society Membership update which reaches over 2,500 individuals worldwide. The companies responsible for the winning projects will be able to use the awards logo on their website and in company literature to promote their achievements more widely.Download the application pack from:

Deadline for entries is 4pm on Friday 12 May 2017

Saltire Awards for Civil Engineering 2017

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Saltire Awards for Civil Engineering 2017

Registered charity number 210252Charity registered in Scotland number SC038629

Download the application pack and entry form from:www.ice.org.uk/saltireawards

Contact:ICE Scotlandt: 0141 221 5276e: scotland@ice.org.uk

The Saltire Civil Engineering awards are run in partnership with the Saltire Society.

The Saltire Society is:The Saltire Society seeks to encourage everything that might improve the quality of life in Scotland. It works to preserve all that is best in Scottish traditions and to encourage new developments which can strengthen and enrich the country’s cultural life. It acts as a catalyst, celebrant and commentator through an annual programme of awards, lectures, debates and projects. Founded in 1936 is a non-political independent charity with membership branches throughout Scotland. Membership of the Saltire Society is open to all individuals and organisations that support the aims of the Society. saltire@saltiresociety.org.uk

The Institution of Civil EngineersICE is a professional body which qualifies civil engineers, keeps their knowledge and skills up to date and seeks to inspire the next generation into the profession. Our 91,000 global members design, build and maintain the world’s transport, water, flooding, energy and waste infrastructure. They range from students at college and university to chartered engineers working in the public and private sectors and academia. ICE works to highlight the important role that civil engineers play in the UK’s development, and the need for world class infrastructure. As the voice of infrastructure we work to raise the profile of civil engineering in the media, develop policy positions on the key issues of the day and work with government to deliver improvements to our infrastructure and beyond. Our Royal Charter binds us to act in the public interest and we are a charity.

Saltire Awards for Civil Engineering 2017

Deadline for entries is 4pm on Friday 12 May, 2017

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