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Scottish Civil Engineering Awards 2020-21

The premier showcase for engineering excellence in Scotland

Following the unfortunate postponement of the 2020 Scottish Civil Engineering Awards due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, we are now seeking entries for a combined 2020-21 Scottish Civil Engineering Awards, celebrating outstanding civil engineering achievement, innovation and ingenuity in Scotland. Projects or phases of projects should be located in Scotland and substantially completed in the period October 2019 to April 2021. The 2020-21 awards will be presented at a virtual awards ceremony around September/October 2021. Please note entries already submitted for the 2020 awards will still be considered.

Jointly managed by CECA Scotland and ICE Scotland, the awards are widely recognised as the highest honour for engineering excellence in the built environment, showcasing the success of Scottish civil engineering.

The 2019 winners included the V&A Museum of Design in Dundee, the Stirling-Dunblane-Alloa Electrification Project and the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.

We have refreshed the awards so that each of the categories is of equal merit and there is no overall winner. We also want to recognise smaller but just as important civil engineering projects which transform their local community. Dependent on the number of entries more than one award may be made within a particular category. Projects with an outturn value of under £2m will be recognised separately to larger projects.

The 2020-21 categories will include:

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

Best Infrastructure Project
This award recognises civil engineering excellence in the design and construction of transport, geotechnical or water engineering, energy, waste or regeneration.

Innovation Award
This category rewards ground-breaking developments in products, materials and ways of working which change future practices. The entry can apply to a new method or the development of an existing method to enhance project outcomes.

Building Award
The building award recognises 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.

Sustainability and Resilience Award
Recognising the best civil engineering intervention that has significantly improved the sustainability or resilience of a new or existing piece of infrastructure or a building. The judges will assess whether it significantly improves environmental outcomes.

Community and/or Restoration of Historic Infrastructure Award
For projects that have made a significant contribution to their local area involving the local community in an innovative or exemplary way. It could be for a public space project with significant positive impact upon the local community or a restoration of historic infrastructure.