ICE West Midlands Awards 2021 now open for entries 

Showcasing the best civil engineering projects and people across the region.

The ICE West Midlands Awards 2021 are now open for entries.

Presented annually, these awards provide the perfect opportunity to celebrate all aspects of civil engineering and are presented to the best civil engineering projects, people and ground-breaking research across Birmingham, the Black Country, Coventry, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Solihull, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire.

Nominations are open to projects completed or substantially completed in 2020, and all types and sizes of project are considered - from local schemes to multi-million cross-county infrastructure work.

The winners will be announced at the ICE West Midlands Awards Ceremony, which is due to take place on Thursday, 6 May 2021.

Awards are judged in the large, medium and small project categories, as well as accolades for team achievement, sustainability, communication, innovation, and many more.

Civil engineers can also celebrate individual achievements in the following categories: Bob Dunn Award, ICE STEM Ambassador of the Year, and ICE Young Achiever of the Year. Academic institutions are encouraged to nominate their technician students for the Technician of the Year Award.

 

Jo Barnett, ICE East and West Midlands Regional Director, said: “The ICE West Midlands Awards provide a perfect opportunity to celebrate our local civil engineering projects and the people working on them.

"I am delighted to announce that our 2021 awards are now open for entries and look forward to receiving a range of entries showcasing civil engineering at its very best from across the region.”

 
 

How to enter

The entry fee for completed entries received by the closing date of midday on Friday, 19 March 2021 is £200 +VAT.

For further details on how to enter, visit the ICE West Midlands Awards page.

 

2020 ICE West Midlands Award Winning Projects

 
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West Gate Repair and Restoration won both the Communication Award and Heritage Award

Submitted by Warwickshire County Council, with partners Waterman Aspen, Atkins, Mark Evans Architect, Balfour Beatty and Croft Building & Conservation, the repair and restoration of the 12th century structure’s heavily eroded masonry combined modern technologies with traditional skills, replacing or re-facing over 400 sandstone blocks and reconstructing the archway’s tierceron vault.

Two other projects in the Communication Award received recognition: Coton Arches Roundabout Signalisation, submitted by Galliford Try and Warwickshire County Council, was Highly Commended and Walton Wellesbourne S101a, submitted by Severn Trent and nmcn, was Commended.

Bedford Street Deck Bridge Replacement received Highly Commended in Heritage Award category.

 
 
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The Midland Metro Alliance's Trailblazer Apprenticeship won the Education and Inspiration Award

Launched in June 2019, the Trailblazer Apprenticeship is the first of its kind in the UK and will enable site-based staff to develop in five discipline areas needed to kick-start a career in light rail.

 
 
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Worcestershire Parkway was the winner of the 2020 ICE West Midlands Awards Large Project Award, Geotechnical Award and Overall Award.

Submitted by SLC Rail and Worcestershire County Council (Large Project), Mott MacDonald and Buckingham Group Contracting (Geotechnical Award), Worcestershire Parkway is the first train station to be opened in Worcestershire for over 100 years.

In delivering the new station, which had been in the pipeline for 30 years, the project team overcame technical challenges through a collaborative approach, engineering expertise, tenacity and determination.

Commenting on the project, the judges agreed that the whole design, coordination and delivery of the project was highly impressive. They commented that Worcestershire Parkway Station is a remarkable piece of infrastructure that the West Midlands can be truly proud of.

 
 
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Infrastructure Upgrade Through Collaboration – Replacement of Three Bridges won the Small Project and Team Achievement Awards

Funded by Network Rail, as part of its Railway Upgrade Plan, this project included electrifying the railway, which required the upgrading of three local authority footbridges spanning railway lines — two in Stafford and one in Walsall.

The Small Project category also had two Highly Commended projects: Walton Wellesbourne S101a submitted by nmcn and Severn Trent, and Weoley Avenue Lodge Hill Cemetery Flood Alleviation scheme, submitted by Mott MacDonald Bentley and Severn Trent.