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STEPPING OUT FROM UNDER THE BUSHEL – NEW ZEALAND ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE AWARDS FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
20 October 2006
What do University of Auckland’s Fale Pasifika, Otago’s Wainakarua Bridge and Takaka’s Milk Factory have in common? These are only some of the New Zealand Engineering Excellence Awards finalists announced today.
“The New Zealand Engineering Excellence Awards dispels the myth that engineering is the invisible profession and seeks to celebrate the industry as a business and the crux of innovation”, says Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) Chief Executive Dr Andrew Cleland.
Dr Cleland says that New Zealanders are surrounded by many fantastic examples of engineering and the Awards are an opportunity to highlight just how many there are.
“The finalists are brilliant examples of the many facets of engineering that enhance our lives, businesses and economy”, says Dr Cleland. “The innovative approaches undertaken demonstrated both the high standards and the joy the finalists have invested in their work”.
Winners for individual and category sections of the will be announced at a Gala Dinner on 22 November 2006 at TE PAPA, Wellington.
The awards are staged by a consortium of four partners and ten contributing organisations. The founding partners are: Centre for Advanced Engineering (CAE); Association of Local Government Engineering New Zealand Incorporated (Ingenium); Electricity Engineers Association of New Zealand (EEA) and the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand Inc (IPENZ).
Tickets for the awards and gala dinner are on sale now. To find out more about the awards, visit the awards website at www.nzeeawards.org.nz
Awards finalists are:
Category Finalists |
Project Name |
Company/organisation(s) |
100% Recycled Road (Christchurch) |
Fulton Hogan Ltd; Christchurch City Council |
A-Grader (Rotorua) |
Ensis; Falcon Engineering Ltd |
Air Conditioning System for GEN-I / WETA Digital Computer Facility (Wellington) |
Opus International Consultants |
AUT Business School (Auckland) |
Beca Carter Hollings & Ferner Ltd |
Extension to the Bayview Chateau (Tongariro) |
Holmes Consulting Group |
Cosseys Dam Upgrade (Auckland) |
URS New Zealand Limited; Watercare Services Limited |
DAG7.1S Network Monitoring Interface Card (Hamilton) |
Endace Ltd |
HV Power System Earth Grid Testing Equipment (Christchurch) |
Mitton Consulting Ltd; Preston Consulting Ltd; Otiake Design Ltd |
University of Auckland - Fale Pasifika (Auckland) |
HLK Jacob Ltd |
Feasibility Studies for Retrofitting of Residential Buildings in Istanbul (Turkey) |
Beca Carter Hollings & Ferner Ltd |
Fonterra Energy Reduction Project - Heat Recovery Loop (Whareroa site, Hawera) |
Demand Response Limited; Process Development Limited |
Great South Rd / Sylvia Park Road Intersection Upgrade and Bridge Replacement (Auckland) |
Maunsell Limited |
Household Efficient Lighting Projects [HELP] (Christchurch) |
Energy Mad Holdings Limited |
Kate Valley Landfill (North Canterbury) |
Transwaste Canterbury Limited; Canterbury Waste Services Limited; Fulton Hogan; Tonkin & Taylor Ltd |
Kohimarama Beach Replenishment (Auckland) |
Auckland City Council; Beca Infrastructure Ltd; Urban Solutions Ltd |
Manufacture of Two Seater Training Aircraft (Hamilton) |
Alpha Aviation Limited |
Paksey Bridge (Bangladesh) |
Maunsell Limited |
Pier A Passenger Segregation (Auckland International Airport) |
Beca Carter Hollings & Ferner Ltd |
Seaside Park - Brady Road Closed Landfill Rehabilitation (Auckland) |
Auckland City Council; Tonkin & Taylor Ltd |
SMARTlift Load Monitoring System (Christchurch) |
Steelbro New Zealand Ltd |
Takaka Milk Factory Reinstatement Project (Takaka) |
Fonterra Major Capital Projects |
Telstra Clear Pacific (Events Centre, Manukau) |
Sinclair Knight Merz Ltd |
Waiatarua Reserve Restoration Project (Auckland) |
Beca Carter Hollings & Ferner Ltd |
Widening of the Waianakarua North Bridge (Otago) |
Opus International Consultants |
WCC Derwent Street Link Sewer Project (Wellington) |
Sinclair Knight Merz Ltd |
Individual Finalists |
Entrant name |
Company/organisation |
Jonnette Adams |
Transit New Zealand |
Darren Cash |
Maunsell Limited |
Ross Davis |
Davidson Partners Ltd |
Olaf Diegel |
Massey University |
Anthony Mitton;
Colin Tuck;
David Peach |
Mitton Consulting Ltd;
Preston Consulting Ltd;
Otiake Design Ltd |
Michael Murphy |
M.J. Murphy LTD |
Ian Parton |
Self employed |
Hannah Sperber |
North & South magazine |
Andrew Stevens |
Beca Infrastructure Ltd |
Philip Vine |
TV3 |
David Young |
Television New Zealand |
Laurence Zwimpfer |
Zwimpfer Communications Limited |
Notes to journalists
About IPENZ: The Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) is the professional body which represents professional engineers from all disciplines in New Zealand. The Institution sets internationally bench-marked qualifying standards for degree qualifications in engineering, and serves engineers by securing formal recognition for their professional standing. IPENZ provides services for about 9000 members.
For more information contact:
Verona-Meiana Putaranui
IPENZ Media Co-ordinator
Telephone: 04 473 2028 / 021 479 885
Or
Dr Andrew Cleland
IPENZ Chief Executive
Telephone: 04 474 8935 / 021 311 879
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