2007 NZ Engineering Excellence Awards Finalists

2007 New Zealand Engineering Excellence Awards finalists announced

The 2007 New Zealand Engineering Excellence (NZEE) Awards category finalists were announced today.

David Elms, Convenor of the Category Awards judging panel said that the calibre of finalist projects highlighted the contribution that professional engineers make to New Zealand on a social, economic and environmental scale.

"These projects made the finalist cut because they each are outstanding examples of engineering innovation", says Mr Elms. "This year's finalists impressed the judges by demonstrating how their projects contributed to the national economy and the reputation of New Zealand engineering and impacted on quality of life in their communities".

The third New Zealand Engineering Excellence Awards are the premier awards for New Zealand engineering professionals. The awards are presented in two major areas: Individual Awards, that recognise leadership, entrepreneurship, and our young engineers; and Category Awards, that recognise achievement in the various industry areas, together with a Supreme Award for the best of the Category winners.

The Category Awards finalists, in alphabetical order, are:

* Central Motorway Junction Core Area Upgrading, Auckland
* Beca Infrastructure Ltd, Fletcher Construction Ltd and Leighton Contractors Ltd
* Clandeboye Outfall, Clandeboye, South Canterbury
* Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd, McConnell Dowell Constructors Ltd and Beca Carter Hollings & Ferner Ltd
* EMeasure (Environmental Monitoring Solution), nationwide
* MWH New Zealand Ltd
* Foodstuffs Distribution Centre Refrigeration Plant, Palmerston North
* Cowley Refrigeration Ltd, Mike Odey & Associates Ltd and Hawkins Automation Ltd
* Hamilton Water Treatment Station, Hamilton
* GHD Ltd
* Hillsborough Pilot Sewer Rehabilitation Programme, Hillsborough, Auckland
* GHD Ltd
* Makatote Viaduct, between Ohakune & National Park
* ONTRACK
* Mercer to Longswamp Expressway, State Highway 1, Mercer
* Bloxam Burnett & Olliver Ltd
* New Zealand Fire Service National Recruit Training Centre, Eastgate Business Park, Rotorua
* Sinclair Knight Merz Ltd
* Project Black Point, Inland from Oamaru and south of the Waitaki river
* Sinclair Knight Merz Ltd, Tonkin & Taylor Ltd and Downer EDi Works Ltd
* Rehabilitation and Upgrading of King's Wharf, Suva, Fiji
* Beca International Consultants Ltd and Fletcher Construction Company Ltd
* Royal New Zealnd Navy, Backfilling the Bulk Fuel Tunnels, Devonport, Auckland
* GHD Ltd and Nikau Contractors Ltd
* SH1 Hihitahi Bluffs Reconstruction, between Taihape and Waiouru
* Opus International Consultants Ltd
* Southern Valleys Irrigation Scheme, Marlborough
* Marlborough District Council, Fulton Hogan Ltd and Beca Carter Hollings & Ferner Ltd
* Taupo Race Track, Taupo
* Connell Wagner Ltd
* Tenon Direct Geothermal Heat Project, Taupo
* Contact Energy Ltd
* The Kupe Mobile Controller, nationwide
* ONTRACK and Xworks (NZ) Ltd
* Transpower Tower Foundation Strengthening - Upper South Island Grid Upgrade, Upper South Island
* Construction Techniques Group Ltd
* University of Auckland School of Engineering Library and Students Centre, Auckland
* Sinclair Knight Merz Ltd
* Wainikasou Hydro Power Project, Fiji
* MWH New Zealand Ltd
* Watercare Biogas Cogeneration Plant, Mangere, Auckland
* Maunsell Ltd
* Weavers Pit Rehabilitation, Huntly
* Maunsell Ltd
* YJ Ballast Wagons, Wellington
* ONTRACK and Toll Rail Professional Services Group

Also announced were the finalists for the Award for Excellence in Engineering Journalism:

* John Gerritsen, for article 'Engineering a Future', New Zealand Education Review, Wellington

* Pushpa Jobin, for item 'Medicine Mondiale', Asia Downunder, Auckland

The Young Engineer of the Year finalists, announced on 14 September 2007, are:

* Neil Cook, Wairoa District Council Engineering Manager, Wairoa

* Louise Jones, MWH Programme Manager, Queenstown

* Tyrone Newson, Beca Project Manager, Auckland

* Iain Sutherland, Beca Project Manager/Engineer, Christchurch

Winners of both individual and category awards will be announced at a black-tie gala dinner at TE PAPA, Wellington on Wednesday, 21 November 2007.

The New Zealand Engineering Excellence Awards are hosted by a consortium of five partners and 10 contributing organisations. The partners are: Centre for Advanced Engineering (CAE); Association of Local Government Engineering New Zealand Incorporated (INGENIUM); Electricity Engineers Association of New Zealand (EEA); Association of Consulting Engineers New Zealand (ACENZ); and the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand Inc (IPENZ).

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