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 The British Construction Industry Awards 2004: Promoters, Sponsors and Supporters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
NCE is the essential weekly read for all construction professionals with authoritative reporting, in-depth news analysis, special features, regular supplements and technical features to keep the whole industry up-to-date on all current market issues.
The Award Promoters are grateful to the following organisations are sponsoring individual categories of the British Construction Industry Awards in 2002.
These are organisations from all sides of the construction industry and its client sectors which have pledged financial support for the Awards for a three-year period.
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 Premi di Architettura - ArchiWorld Network
The Award is open to any project commissioned by or on behalf of central or local government or by a grant-aided organisation, regardless of size and budget.
The award is judged by Richard Griffiths, conservation architect; David Pickles, Senior Architect in the Conservation Department of English Heritage; Giles Worsley, architecture critic of the Daily Telegraph; Roger Bright, Chief Executive of The Crown Estate; and Tony Chapman, RIBA Head of Awards.
The £20,000 prize is awarded annually to the architects of the building which has made the greatest contribution to British Architecture in the past year.
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 Bournemouth -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It was Sir Merton Russell-Cotes, one of Bournemouth's most prominent (A person who lived during the reign of Victoria) Victorians, who successfully campaigned to have a (A square dance figure; couples march counterclockwise in a circle) promenade built; the promenade now runs continuously along the Bournemouth and Poole shoreline.
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The project was awarded a number of construction and design awards including the prestigious "Special Commendation" and "Highly Commended" citation at the British Construction Industry Awards ceremony in 1992.
Trafalgar House Construction Management was appointed as management contractor by the Department of Trade and Industry to construct, fit-out and maintain the British Pavilion at EXPO '92 in Seville, Spain -- the first universal category exposition to be held in Europe for 35 years.
Trafalgar House Construction Management's role ranged from managing the construction of the structure and fitting-out the exhibition, to co-ordinating clients contractors and concessionaires works prior to opening, together with managing the maintenance of the Pavilion during the exhibition.
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 H.M. TREASURY
The award will be made to the most outstanding building, and will be announced at the British Construction Industry awards on 24 October.
This award reflects the Prime Ministers personal interest in excellence in public buildings, and his commitment to raising the standard of public building projects by identifying and rewarding high-quality design and construction.
The award will be sponsored by CABE and OGC on behalf of all of Government, and it will be administered and judged under the aegis of the BCIA.
archive.treasury.gov.uk /speech/cst060201.html   (1938 words)

  
 Flatiron Construction Corp. - Specializing in Transportation & Heavy Civil Construction - Media Center
ABC's membership represents all specialties within the U.S. construction industry and is comprised primarily of firms that perform work in the industrial and commercial sectors of the industry.
Associated General Contractors (AGC), the voice of the construction industry, is an organization of qualified construction contractors and industry related companies dedicated to skill, integrity, and responsibility.
The association is dedicated to improving the construction industry by employing the finest skills, promoting the latest technology, and advocating building the best quality projects for public and private owners.
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 Other architectural awards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The awards are biennial, with candidates put forward by a broad group of independent experts from all over Europe, as well as from the architects' associations that form part of the European Council of Architects and other European national architects' associations.
The Art and Christianity Enquiry's ACE Awards are designed to celebrate the successes and diversity of architectural and artistic projects in religious buildings throughout Britain.
The awards programme, in its sixth year, recognizes the achievement of individuals and organizations within the private sector, and public-private initiatives, in successfully restoring structures of heritage value in the Asia-Pacific region.
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 Manhattan Construction Company   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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 British Construction Industry Awards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The British Construction Industry Awards were launched by the New Civil Engineer magazine and Thomas Telford Ltd - both owned by the Institution of Civil Engineers - in 1998.
The awards seek to recognise outstanding achievement in the construction of buildings, taking account of a wide range of factors including architectural and engineering design, but also consideration of the construction process, delivery to time and budget, and client satisfaction.
Special Award for innovation in concept, design and execution
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 Halcrow latest News: British Construction Industry Awards 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In October's British Construction Industry Awards, organised by the Daily Telegraph, New Civil Engineer and Architects Journal, Halcrow was involved in three of the winning projects.
These awards have been running since 1988 and reward quality, best practice and safety, as well as engineering or architectural design.
The winners were chosen from 157 entries, with the short-listed projects visited by members of the judging panel.
www.halcrow.com /latestnews_oct03_bciAwards.asp   (113 words)

  
 Wolfson Medical School Building scoops top construction industry award - Education - Global Friends of Scotland
In October, out of a record 225 entries, the Wolfson Medical School Building, by Reiach and Hall Architects, was named as this year's winner of the British Construction Industry's elite 'Building Award'.
Now in its 17th year the BCIA awards are an industry-wide scheme to recognise excellence in the overall design, construction and delivery of buildings and civil engineering projects.
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland has awarded the largest prize in UK architecture to Elder and Cannon architects, the designers of St Aloysius' College's Clavius building, described as "big, tough, unmistakably Glasgow".
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 Bluewater | awards
Bluewater General Manager Paul Lucchinelli was awarded the title of Out-of-Town Centre Manager of the Year at the 2003 SCEPTRE awards which recognise excellence in the shopping centre management industry in the UK.
Lend Lease won an award for regeneration and Kate Meyrick from Lend Lease was honoured with a Special Award for the Bluewater project.
Lend Lease was awarded the Developer of the Year award at the 1999 Property Week Awards.
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 HONDA - BRITISH CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AWARDS (BUILDING AWARD)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Honda was chosen from 60 construction projects and views this award as recognition of a huge team effort involving all parts of the supply chain.
Honda is delighted to receive the award on behalf of all the organisations that contributed to the success of the project.
The success of the project was largely down to a truly global "integrated team" in which UK trade contractors are to be congratulated on their high levels of performance.
www.hondauk-media.co.uk /protected/releases/2002/31874hon.htm   (477 words)

  
 British Red Cross - New Red Cross First Aid Guide for Construction Industry
The construction industry is one of the most high-risk industries in the UK.
In the last 25 years 2,800 people have died from injuries they received during construction work and thousands more were injured*.
The British Red Cross is one of the UK's leading authorities on first aid and is jointly responsible for setting first aid standards and practices throughout the UK.
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 Modular Apartments From Modular Buildings Firm Win Major Industry Award for Best Practice
The awards recognise overall excellence in all aspects of construction practice and the greatest architectural distinction.
The award was given to the Raines Court Apartments in London, which was developed by Peabody Trust, manufactured by Yorkon and designed by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris.
Commenting on the award, Keith Blanshard, Director and General Manager of Yorkon, said, “The award is a major accomplishment for everyone involved in this pioneering project.
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 Halcrow latest News: British Construction Industry Awards 2003 - M1 Junction 15A improvement scheme, Northampton, UK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Construction of the underpass had to be completed without closing the motorway or even any of its traffic lanes.
Box jacking techniques were employed - their first use under a live motorway in the UK - to push a 45m-long underpass through the motorway embankment just 1.5m below the M1 carriageways.
This project was also one of only 14 short-listed for the prime minister's better public building award.
www.halcrow.com /latestnews_oct03_bciAwards_northampton.asp   (263 words)

  
 Click2NewSites.com - A Gateway to New Web Sites, Best Web Sites, Press Releases and Business Opportunities.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
November 15, 2002 -- The British Construction Industry Awards for 2002 were presented in London on October 23, 2002.
The British Construction Industry Awards has recognized all-round excellence in design, procurement, construction and delivery on time and budget since 1988.
It is also recognition of the significant advancement in construction performance as compared to a decade earlier, when the first Swindon Plant was completed.
www.click2newsites.com /pressrelease16112002-22.htm   (579 words)

  
 Architecture Competition, Architectural, 2005, Details, UK, Global   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Architecture Awards for Scottish-based companies, or where Client's headquarters are in Scotland.
The Frank Tindall Award is actually two awards - one the FT Research Award is for research/travelling scholarship project and the other is the FT Design Award for good buildings or spaces within East Lothian.
This Architectural Award is open to projects of any size that have been commissioned by, or on behalf of central or local government, or by a grant-aided organisation.
www.edinburgharchitecture.co.uk /architecture_competitions.htm   (1328 words)

  
 Construction companies - latest news on Buildingtalk
Leading construction and interiors specialist Multibuild has received the Mitchells and Butlers 'Health and Safety Performance of the year 2003' award for building management.
Construction PLC is on board this week with Stort Valley Housing Association for the £1.8 million development of 16 new flats and a community centre in Bishop's Stortford.
Higgins Construction PLC is one of the three main contractors refurbishing 5,659 homes for the £28 million Merlin regeneration project in Surrey.
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 Tony Gee and Partners   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
To minimise traffic delays to the public a scheme was devised to construct the new 400m long viaducts weighing 5000T each, alongside the existing ones.
Following construction of new foundations and piers the viaducts were jacked sideways to their final position.
The contract was awarded after a lengthy Design and Construction competition and the efficient design from close liaison between designer and contractor from the outset.
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 Mr. John J. Murphy - citation
With the onset of war in 1939, there was an urgent need for the construction of airport runways for the RAF and re-construction activities were an important part of the war effort.
He has steered a path through the major reorganizations and changes that are the norm within the construction industry and always insisted on the need for high quality civil engineering in the period of regeneration and reconstruction in the post-war decades of the 1950s and 60s.
As a major figure in civil engineering construction in Britain and Ireland during the past half century and benefactor to Engineering in UCC, I am delighted to propose that John Murphy should be conferred with degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa.
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 The University of Nottingham - Estate Office (Awards and Accolades)
The Estates Office has won a number of awards for its Buildings, Grounds and Environment, the most notable of which are as follows...
The awards where presented at the Nottingham Construction Industry Dinner held on the 8th October 2004.
Certificate of Craftsmanship given by the Joint Consultative Committee for Construction the Centre for Bio-molecular Sciences (Thomas Fish and Sons).
www.nottingham.ac.uk /estate/awards.htm   (410 words)

  
 Cambridge maths 'majors' in excellence awards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The University of Cambridge team that created the Centre for Mathematical Sciences were jubilant today after their extraordinary win at last night’s British Construction Industry Awards.
The winning design by Edward Cullinan Architects was the end of a brilliant collaboration between the University’s Estates department and the Maths Faculty who raised the £58 million cost in three phases.
The Award recognises the highest standards of procurement, design and delivery but they also consider other vital features a project: good all round quality construction delivered safely, on time and to budget.
www.admin.cam.ac.uk /news/dp/2003102302   (472 words)

  
 Quartet of Awards for The Sage Gateshead
It is one of seven special awards that reflect the diversity of architecture and recognise the wide variety of specialist skills involved in delivering good buildings.
The quartet of awards for The Sage Gateshead was completed with a British Construction Industry Award for Local Authority Building of the Year.
The British Construction Industry Awards are an annual award scheme which rewards buildings and civil engineering projects which demonstrate all-round excellence.
www.gateshead.gov.uk /whatsnew/sagequartet.htm   (622 words)

  
 BRITISH CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AWARDS ANNOUNCED - Press Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The British Construction Industry Awards for 2002 were presented in London on October 23, 2002.
SSOE Inc., local architect/engineer, was part of the team that won the “Building Award” for Honda’s new European automotive plant in Swindon, United Kingdom.
Honda was chosen from 60 construction projects for the Building Award and the judges noted, “The ‘one team one goal’ culture of openness and transparency at Honda’s new Swindon plant and the company’s refusal to accept the status quo, has been rewarded with a cost-effective building.”
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 The British Construction Industry Awards 2004: Promoters, Sponsors and Supporters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The British Construction Industry Awards recognise all-round excellence in design, procurement, construction and delivery on time and budget in the following categories: Small Projects up to £3 million in value; Building in the range £3 - 50 million; Civil Engineering - £3 - 50 million; Major Projects above £50 million.
In addition there is a Best Practice Award and an International Award for a project in which a British company or companies have played a fundamental role.
The judges made a Special Award for innovation in concept, design and execution to the Bridge of Aspiration of the Royal Ballet School in London.
www.bciawards.org.uk /winners.asp   (1491 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Wales | New-look road on award shortlist
The A470 was one of 140 entries to the architecture award, which is now in its fifth year.
It is not the first time that a road has made it onto the shortlist of the award - last year's winner was the A650 Bingley Relief Road, in Yorkshire.
The winner of the award, which is part of the British Construction Industry Awards, will be announced on 13 October.
news.bbc.co.uk /go/newsFeedXML/moreover/-/1/hi/wales/4097496.stm   (474 words)

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