WINNERS AND COMMENDATIONS AWARDS SPECIAL
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27 Judges 59 Award for Construction Innovation 28 Foreword: Excellence in structural engineering 63 Award for Construction Integration 30 Supreme Award for Structural Engineering 65 Award for Structural Excellence Artistry 33 Award for Long Span 69 Award for Outstanding Structures Value 35 Award for Vehicle Bridges 71 Award for Sustainability 39 Award for Pedestrian 74 Structural Awards quiz Bridges 45 41 Award for Small Projects (under £1M) 45 Award for Small Projects (of between £1–3M) 47 Award for Tall or Slender Structures 51 Award for Structures in Extreme Conditions 53 Award for Structural Heritage 57 Award for Structural Transformation 39
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Judges Judging process Judging panel The judging panel comprises some of the most experienced and respected professionals in the structural engineering industry. Their collective knowledge spans a variety of specialties within the fi eld, including academia, architecture, construction, sustainability, innovation and research.
Dr Michael Cook Kayin Dawoodi Tanya de Hoog Ian Firth Tristram Hope This year the judging process was extended to three Michael is a Partner Kayin is a Lead Tanya is a founding Ian is a world- Tristram is the stages: and former Chairman Structural Engineer at director of Thornton leading expert in founder and Chairman 1) Firstly, a panel of eminent judges independently of BuroHappold, Sweco in Sweden and Tomasetti’s London bridge design and of independent reviewed all entries and awarded points. and Professor of a Founding Trustee of offi ce. She has construction. he is consultancy Creative Design in the Bridges to Prosperity’s worked on a diverse currently a Director THiSolutions Ltd. 2) Secondly, the highest-scoring entries were Department of Civil UK Charitable Trust. range of projects that of COWI (formerly He is also the evaluated by a ‘sitting judging panel’ to establish the Engineering at Imperial Kayin was the winner focus on engineering Flint & Neill) and is Royal Academy shortlist. College London. He of the Institution’s creativity and the current President of Engineering was a Vice-President 2014 Young Structural innovation with an of the Institution of Visiting Professor in 3) Lastly, the fi nal invited judging panel met to decide of the Institution of Engineering intent to foster good Structural Engineers. Engineering Design category winners. The fi nal panel was composed Structural Engineers Professional Award. design. and Sustainability for only of those judges who did not have a potential 2015/6 and is a Fellow the School of Civil of the Royal Academy Engineering at the confl ict of interest with any shortlisted projects. of Engineering. University of Leeds.
Chairman of the judging panel
Professor Tim Ibell Robert Jackson Martin Knight Toby Maclean Andrew Minson Simon Pitchers Tim was President Robert graduated Martin is one of the In early 2005, Andrew is Executive Simon has over 40 of the Institution of from the University of leading UK architects Toby established Director at MPA years of construction Structural Engineers in British Columbia with specialising in the structural engineering responsible for The industry experience. 2015, and is a Fellow a Bachelor’s Degree design of bridges consultancy TALL. In Concrete Centre and He is Director of of the Royal Academy of Applied Science in and transport September 2016, TALL British Precast. He is Craddys, consulting of Engineering. He was Civil Engineering. He infrastructure. He merged with Canadian currently chair of the structural engineers, recently appointed is the recent recipient founded international structural engineering Design Practice, Risk and Arc Bauen, to the Sir Kirby Laing of two awards from bridge designers fi rm Entuitive and Toby and Structural Safety construction managers, Professor David A. Nethercot Professorship of the Institution of Knight Architects in continues to take a Committee of the and a Member of the Civil Engineering Structural Engineers, 2006 following nine lead role in the UK. Institution of Structural Institution of Structural For 12 years, David was Head at the University of including the Young years at Wilkinson Engineers. Engineers Trustee of the Department of Civil and Cambridge. Structural Engineering Eyre Architects. Board, Council and Environmental Engineering at Professional Award Editorial Advisory Imperial College London. He is a 2016. Group. past member of the Council of the Royal Academy of Engineering and received an OBE for services to Structural Engineering in 2006. David is Past President of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering, a Past President of the Institution of Sam Price Julia Ratcliffe Tara Reale Roger Ridsdill Peter Terrell Grant Tolley Structural Engineers and recipient Sam founded Price Julia is a Director Tara works with Mott Smith Peter is founder and Grant is Chief Engineer of the Gold Medal Award 2009. & Myers with Robert of Expedition MacDonald in London Roger Ridsdill President of Terrell of Temporary Works, Myers in 1978. His Engineering. She has and holds a PhD in Smith is the Head Group Consulting Balfour Beatty David is a foreign member of the many award-winning collaborated with bridge management of the Structural Engineers. After early Major Projects, and National Academies of Engineering new buildings and leading architects and from Trinity College Engineering team at years with Ove Arup, Founding Director of of Australia and the USA. alterations include designers on buildings Dublin, where she was Foster + Partners. Peter set up as sole the Temporary Works a number of the ranging from towers involved in European- He is a Fellow of the practitioner in 1982 Forum (TWf). colleges at Oxford and and performing arts wide research Institution of Structural in Paris, building Cambridge. He has centres to private projects. Engineers and won a practice that is lectured at Cambridge, residences. In 2015 the Royal Academy today recognised as Glasgow, Trieste, she was appointed a of Engineering Silver one of the leading Bergen, Hong Kong, Design Council Cabe Medal in 2010. structural engineering and Vancouver. Built Environment consultancies in France. Expert.
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Excellence in structural engineering
CONSISTENT EXCELLENCE Looking back over the 50 years of the Structural Awards, the obvious highlight is the consistently excellent quality of the structural engineering being conducted by our members. As the scheme has evolved – more opportunity and better focus through the introduction of categories; streamlined submissions that have moved from A1 posters Professor David A. Nethercot to an electronic portfolio of drawings, photos OBE, FREng, FTSE, NAE and text; recognition that ‘sustainability’ is Emeritus Professor of Civil Engineering, Imperial College an integral part of projects, not a special London, UK; and Chair of the Structural Awards Judging Panel additional feature – the judges have been confronted by larger numbers and more clearly presented examples of this. And they ‘Excellence in structural engineering’ is the have come from an increasingly diverse group cornerstone of our Institution. But for the of countries. Who can forget seeing the first 40 years of our existence, we did little to “ITS MOST IMPORTANT reconstruction of the Iron Market from Haiti celebrate this internally and to broadcast it FEATURE WILL REMAIN (Figure 3), the Mariinsky Theatre staircases externally. Then came the Structural Awards. AS THE COLLECTIVE from Russia or the ‘Glass Lantern’ Apple First introduced by the Council as the SKILL, IMAGINATION Store (Figure 4) from Turkey – not obvious ‘Institution Special Award’ to be conferred on AND INGENUITY OF places in which to find structural excellence the Severn Bridge (Figure 1) as part of a lunch OUR MEMBERS” created by our members. to mark our 60th anniversary in the presence Support for the scheme has also grown, of the Duke of Edinburgh, the scheme now with entries being submitted by a far more attracts annually over 100 entries from across diverse set of organisations than was the the globe. This year marks 50 years since projects in the same year, thus making their case in the early years. This is partly due that first Award. task more dicult but adding strength to the to the encouragement given to ‘Small With some 5000 dierent structures having scheme’s reputation. And sometimes it is Projects’ and ‘Small Practices’ and partly been submitted for consideration, the scheme the deceptively simple solution, embodying due to changed methods of working that has obviously seen a very varied cross- that old engineering principle that ‘The best permit relatively small organisations to section, ranging from high-profile international solution is the simplest that does the job’, develop niche skills. As an illustration, it is projects to domestic-scale improvements. A which really impresses the judges. now the norm to receive several entries of particularly welcome feature of the past 10 years has been the growth in the number of high-quality ‘Small Projects’ submitted. This Figure 1 year’s entries see this category (actually two Severn Bridge inaugural winner of Special Award categories as there are now two levels of ‘Small Projects’) being especially competitive. Of course, the suspicion is that such projects have always been around but that, until comparatively recently, those responsible did not see fit to submit them. Some prize-winning entries are, of course, timeless, their qualities being such that they would have impressed any of the judging panels charged with debating the merits of any particular year’s submissions. What makes projects such as the Severn Bridge, Sydney Opera House (Figure 2) and the London Eye such clear winners is, of course, not dicult to see. Innovative, responding to major and newly identified challenges and beautifully done, such projects make for easy judging. Sometimes, of course, the judges will
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Figure 2 Sydney Opera House winner of Special Award in 1973
Figure 3 Iron Market, Haiti – winner of Award for Sustainability in 2012
developments in technology – especially computing – have made it easier to do certain things. Improved materials and our ability to utilise them, coupled with improved understanding of how structures behave, have made the previously impossible or very dicult relatively straightforward. The shifting economic balance between materials and labour, site activities and transportation, as well as between environmental concerns and costs, has influenced the balance between the various constraints to which all projects are subject. We hear of the ‘new technologies’ of Building Information Modelling (BIM), artificial intelligence (AI), robots, 3D printing, etc. And are constantly being told that they will revolutionise our industry. Yet the first three of these have been around (in the sense of known about and available to those wishing Figure 3 to avail themselves of the technology) for Apple Zorlu Glass Lantern, Istanbul at least a quarter of a century, but only now winner of Supreme Award in 2014 seem to be gaining more traction. Greater use
ROY ZIPSTEIN ROY of digital technology, prefabrication and the facility to adapt structures over time are also staircases and ‘sculptures’ that constitute to ‘show o’ what we do, to discuss the gaining prominence, but are hardly new ideas. significant and ingenious structures in their featured projects and to be a little smug So, will those submitting, judging, being own right. While the ‘traditional’ structural about what a good service our members shortlisted and receiving awards and enjoying arrangements utilising steel and concrete provide. Given all the eorts that have the presentations 50 years from now be continue to feature prominently, the ever- gone into the work that actually makes the experiencing something radically dierent more-ambitious use of materials such as submissions possible, those present deserve from today. Somehow, I doubt it. Inevitably timber and glass that have not always been a little recognition, reward and relaxation. there will be dierences in the sorts of associated with significant structures has structures, the techniques used to design been very noticeable of late. Temporary or LOOKING AHEAD and to produce them, and in the way in which demonstration structures – we always receive But what of the future? Will the Structural the Structural Awards scheme is run. But an entry for London’s annual Serpentine Awards be around 50 years from now and, its most important feature will remain as the Pavilion – are another growing feature. if so, what might they look like? My answer collective skill, imagination and ingenuity of Although not strictly a highlight in the to the first question is a resounding ‘Yes’. An our members.
sense of the projects that have featured institution such as ours should celebrate the 13)
in the scheme, the Awards dinner and the successes of its members, it should convey core. Buttressed 12) 1%; tallest); current the is 632m
sense of anticipation engendered by the to colleagues, clients and the wider public at Tower Shanghai (the 492m at Center Financial
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earlier publication of the shortlisted entries the excellence and value of what we do and it (Japan); Bridge Kaikyo Akashi 9) 8) 7) 65m; 60cm; method; tube Immersed
6) Games; Student World demonstrate how the Structural Awards now should recognise that a very visible and well- team); (baseball Jays Blue
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enjoy far greater prominence. The dinner for run set of awards assists all our members. Moonraker; 2) Robeson; Paul Cathedral); Metropolitan the
1) some 400 guests is always sold out – as, Answering the second question is more for nickname local the is Wigwam (Paddy’s Liverpool incidentally, was the original lunch that also tricky. Looking back over 50 years, there
accommodated 400, although that was far has been far more change in the way in from the case in the immediately following which the scheme has been run than in the QUIZ THE TO ANSWERS years – and provides a splendid opportunity nature of the projects submitted. Of course,
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Sponsored by The Telegraph SUPREME AWARD FOR STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE For the fi nest example of excellence in structural engineering design selected by the judges from the winners of the 12 principal award categories.
Winner: British Airways i360 (Brighton, UK) | Jacobs
Pod during operations
PROJECT TEAM IN BRIEF… EThe i360 created a vibrant new tourist EThe British Airways i360 is 162m tall and attraction in a somewhat run-down Client: Brighton i360 Ltd Principal contractor: Hollandia Infra b.v. only 3.9m in diameter. It has a slenderness area of Brighton beach, replacing the root (Rotterdam) ratio of 41 to 1 and holds the Guinness World end of the derelict West Pier (a Grade 1 Main contractor (tower and cladding): Record for the most slender tower in the listed structure). It carried over 100 000 Nardo Hoogendijk world. Visitors can see as far as the Isle of passengers in the fi rst four weeks of Architect: Marks Barfi eld Architects Wight (50 miles). operation and created over 160 new jobs. Structural/civil/mechanical/electrical EThe tower was fully fabricated in engineer and project manager: Rotterdam and transported directly by barge JUDGES’ COMMENTS Jacobs UK Ltd across the North Sea to the beach site – no With a height of 162m and a diameter of Pod, drive system and control system: road transport was used at either end. 3.9m, the i360 is the world’s tallest moving Pomagalski SAS (‘Poma’), France Foundations substructure and beach EIt was built from 17 individual steel tubes observation platform. Constructed from 17 building: J T Mackley & Co Ltd (‘cans’). Each can weighs between 50 and cans, each weighing between 50 and 100t, 100t and was fully fi tted out in Rotterdam the tower was erected using an ingenious with all the internal and external equipment. top-down method in a 10-week period. It EWind-induced dynamic movements are arrived by boat – rather like the Mulberry limited by ‘sloshing liquid dampers’. harbours for the Normandy landings – to be The water in the dampers comes sited on a concrete foundation that sits, in from Australia! turn, on the chalky rock below.
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British Airways i360 in operation