Awards
ACE Conference and
awards to celebrate the
industry’s successes
The Association for Consultancy and Engineering’s national conference and
Engineering Excellence Awards are expected to be a great success and will be held on
14 April 2010.
ACE Engineering
Excellence Awards
2009 - Winners
Building Structures (Small firm) -
Michael Barclay Partnership
For The Shirley Sherwood Gallery of
Botanical Art in Kew
Building Structures (Medium firm)
– Alan Baxter
For the LSE’s New Academic Building
F
ollowing a difficult year for the UK, be discussion of recent changes to
the economy is now showing signs construction law and how these changes Building Structures (Large firm) – BDP
of upturn. Meanwhile, awareness impact on engineers. For the Bridge Academy in Hackney
of engineering’s importance has risen The popular breakfast seminars will
as political parties spar over plans for address some of the practical issues Infrastructure (Small firm) Flint &Neil
the future. Against that background, faced in engineering. These will aim to For the Fabian Way Bridge
ACE believes its annual conference and help firms manage their clients’ needs and
awards will raise the profile of excellence expectations, entering overseas markets. Infrastructure (Medium firm) Alan
in engineering further. The third workshop will outline some of Baxter
ACE’s events manager, Mai Cheung, the best options for firms seeking funding For the Castleford Bridge
said: “The last annual conference and capital. This has become particularly
was a great success, with feedback challenging for small firms, as Impact Infrastructure (Large firm) Mott
from delegates saying they found the discusses on page 21. MacDonald
conference informative as well as having Following the conference, ACE’s For the Kaohsiung Metro in Taiwan
the opportunity to network with other annual Engineering Excellence Awards
industry people such as clients, peers and 2010 will celebrate the achievments of Building Services (Small firm) Delap &
key industry people. We expect this year’s ACE members. Wialler
conference to be the same. This year’s Now in its third year, the awards have For the Ballymena Museum and Arts
focus will be about the future, how quickly become a recognised mark of Centre
member firms can help with engineering success within consultancy engineering.
the UK’s prosperity. We look forward to Notable winners from last year include Building Services (Medium firm) Hulley
welcoming back regular delegates as well Michael Barclay Partnership’s Shirley & Kirkwood
as greeting new ones. ” Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art at Kew, For Hoddinott Hall in Cardiff Bay
The conference will see keynote and the innovative sweeping Castleford
speakers addressing the role of engineering Bridge from Alan Baxter. Standards are Building Services (Large firm) Buro
in the economic recovery and the need to expected to be just as impressive in 2010. Happold
revitalise private sector development. As with last year’s format, the For Loch Lomond and the Trossachs
Other topics covered include how categories will be divided into small, National Park Headquarters
to meet future workforce needs in medium and large firm awards. Readers
engineering and how to capitalise on with projects they would like considered Research, Studies and Consulting -
the business opportunities present by are encouraged to enter quickly, ahead of Mott MacDonald
a low carbon economy. There will also the closing date at 5pm on 8 February.
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