Judges

Our independent panel of judges is made up of major client representatives and industry figures, who review the entries to help create the shortlist and to select winners.

Adam Fisher
director of ground engineering
John F Hunt Regeneration
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Ana Carvalho
design manager
Bachy Soletanche
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Andrew O'Donovan
UK geotechnical manager
Bam Ritchies
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Angeliki Grammatikopoulou
senior partner
Geotechnical Consulting Group
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Apollonia Liana Gasparre
senior partner
Geotechnical Consulting Group
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Barnali Ghosh
technical director
Mott MacDonald
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Cameron Hughes
geotechnical engineer
Arup
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Catherine McGrath
category manager
National Highways
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Cedric Allenou
technical director
COWI
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Chaido (Yuli) Doulala-Rigby
chief civil engineer
Tensar, a Division of CMC
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Charlotte Woodhall-Jones
UK discipline lead – ground engineering
SYSTRA
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Chris Barker
associate director
Arup
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Chris Gough
director
Ayesa
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Chris Menkiti
senior partner
Geotechnical Consulting Group (GCG)
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Clare Brint
principal programme engineer
Network Rail
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Dariusz Guzik
principal geotechnical engineer
Geoquip Marine
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Dave Giles
technical director
CGL
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Dave Woods
technical manager
Huesker UK Ltd
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David Baxter
head of agency
ArcelorMittal
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David Jones
chief engineer - ground engineering and resevoirs
United Utilities
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David Waring
geotechnical engineer
bp
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Debbie Darling
managing director
Jooce Marketing & PR Ltd
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Derek Butcher
principal geotechnical engineer
Network Rail
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Devji Bhuva
managing director
GSS Piling
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Dimitri Daskalopoulos
technical director
AECOM
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Ebenezer Adenmosun
director
Geofirma
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Elizabeth Withington
principal engineering geologist
CC Ground Investigations Ltd
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Emily Riley
project manager
WJ Groundwater
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Emily Wood
engineering manager
Bam Ritchies
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Emma Cronin
senior geotechnical engineer
Socotec UK
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Eric Downey
associate director
Structural Soils
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Fiona Hughes
senior geotechnical engineer
Arup
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Gabriela Medero
Professor and Associate Principal at Heriot-Watt University Chief Scientific Officer of Kenoteq
Heriot-Watt University / Kenoteq
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Gary Evans
head of client engagement - monitoring
Plowman Craven
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Georgios Katsigiannis
head of technical disciplines
EKFB JV - HS2 Main Works
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Hannah White
strategic planning manager
National Grid
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Helen Gregory
head of proposals
Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering
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Henry Tayler
associate
Arup
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Hilary Shields
associate specialist director
Tony Gee and Partners
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Iain McKenzie
principal geotechnical engineer
Transportation Department, Welsh Government
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Ian Jefferson
professor of geotechnical engineering
University of Birmingham
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James Codd
associate director (ground engineering)
Aecom
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James Stockall
regional asset manager (engineering & asset management)
Networkrail.co.uk
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Jeremy Carter
technical expert
Taylor Woodrow Infrastructure
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John Humphries
HSQE manager
Acero Construction
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Jonny Neville
senior digital consultant
Mott MacDonald
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Joseph Kennedy
senior geotechnical engineer
Transport for London
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kasia Ria Zamara
technology manager - eastern hemisphere
Tensar
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Katharine Barker
associate geotechnical engineer
CampbellReith
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Kirstie Broadbent
senior lecturer
University of Hertfordshire
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Mark Creighton
director
Card Geotechnics Ltd (CGL)
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Mark Scorer
chief geotechnical engineer
AtkinsRéalis
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Matt Ewing
business development manager
Bam Ritchies
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Mike Addinall
associate director
Structural Soils
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Mohammed Mehdi Alhaddad
senior geotechnical engineer
London Underground
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Natalie Wride
senior geotechnical engineer
Mott MacDonald
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Natalie Bews
managing director
Concept Engineering Consultants
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Nicole Metje
professor of infrastructure monitoring
University of Birmingham
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Nirmal Tiwari
mentor & advisor in geotechnical engineering
Ex BBGE
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Njemile Faustin
principal geotechnical engineer
Aecom
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Palak Shukla
design engineer
Ramboll
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Pam Rigby
principal geotechnical engineer
United Utilities
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Paola Caporaletti
director – discipline leader
Robert Bird Group
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Patricia Guerra-Escobar
principal engineer
Geosynthetics
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Patrick Cox
managing director UK
Intera
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Petra Lincoln
senior hydrogeologist
AtkinsRéalis
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Philip Norville
senior business development manager
VSL
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Rachel Monteith
director - ground engineering team lead
Buro Happold
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Rebecca Reynolds
head of tunnelling and ground engineering europe
Jacobs
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Richard Goodey
associate
A-squared Studio
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Rob Talby
Geotechnical Director
Mott MacDonald
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Roni Savage
ceo and managing director
Jomas Associates
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Stamatina Marinatou
chartered geotechnical engineer
AtkinsRéalis
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Stephanie Glendinning
pro vice-chancellor, faculty of science, agriculture & engineering (PVC of SAgE)
Newcastle University
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Stuart Hardy
technical leader - geotechnical
Laing O'Rourke
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Stuart Vaughan
managing director
Wentworth House Partnership
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Tim Hartlib
operations director
Robert Bird Group
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Tony Suckling
director
A-squared Studio Engineers
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Tracey Radford
technical director
AtkinsRéalis
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Vanessa Burton
senior engineer
Aurecon
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Victoria Barnett
associate – ground engineering
BakerHicks
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Vincent Nyambayo
chief geotechnical engineer
AtkinsRéalis
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Vincent Nyambayo
Chief Geotechnical Engineer
AtkinsRéalis
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Vivien Dent
technical specialist
Environment Agency
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Zoe Baldwin
senior technical manager
Cementation Skanska
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