19 June 2024 | JW Marriott Grosvenor House Hotel
Shortlist 2024
Award for Digital Innovation
- Arcadis - GeoBIM Trial: Fort Augustus – Skye 132kV Reinforcement
- Asterra - EarthWorks: L-band SAR derived soil moisture monitoring
- AtkinsRéalis - LISAA (LiDAR Interpretation and Slope Analysis Automation)
- CGL - Semi-quantitative Risk Assessment for Remote Linear Infrastructure
- Concept Engineering Consultants - E-Site App
- Expanded - Digital Trial Pits
- Groundforce - YourSolution+
- Macquarie Geotechnical - Digital platform for ground investigation field work planning
- Mott MacDonald - ParaRanger – An innovative digital tool for ground parametric analysis
- National Highways, BAM Ritchies & Aecom - Arup Consortium - Enhancement of Geotechnical Asset Inspections using Spot the Dog (agile robotics)
- TetraTech - Use of kml files for ground investigation project management, dynamic constraints plans, and ground model development.
Award for Equipment Innovation
- Cementation Skanska - 60 MN maintained load test system (MLT60)
- CGL - CGL-PASS Service: Passive Acoustic Seismic Surveys for Geohazard Assessment
- Fugro - Aquisense - new cone penetration testing tool
- Fugro - Excalibur Jack-up Barge Innovation on Codling Wind Park Ground Investigation
- HEMI - Warning Plate Monitor Measure and Rock Fall Alert
- Liebherr Great Britain - Floating unit operation & pile tilting device for crawler cranes
- Marshall Drilling - Multi-Purpose Rotary Drilling Mast
- SB3 - Bachy Soletanche & Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering JV - Support fluid displacement hopper for use in Rotary piling: Bentonite displacement hopper.
- SB3 - Bachy Soletanche & Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering JV - The Cross Cutter: a tool that eliminates manual handling of scooping out wet concrete.
- Select Plant Hire - Test Pile Instrumentation Protection
Award for Technical Excellence
- Arcadis - Coppermills AWTW - Ground Movement Assessment Clash Detection
- Arup - Using centrifuge testing and simplified tools to analyse complex 3D dynamic soil-structure interaction of offshore monopiles under seismic loading
- Fugro - Reducing Risk by Replacing Radioactive Source Density logging using Downhole Magnetic Resonance in Coire Glas Wider Site Ground Investigation Project, Scotland
- GHD & Network Rail - Watford Tunnel Approach Cutting – Major Earthwork Management Strategy
- McGee, Robert Bird Group & St John's Wood Square - St John’s Wood Square Advanced Temporary Works Solution
- SB3 - Bachy Soletanche & Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering JV - Tremie Support Doughnut
- Stantec - Debris Flow assessment for a pumped-storage hydro-electric facility
- WSP UK - Application of digital tools for advanced numerical analysis
Consulting Firm of the Year
- Arup
- AtkinsRéalis
- BakerHicks
- Mott MacDonald
- Sweco
- Systra
- TRC
- WSP UK
Sponsored by
Contractor of the Year
- Bachy Soletanche
- Bam Ritchies
- Cognition Land and Water
- Dawson Wam
- Fortis Foundations
- Marshall Drilling
- Menard
Sponsored by
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Champion
- Amey - Hollie Taylor
- Arcadis - Arcadis PARRR and Women in Mobility
- Balfour Beatty - A63 Castle Street Scheme - Supporting an Inclusive Culture
- Ernst & Young - Taffy Chaduka - Making Impact Through Research (Advancing inclusivity in the civil engineering sector)
- Geoquip Marine - Geoquip Marine - Great Place to Work through Employee Formed Association
- Ground & Water - Working towards UN Sustainable Development Goal 5 – Gender Equality
- TFW Group - EDI at Terra Firma and beyond
Excellence in Learning and Development
- Arcadis - Arcadis Learning and Development in Geotechnics
- AtkinsRéalis - GE&T Academy
- Ayesa - Competency Framework - elevating Technical and Business Excellence in Learning and Development
- CGL - CGL Graduate Academy
- Geoquip Marine - GM Skills Forge Initiative
- Mott MacDonald - Graduate Accelerator Programme (GAP)
- RSK Geosciences - RSK Geosciences Training and Development Programme
- Tony Gee - Tony Gee Geotechnics' Academy - programme of in-house learning and development
- WSP UK - WSP UK G&T Digital Interest Group
Excellence in Outreach
- Arup Cardiff Ground Engineering - STEM in action
- Bam Ritchies - Angus MacGregor
- EKFB - EKFB’s industry leading outreach programme
- Geotechnics - Geotechnics: Bridging Gaps and Nurturing Future Talent
- Ground & Water - Inspiring future generations towards careers in geoscience, that are required to achieve the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Mott MacDonald - Engineering Maths Classes – Demonstrating the application of maths in real-world engineering problems
- Mott MacDonald - Demonstrating social resilience within outreach initiatives
- Story Contracting - Scottishgeologist
- Structural Soils - Michael Addinall - Associate Director - Structural Soils
- Transport for London - Excellence in Outreach - Ben Totterdell promoting the ground engineering sector as a rewarding climate-facing career option
Graduate Programme of the Year
- Cementation Skanska - Cementation Skanska Graduate Programme
- Fugro - U.Gro Graduate Development Initiative
- Mott MacDonald - Mott MacDonald Foundations and Geotechnics Graduate Programme
- SB3 - Bachy Soletanche & Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering JV - Emerging Talent Programme
Ground Investigation Project of the Year
- Anglian Water, Mott Macdonald, Geotechnics & Terradat - Fens Reservoir Gate 3 Ground Investigation
- TransPennine Route Upgrade Alliance - Hillhouse Sidings Mineshaft Investigation
- Central Alliance - Orkney Islands Community Windfarm
- CGL, TerraDat & Satsense - Trinity Lane, Ripon
- Fugro, SSE Renewables, Cowi & Stantec - Coire Glas Pumped Hydro Scheme
- Geotechnical Engineering Limited, Anglian Water, Mott MacDonald, Costain & WJ Groundwater - Lincolnshire Reservoir Gate 3 Ground Investigation
- Jackson Geo Services, AtkinsRéalis, Walters UK and Global Centre of Rail Excellence - Global Centre of Rail Excellence Phase 2
- Jacobs UK & The Environment Agency - Kendal and Upper Kent Catchment Flood Risk Management Scheme.
- Structural Soils - A66 NTP - GI - RSK, Structural Soils and National Highways
- United Utilities, Socotec, JVT, UTS & AES - Mitchells House IR investigations
Ground Investigation Specialist of the Year
- Fugro
- Geoquip Marine
- Geotechnics
- Lankelma
- Marshall Drilling
- Structural Soils
Lifetime Achievement Award
- This distinguished award will be judged by the GE editorial team, with assistance from key industry figures. Please note that a shortlist will not be published for this award. The winner will be informed in advance of the award ceremony and will be invited to give a short acceptance speech at the event.
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Health and Safety Award
- Bam Ritchies - Nothing Ventured, Nothing Trained
- Geoquip Marine - Digitally Transforming QHSE Data Empowering All Personnel of Geoquip Marine
- Liebherr Werks Nenzing - Floating unit operation & pile tilting device for crawler cranes
- Mott MacDonald - SafetIbase
- Network Rail - Network Rail Scotland - Weather Operations
- SB3 - Bachy Soletanche & Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering JV - People Plant Interface (PPI) Campaign
- Systra & AmcoGiffen - EVFE Earthworks – Significant CDM Risk Identification and Management
- VolkerFitzpatrick - Emergency Repairs
International Project of the Year Award
- Beckett Rankine, Nectar Group, Eiffage Genie Civil Marine & A-squared Studio Engineers - Freetown NSBT Berth Expansion, Sierra Leone
- Dywidag - Te Ara o Te Ata – Mount Messenger Bypass Project, New Zealand
- Mott MacDonald - Tarbela Dam 5th hydropower extension, Pakistan
- Stantec - Coastal GasLink Pipeline Construction: Innovative Geotechnical Solutions in Remote Mountainous Terrain, British Columbia, Canada
Rising Star Award
- Archie Bunney - Systra
- Cheng Wei Kwang - Mott MacDonald
- Christopher Wilkes - Arup
- Connor Caplen - AtkinsRéalis
- Daniel Hope - Arcadis
- Georgia Malin - Leap Environmental
- Jacob Bennett - Mott MacDonald
- Milagros Guerrero Espino - Aecom
- Nathan Lee - Klohn Crippen Berger
- Peter Hensman - Ward & Burke Construction
Specialist Geotechnical Supplier of the Year
- Acero Construction
- Concept Engineering Consultants
- Gravitas International
- Groundforce
- Mabey Hire
- Marshall Drilling
- TD Construction Testing
Sustainability Award
- Arcadis - Former Petrol Station, Watford
- Arup, SCS JV & University of Leeds - REAL - Re-purposed Excavated Arisings Loop; Calcined clay innovation
- ASC & EKFB - HS2 C23
- Burdens Technical Solutions - Saving Time, Cash & Carbon
- Cognition Land and Water - Barking Power Limited Gas Pipeline Decommissioning
- Fugro - Core Liner Recycling - Zero Plastic Initiative
- Graham - Cutting Carbon Through Technology
- Land Transport Authority of Singapore - Pioneering Sustainable Construction: The Implementation of Hybrid Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete (SFRC) in Underground Slab Structures
- SB3 - Bachy Soletanche & Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering JV - Hub and Cluster Permitted Bentonite Treatment Facility - to enable reuse of materials within project
Sponsored by
UK Geotechnical Team of the Year
- Aecom, Cornwall Council, Cormac, Cornwall Geoconservation Group, John Grimes Partnership & Natural England - Coverack North Shore Coastal Protection Scheme
- Balfour Beatty, Züblin, National Highways, Arup & Aecom - A63 Castle Street Improvement Scheme
- McGee, Robert Bird Group & St John's Wood Square - St John's Wood Square Development
- Network Rail Capital Delivery Wales, Network Rail Design Delivery, AmcoGiffen & QTS - Severn Estuary Earthworks
- Network Rail Works Delivery Scotland, AmcoGiffen Minor Works Scotland & Network Rail Scotland Asset - Scotland's Railway Emergency Response
- OTB Engineering, Alun Griffiths, Shotcrete Services, Powys County Council, Welsh Government & Network Rail - Machynlleth Underpass
- RSK & Structural Soils - A66 NTP - Ground Investigation
- SB3 - Bachy Soletanche & Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering JV - Streethay Retaining Structure (HS2 N1N2)
- SSE Renewables, Stantec, Cowi, Strabag, Fugro, & British Geological Survey - Coire Glas Exploratory Works and Wider Site GI
Sponsored by
UK Project with a Geotechnical Value of up to £500K
- Aecom & Network Rail - Southern Mining Evaluations – Risk Assessment & Prioritisation for Network Rail
- Bachy Soletanche - Llyn Egnant Dam Anchors
- Bam Ritchies, National Highways & WSP - Wynhol Viaduct - High Rise Investigations
- Bam Ritchies & Team 2100 - Purfleet and Grays Ground Anchor Testing- Anchored to the Future
- Fugro, Nexus and Furrer & Frey - Newcastle Metro RILA Survey
- Geobear, Surrey County Council & Ringway - A323 Aldershot Road - Clay Shrinkage Stabilisation
- Mainmark Ground Engineering UK & Demolition Services Group - Arena Point
- Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council, Balfour Beatty & BakerHicks - Tynybryn Footbridge
UK Project with a Geotechnical Value of between £500K and £1M
- AtkinsRéalis, Thames Water, MWH Treatment & Keller - Hampton Reservoir Leakage Remediation Works
- CGL - Victoria Heights, Exeter
- Mott MacDonald Bentley - Newthorpe & Heanor Milnhay Sewage Treatment Works AMP7 Upgrades
- Network Rail & BakerHicks - Geohazards Assessments – Scotland’s Railway
- Speedeck Foundations - Clay Cross Piled Rafts
- United Utilities & Soil Engineering Geoservice - Yeoman Hey IR - Maintaining aging assets
- VSL UK - Sturminster Newton Embankment Stabilisation
- WSP UK - A357 Sturminster Newton Bank Stabilisation
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UK Project with a Geotechnical Value of between £1M and £3M
- Amey - A595 Moresby Hall Embankment
- Arup, Griffiths, Llywodraeth Cymru & Welsh Government - A487 New Dyfi Bridge
- Ayesa, Murphy & Network Rail - Aylesbury Culvert Replacement
- Dawson Wam - Conveyor Foundation
- Dawson Wam - Nuneham Viaduct Emergency Repair
- OTB Engineering, Alun Griffiths, Shotcrete Services, Powys County Council, Welsh Government & Network Rail - Machynlleth Underpass
- Piledesigns, PD Geostructures & Trenchco - CFBS Sports Hall
- Ramage Young Design & Malcolm Construction - Lost Shore Surf Resort
- Menard - Horwich Rivington Chase Link Road
UK Project with a Geotechnical Value over £3M
- Bam Mott MacDonald JV - Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme
- Bam Ritchies, Balfour Beatty, Jacobs, EDF & Bemo - Hinkley Point C - TSC GI Probing and Grouting - The Future is ours to Make
- Cementation Skanska, John F Hunt & RKD - 1 Liverpool Street
- Cognition Land and Water - Sheppey Regeneration
- Crouch Waterfall - Nuneham Viaduct
- John F Hunt Regeneration & Forkers - SPARK Mine Stabilisation
- Tony Gee - Teesport No.2 Ro-Ro Replacement Project
- TRU East Alliance, PC - J. Murphy & sons, Network Rail, Volker Rail, Systra, Siemens, Active Tunnelling - NOC23 – Successful simultaneous jacking of three tunnel boring machines in a restricted possession
- Zueblin Ground Engineering UK - Silvertown Tunnel Artifical Ground Freezing
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