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

• Bachy Soletanche & Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering JV - Support fluid displacement hopper for use in Rotary piling: Bentonite displacement hopper.
• Bachy Soletanche & Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering JV - The Cross Cutter: a tool that eliminates manual handling of scooping out wet concrete.
• 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
• 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
• Bachy Soletanche & Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering JV - Tremie Support Doughnut
• 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
• 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

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Contractor of the Year

• Bachy Soletanche
• Bam Ritchies
• Cognition Land and Water
• Dawson Wam
• Fortis Foundations
• Marshall Drilling
• Menard

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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 - Making Impact Though 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

• Bachy Soletanche & Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering JV - Emerging Talent Programme
• Cementation Skanska - Cementation Skanska Graduate Programme
• Fugro - U.Gro Graduate Development Initiative
• Mott MacDonald - Mott MacDonald Foundations and Geotechnics Graduate 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

• Bachy Soletanche & Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering JV - People Plant Interface (PPI) Campaign
• 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
• 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
• Bachy Soletanche & Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering JV - Hub and Cluster Permitted Bentonite Treatment Facility - to enable reuse of materials within project
• 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

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UK Geotechnical Team of the Year

• Aecom, Cornwall Council, Cormac, Cornwall Geoconservation Group, John Grimes Partnership & Natural England - Coverack North Shore Coastal Protection Scheme
• Bachy Soletanche & Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering JV - Streethay Retaining Structure (HS2 N1N2)
• 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
• SSE Renewables, Stantec, Cowi, Strabag, Fugro, & British Geological Survey - Coire Glas Exploratory Works and Wider Site GI

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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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