Award categories
The award categories for the ACE Engineering Excellence Awards 2012 are as follows:
- Building Structures (Small Firm)
- Building Structures (Medium Firm)
- Building Structures (Large Firm)
Projects entered for this category could include education, health, leisure/entertainment, regeneration, commercial, defence, housing, prisons, offices, retail, tall buildings and towers, public art, heritage and other building structures.
- Building Services (Small Firm)
- Building Services (Medium Firm)
- Building Services (Large Firm)
Projects entered for this category could include building services work in education, health, leisure/entertainment, regeneration, commercial, defence, housing, prisons, offices, retail, bridges, tall buildings and towers, public art, low carbon technology, climate change adaptation, energy efficiency, heritage.
- Infrastructure (Small Firm)
- Infrastructure (Medium Firm)
- Infrastructure (Large Firm)
Projects entered for this category could include highways, railroads, bridges, airports, marine/ports, public transit, freight, intermodal facilities, water supply & distribution, wastewater treatment, industrial waste, surface water management, coastal defence, flood control, dams, energy.
- Research, Studies and Consulting
This category includes non-design services including, but not limited to: New products, materials and technologies, feasibility, basic research and studies, computer/software technology, technical papers, sustainable engineering solutions.
- Engineering Ambassador Award
This is a special award to reward and celebrate an individual who has made a significant contribution to raising the profile of consultancy and engineering. We are looking for someone who demonstrates significant achievement and who has played a leading role in promoting consultancy and engineering to a wide audience.
- Small Firm is for less than 100 staff
- Medium Firm is 100-750 staff
- Large Firm is 750+ staff