LHD crowned consulting industry's Project of the Year
2 December 2006
The Lawrence Hargrave Drive project in New South Wales has been crowned the engineering consulting industry’s Project of the Year by the Association of Consulting Engineers Australia (ACEA), also winning the Specialist Services category award and jointly winning the Transport and Civil Infrastructure category award together with Sydney’s Westlink M7 project, also a Maunsell joint venture design project.
The ACEA Awards for Excellence, announced last night in Sydney, recognise outstanding achievements in the engineering consulting industry. The Lawrence Hargrave Drive (LHD), near Wollongong on the east coast of Australia, was selected from all category winners as Project of the Year, the highest industry accolade.
The LHD was developed as an alliance project by Maunsell, the New South Wales Roads and Traffic Authority, Barclay Mowlem and Coffey Geosciences.
Maunsell is a part of global AECOM, which is independently ranked by Engineering News Record the world’s number one firm in transport, highways, mass transit and rail.
AECOM Group Chief Executive, Nigel Robinson, said the awards were a great credit and honour for Maunsell.
“These awards celebrate Maunsell’s industry leading design skills and technical excellence,” Mr Robinson said.
“This is an acknowledgement of our professional capabilities in providing our clients with elegant design, superior solutions, and project and service delivery.
“They signify our commitment to providing our clients with an exceptional quality of work as one of Australia’s leading engineering design firms.”
Maunsell New South Wales Director, Peter Wyton, accepted the awards together with Maunsell’s project partners.
“The Lawrence Hargrave Drive and Sydney’s Westlink M7 have been recognised across the engineering and construction industries as two of Australia’s most successful infrastructure projects,” Mr Wyton said.
“These awards demonstrate the industry leading standard of Australian engineering design, to continually deliver with a focus on innovation and flexibility.
“Each of these projects involved complex logistics in order to ensure that our design achieved client objectives and community expectations.
“Importantly, each project delivered value for money, on schedule, and with no risks to health and safety,” he said.
“The awards are very pleasing recognition of superior infrastructure solutions and outstanding achievement in collaboration with our design partners and the construction project teams.
“We will continue to build on our strong reputation for delivering winning projects, combining the highest quality of service with social, economic, and environmental benefits that are showcased in world leading engineering designs.”
Maunsell’s George Town Substation project in Tasmania also received a certificate of recognition in the Energy and Resource category.
Other awards for Lawrence Hargrave Drive
Construction Excellence in Civil Engineering – NSW Master Builders Association
Infrastructure Highly Commended – NSW IEA Engineering Excellence Awards 2006 Regional Infrastructure – NSW IEA Engineering Excellence Awards 2006
Award for Large Structures SeaCliff Bridge - Austroads Bridge Awards 2006
CASE Earth Award for Construction Excellence - Civil Contractors Federation 2006
Award for Excellence in Major Capital Alliances - Alliance Contracting Excellence Awards
Award for Excellence in Construction - NSW Master Builders Association Civil Awards
Other awards for the Westlink M7
Institution of Engineers New South Wales
Bradfield Award (best overall)
Engineering Excellence - Infrastructure
Engineering Excellence - Project Management
Innovations and Inventions - Highly Commended for WM7 Seamless Pavement
About AECOM
AECOM is ranked by the independent Engineering News Record as the world’s number one pure design firm (2006). AECOM is a leading global provider of design and management services in the transportation, facilities, and environmental markets. With more than 28,000 employees around the world, AECOM is a leader in all of the key markets that it serves. AECOM companies provide a unique blend of global reach, local knowledge, innovation, and technical excellence in delivering outstanding solutions that create a better world in which to work and live. Named in Forbes’ list of the “Top Private Companies”, AECOM serves clients in more than 60 countries and has annual revenue of $3.4 billion.
