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Port of Sunderland Emergency Works -
Small Category RSA Winner 2020
ICE North East
Robert Stephenson Awards 2021
Entry Information Pack
ice.org.uk/northeast
ICE North East
Robert Stephenson Awards 2021
The Robert Stephenson Awards are held to promote the excellence of the
engineering profession and give recognition to outstanding examples of
research, design and construction undertaken by members and
organisations within ICE North East.
The awards will be made for Civil Engineering projects with a regional dimension in
recognition of particular merit, physical achievement, innovation or ingenuity.
Projects can include research work, technical papers or built infrastructure. These
esteemed awards recognise projects that demonstrate excellence in concept,
planning, design, construction, demolition, maintenance or operation.
A19- A1058 Coast Road Improvements -
The Robert Stephenson Awards will be held for up to one year, where one award Large Category RSA Winner 2020
may be given in each category, provided a sufficient standard is achieved. Winners
will be announced at an online awards ceremony in spring 2021(date tbc).
The categories based on estimated or actual construction costs are: How to enter
Large Category For projects £5m and over Please click the link below to complete the online entry form. Please indicate
Medium Category For projects between £1m and £5m which category you wish to enter on the form.
Small Category For projects up to £1m
Online entry form: https://form.jotform.com/203233044449348
Please note, the judges may vary the project value threshold depending upon the
number of entries. Entrants will be notified of any change to category value. Entry Fee: £200 + VAT.
A link the payment page will appear once enties have been submitted via
Special 30th Anniversary Award
the online entry form and will also be sent to entrants via email with the
To celebrate 30 years of the Robert Stephenson Awards we will be presenting a submission confirmation.
special award which looks back over the winners from previous years. Look out for
a social media campaign starting soon. Voting is open to all!
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Dates Judging
Entry deadline Thursday 28 January 1. A panel of up to four judges will be appointed for each category. At least one, but
not more than two, of the judges should be members of the ICE North East committee. No
Interview or further info needed Friday 26 February judge shall belong to an organisation involved in a submission within a particular category.
Online ceremony/results spring 2021
2. Each panel will elect a chairman to be responsible for the judging procedure and any
arrangements for interview.
3. The judges will make a holistic assessment of each project (refer to section on award
Benefits of entering criteria). They may request further information, an inspection of the project and interviews
The awards are the highlight of the civil engineering calendar in the region and provide a great with appropriate personnel. Entrants will be notified by the end of February if they are
opportunity for civil engineers to celebrate achievements and showcase and publicise projects. required to submit further information or attend an interview and give a presentation. A
Benefits:
minimum of two members of the panel should be present at an interview.
shortlisted submissions included in an awards video with project team interviews *NB. If you are not invited for interview and presentation, it does not necessarily
winners presented with an ICE engraved award and certificate. Certificates of mean that your submission is out of the running.
commendation will be awarded to other worthy entries
Award winners will be announced to the media in a full press release post event 4. The judges have absolute discretion, and without recourse against them, to reject
Previous winners have benefitted from coverage in local press, ICE website, any entry which does not comply with these rules. It is in the judges’ discretion to
social media and e newsletters to members determine for which category an entry is eligible. The judges’ decision shall be fi nal and
winning project teams supplied with an ‘ICE winner logo’ which can be used on binding on all entrants and no discussions or correspondence relating to any of the judges’
company websites, brochures etc decisions will be entered into.
Award criteria
The following criteria are provided for the guidance of entrants and will be used as
appropriate in assessing entries and judging in the three classes. These criteria will be
considered as they apply to all stages of the project including the concept, planning,
design, construction, maintenance, operation and demolition.
1. Technical engineering excellence and ingenuity
2. Sustainability and environmental merits
3. Approach to health and safety
4. Adherence to programme and budget
5. Community benefit
Please note, the judges will be paying particular attention to the
sustainability, climate change impact and carbon footprint of the projects.
Spring Gardens Dam Remedial Works, shortlisted in Robert Stephenson Awards 2020
The above criteria should not be regarded as exhaustive, and whilst the judges will consider
other relevant criteria, entrants should note that scoring is based upon responses to the
five criteria noted here. The size and cost of the works will not be considered in the
assessment process.
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Guidance
How to enter - nomination form
Special Awards
Additional or special awards may be awarded to projects which are considered to be Entries must include:
outstanding, for example because they are particularly environmentally sustainable, make a
significant contribution to the preservation of our heritage or where innovation features A completed entry form via this link https://form.jotform.com/203233044449348
strongly.
Entry fee of £200 + VAT (link to payment page provided once submission made)
Rules of entry
1. The nominated project must be undertaken by a member of the Institution if Civil Executive summary: a 100 word non-technical introduction of the project and why it is
Engineers and be constructed within the ICE NE geographical region, a study or research special.
project undertaken within the region, OR an overseas project, largely designed in the region. If
there are any queries about whether the project is eligible for submission for a North East A report of not more than 1,500 words (excluding the executive summary) covering the
award, please contact the award secretary. Project entries may not be additionally submitted to following broad headings:
other regions’ ICE awards. 1. INTRODUCTION: why the project should be considered for an award of excellence.
2. BACKGROUND: the purpose of the project and the needs of the client and the
2. The Robert Stephenson Awards recognise projects whose main body of work is
rationale for the approaches taken.
completed or substantially completed not more than twenty-four months before the closing
date for nominations. In the case of long-term initiatives, it is expected that the entrant will
3. The report should address and demonstrate the AWARD CRITERIA discussed (1-5 +
decide in which year the project has had the most significant impact and select this year to
others).
enter the awards. Completed sections or phases of work may be submitted before completion
of the whole project.
4. Any SPECIAL FEATURES should be highlighted and attention drawn to aspects
considered relevant for assessment.
3. The judges can only act on the information provided in the submission, no prior
knowledge can be assumed by entrants. The quality of the photographs, drawings and report A layout plan and a location map, to enable the judges to locate the project from main
submitted will be paramount in translating clearly to the judging panel those qualities that roads without difficulty. A selection of not more than two A3 drawings and two A4
make the project special and worthy of a prestigious award. diagrams that illustrate the important features of the project
4. ICE reserves the right to use images submitted for record or presentation, publicity and Authorisation of nomination and confirmation that approval has been sought from all
press purposes, in any future publications, news items and promotional materials as parties
appropriate.
Four photographs illustrating the project for use in adjudication and at the presentation
ceremony. All images should be high resolution, minimum of 1Mb (1,500 x 2,000
5. Agreement to submit an entry must be obtained from the commissioning authority, the
pixels)/300dpi and copyright-free for publication and labelled one - four; one being the
designer and contractor. Approval to the entry by each relevant party is required by the judges,
master image for publicity.
before any entry can be accepted. It is assumed that the agreement will also cover subsequent
publicity and promotion of the awards by ICE for presentation and press purposes.
If you have any queries about submitting an entry to the Robert Stephenson
6. All computer generated and written material, drawings, plans and photographs Awards please contact the regional office at icene@ice.org.uk.
submitted as part of an entry shall be the property of ICE and may be used for publicity
purposes, with the aim of benefi ting Civil Engineering in general as well as the Institution, the
region and all those engaged in the various projects.
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