The Australian Engineering Excellence Awards (AEEA) Victoria 2016 will recognise and celebrate some of the most impressive engineering projects in State.
Engineering can be a demanding profession with the constant challenge to deliver on clients’ expectations over tight timeframes and even tighter budgets. The AEEAs will recognise and reward those projects that pushed the boundaries of innovation and provided outstanding solutions that not only meet, but exceeded, all stakeholders’ expectations.
The following 41 projects have been nominated for the AEEA Victoria Awards:
- Innovation / Research and Development
- UAV Bridge Inspection by AECOM with VicRoads
- LGS – An Australian Innovative Geometry to Improve Uptime and Safety on Offshore Drilling Rigs by AMOG Technologies Pty Ltd
- Pioneer Commercial Graphene Production Plant by Austeng with Imagine Intelligent Materials
- Smart Structures: Corrosion Monitoring and Predicting for Safe and Efficient Maintenance by BAE Systems Australia with Defence Science and Technology Group
- Haptically-Enabled Tele-Robotic Ultrasound by Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation, Deakin University with Telstra
- Dr Kil Rajic Microbolometer Thermoelastic Evaluation (MiTE) by Defence Science and Technology Group (DST), Department of Defence with Dr Nik Rajic
- Firefly - the Digital Health Solution for Diabetes by Firefly Health Pty Ltd with Grey Innovation Pty Ltd
- GreyScan - Next Generation Trace Explosives Detection System by GreyScan Pty Ltd with Grey Innovation Pty Ltd
- 323 Latrobe Street Melbourne – 44 Storey High Rise Prefabricated Modular Building by Hickory
- Instrumented Revenue Vehicles Technology to Remotely, Automatically and Continuously Monitor Track and Vehicle Performance by Institute of Railway Technology, Monash University
- Engineering Our Future: Latrobe City Council by Latrobe City Council
- Shared Engineering Services by Northern Grampians Shire Council
- TechnoLab™ Mechanics Teaching System by Strucomp Pty Ltd
- The Multi-Axis Substructure Testing (MAST) System by Swinburne University of Technology
- Victoria University's Skunk Control by Victoria University with Skunk Control
- Environment
- Managed Aquifer Recharge in Canberra by AECOM with ACT Government
- Buangor Bypass by BMD Constructions
- Kingspan Insulation Somerton Facility by Corplex
- Ammonia Management Improvement Project by Orica Australia Pty Ltd and thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions (Australia) Pty Ltd
- Products and Manufacturing Facilities
- SPC 'Program 100' by Aurecon with SPC Ardmona
- Relocatable Truck Turntables by The Australian Turntable Company Pty Ltd
- Reign of Kong Animatronic Figure by Creature Technology Company with Universal Creative
- Hope Bay Project by Gekko Systems Pty Ltd with TMAC Resources Inc.
- Thales Hawkei Protected Mobility Vehicle by Thales Australia with The Commonwealth of Australia, and Plasan Sasa
- Buildings and Structures
- Eastland Stage 5 Redevelopment by Arcadis
- MPavilion 2015 by Arup with AL_A, ShapeShift Technologies, Kane Constructions, and MPavilion
- Margaret Court Arena by Aurecon
- Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (PPP) by Bonacci Group Pty Ltd
- VCCC – Supporting Cancer Research and Treatment through Mechanical Design by Lehr Consultants International (Aust) Pty Ltd
- Walert House by RMIT University
- Project Infrastructure
- Jim Stynes Bridge by Aurecon
- Papa, Uniform and Golf Taxilane Slab Replacement by Beca Pty Ltd
- Port Capacity Project - Roads and Services by BMD Constructions
- Burke Road Level Crossing Removal Project by John Holland with Kellogg Brown & Root Pty Ltd, VicRoads, Public Transport Victoria, Metro Trains Melbourne, and the Level Crossing Removal Authority.
- Essendon to Tottenham Water Main Renewal (M102) by John Holland - Kellogg Brown & Root Pty Ltd Joint Venture with Melbourne Water Corporation
- Roadside Tolling System for the Eastern Distributor Tolling System Replacement Project by Kapsch TrafficCom Pty Ltd
- Rail Systems and Power Commissioning at Burke Road Level Crossing by Metro Trains Melbourne
- Reports, Procedures and Systems
- PC-9/A Ageing Aircraft Systems Audit by QinetiQ Australia
- Bendigo Airport Whole Water Cycle Management (WWCM) Showcase Project - Sharing the Lessons Report by Regional Management Group
- Control Systems, Networks, Information Processing and Telecommunications
- Roadside Tolling System for the Eastern Distributor Tolling System Replacement Project by Kapsch TrafficCom Pty Ltd
- Regional Passenger Information Display System for Public Transport by VicTrack
Winners of the AEEA Victoria Awards will be announced in October, who will then be eligible for entry into the national competition to be held during the Australian Engineering Conference (AusEngCon), 23 - 25 November 2016.
To find out more about the projects nominated, download the AEEA Vctoria Awards 2016 booklet.