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| Halcrow sweeps the board at industry Oscars Three Halcrow projects celebrated success at last night's British Construction Industry (BCI) Awards for 2009. Halcrow's Dames Point Container Terminal won the prestigious International Award, the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) Woolwich Arsenal Extension won the Best Practice Award and the Dounreay Site Restoration project came away with the Civil Engineering Award. The BCI Awards are widely regarded as the industry's 'Oscars' and are the most rigorously judged awards in the construction sector. 2009 once again brought a huge response representing over 170 of the best projects in the UK and abroad. The Dounreay Site Restoration in Scotland fought-off seven other projects to win the coveted Civil Engineering Award, for projects valued between £3 million and £50 million. This extraordinarily innovative and complex project involved the construction of a high-quality grout curtain around the 65m-deep Dounreay shaft, created in the 1950s as part of an offshore discharge tunnel. This innovative geotechnical project will significantly contribute to long-term environmental improvement in the region. The DLR Woolwich Arsenal Extension took home the Best Practice Award, for projects which involved processes adopted to understand and meet client needs, supported team working throughout, and maintained continuous improvement. The new extension comprises 2.5km of new railway in parallel twin bored tunnels under the river Thames to serve a newly constructed underground station in Woolwich town centre. The judges commented that the project was a very difficult project to deliver successfully. Dames Point Container Terminal in Jacksonville, Florida, walked away with the International Award for projects outside the UK for which either the principal designer or contractor is a UK-based firm. Dames Point is one of the largest container facilities on the USA east coast built alongside a 30 acre freshwater wetland. The 42-month schedule was challenging but was met, as well as the budget. write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Construction News :: home page |