Highlights of some of the latest award successes:

Top Indian award for safety, health and environment

Top Indian award for safety, health and environmentAt the Sixth Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Mott MacDonald was awarded first place in the Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) Award 2009 in its category in the service sector.

The SHE Award celebrates exemplary commitment for environmental responsibility, and the health and safety of employees and society as a whole.

Winning the CII SHE Award acknowledges the fact that safety, health and environment are top priorities for Mott MacDonald and a key part of our corporate culture.

The award ceremony took place at The Taj Mahal Palace and Tower in Mumbai. Harshad Shah, Rajesh N Shah and Pankaj Vora were present to receive the award.

The SHE Award builds on last year’s Gold Award from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents and the Construction News Quality Award and strengthens our reputation for a corporate culture of safety. Our commitment to continual advancement in the area of safety, health and environment is clearly attracting attention and acclaim.

BCIA 2010

Our team collecting the award We celebrated a hat trick of successes at this prestigious event recognising excellence in the UK construction sector.

Delhi International Airport won the coveted International Award. We provided project-winning concept designs and produced a 30-year airport master plan and preliminary designs. We enabled delivery from scratch in just 50 months. The airport has the capacity to deal with 34 million passengers per annum and features Asia’s longest runway.

Cathodic protection (CP) of Runcorn's Silver Jubilee Bridge won the Local Authority Award, identifying it as a project consistent with the government’s Better Public Building programme. We developed an innovative CP solution that has extended this key transport link's life from an estimated 5-10 years to 25 and beyond.

The East London Line won the Regeneration Award, highlighting the significant contribution it has made to London Boroughs through the creation of new transport facilities. We developed the preliminary design, has been serving as technical advisor and provided independent certification of works for London Overground.

National E-content and ICT for Development Awards

Online lessons English in Action – which aims to improve economic prospects of up to 25 million people in Bangladesh by teaching them vocational English – has won the Appreciation Award (e-learning and education category) for its innovative ICT initiatives.

The awards promote the best ICT projects related to the development of livelihood. They were hosted by the Bangladesh Government’s Ministry of Science and ICT and organised by the Development Research Network, a non-profit organisation promoting ICT for economic development in Bangladesh. We're delivering English in Action as part of a consortium that also includes the BBC World Service Trust and the Open University from the UK, Friends in Village Development and the Underprivileged Children’s Education Project from Bangladesh.

Meanwhile, BBC Janala – developed by the BBC World Service Trust for English in Action and funded by the UK Government’s Department for International Development – has been named one of three Microsoft Education Award Laureates at The Tech Awards. This leading event recognises technical solutions that benefit humanity and address issues facing our planet and its people.

Association for Project Management (APM) Awards

Paul Hilton and Gemma Holmes with APM president Martin Barnes (left) and the event's host, BBC presenter Bill Turnbull (right) Mott MacDonald has been named Project Management Company of the Year.

With 17,500 individual and 500 corporate members throughout the UK and abroad, the APM is the largest independent professional body of its kind in Europe.

The APM has been combining its members’ extensive experience in developing the science and art of project management for over 35 years. It has also established a widely recognised professional development and qualification programme.

Their awards are the most prestigious in the UK project management sector. So for Mott MacDonald receiving the Project Management Company of the Year title is a huge coup.

This award recognises commitment to project management professionalism and the organisation that stands out as an exemplar in the development of project management professionals. The rigorous entry process saw the judges looking for an outstanding ability to rise to challenges, tenacity in the face of obstacles and flair in documenting work as project manager.

SAISC Steel Awards

Mbombela Stadium Mbombela Stadium won the Tubular Structures trophy at the awards event organised by the Southern African Institute of Steel Construction (SAISC).

The judges described the stadium as “one of those endeavours that gave South Africa the opportunity to show what it can do when it comes to the construction of enormous and complex projects.” The very complex and intricate connections consisting of 11 pipes intersecting in a node were highlighted.

Mott MacDonald was structural designer for the lightweight, cable stayed roof of the stadium – one of seven built for the 2010 World Cup. The roof is the visually dominant element of the stadium – its structural masts are evocative of giraffes – and our design sets international standards for weight and cost efficiency.

Commenting on the masts and Zebra stripe seats, the judges said they “enhance the stadium’s status as the new and lasting grand entrance to the Lowveld and its game reserve treasures. The end result is an aesthetically pleasing, well executed and efficient structure, which is an inspiration to the local population and the country as a whole to always keep striving for greater heights.”

ICE Thames Valley branch Engineering Excellence Awards

The M4 Prince of Wales Bridge The M4 Prince of Wales Bridge has won both the Engineering Achievement Award and the Overall Engineering Excellence Award. The awards showcased the best civil engineering projects in the region.

The Prince of Wales Bridge was built in the early 1960s and in the 1970s the bypass was upgraded to a motorway and widened. But the bridge was not widened resulting in discontinuous hard shoulders which, combined with high traffic volumes, presented major maintenance difficulties for the Highways Agency (HA).

The bridge upgrade scheme presented the challenge of maintaining traffic flows of 140,000 vehicles per day while widening the existing structure. We designed the widening works and introduced innovations that saved time, prevented road closures, enhanced safety and delivered a safe structure for the HA with long-term maintenance in mind.

South African Institution of Civil Engineering (Durban)

Durban Harbour The widening of the entrance to Durban Harbour wins the Most Outstanding Civil Engineering Project Award.

Durban Harbour is South Africa's busiest container port and harbour.

Increasing cargo and vessel capacities have required the upgrade of several areas of the port including the entrance. The entrance channel was too narrow and shallow for the modern generation of container vessels so excavation and dredging has been used to widen it by 100m and deepen it to 16m.

The project also included construction of a new breakwater, repair and strengthening of an existing breakwater, as well as the enhancement of navigation aids. Mott MacDonald provided planning and development, site investigation, design, construction supervision and project management services.

BCA Construction Excellence Awards

Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE) Contract 423 wins the Civil Engineering Award.

The BCA praised the innovation displayed on the project along with its outstanding safety record.

Mott MacDonald provided design services to Samsung Corporation for Contract 423, a 3km fully underground section of the KPE. We employed our leading edge, innovative geotechnical skills on the project to overcome the numerous challenges that were encountered, including the presence of deep soft soils and sensitive adjacent structures. These challenges had led to the expressway being labelled one of the most difficult projects in the world by the client, Singapore’s Land Transport Authority.

This award perfectly complements the Civil Engineering Award KPE won at the 2009 BCA Design and Engineering Safety Excellence Awards for delivering outstanding safety.

Public Private Finance (PPF) Awards 2010

Our PFI/PPP advisory team Our PFI/PPP advisory team once again claimed the prestigious Best Technical Adviser Award. This is the fifth time in six years, and the fourth consecutive year, that Mott MacDonald has won this prestigious accolade.

A panel of some of the most respected and experienced professionals from the public and private sectors judged the awards. They highlighted the 20 UK projects worth around £9 billion that we brought to financial close over the last year. They also praised our global reach, which last year extended to 75 overseas assignments in 33 countries.

The award reflects our outstanding contribution to the forward progress of public private partnerships and confirms our commanding position in this sector as recently highlighted by ‘Infrastructure Journal’, who named Mott MacDonald the world’s leading PFI technical adviser. At the same event, Newcastle City Library won the Best Community/User Involvement in a Project Award. The library was part of the £40 million Newcastle Libraries PFI Project, the largest library PFI undertaken in the UK.

NCE/ACE Awards 2010

Mott MacDonald named International Consultant of the Year For the third year running Mott MacDonald has won the prestigious title International Consultant of the Year

The coveted NCE/ACE Consultants of the Year Awards recognise outstanding business performance by civil engineering consultancies across the UK. NCE commented that we won the International Award “with good reason” as our business is “now truly global: 65% of income comes from outside the UK”.

NCE also highlighted our diversity strategy and our strong ethical stance, saying: “Wherever it works Mott MacDonald is determined to adhere to the highest ethical standards.”

Graduate Development Network Awards

Mott MacDonald's Zoe Carter-Owen collects the award Our online graduate development portal, upGRADe, wins the award for Innovation in the use of Online Development Tools and Tracking of Individual Progress. We overcame competition from companies such as HSBC, BT and Barclays.

All our graduates use upGRADe to track their development and gain access to and join Mott MacDonald accredited schemes. In less than a year it has transformed our relationships with engineering institutions and saves a significant amount of managers' time. The portal offers plenty of useful tools to help graduates manage their professional development and contact other graduates around the world and helps our dedicated learning and development team to track progress.

ACE Awards 2010

London's new Darwin Centre Mott MacDonald and Fulcrum celebrated at the Association for Consultancy and Engineering dinner held on 14 April in London. Awards were won for two signature building projects and a commendation received for an infrastructure project.

Newcastle Library won the Building Structures (Large Firm) Award. The Natural History Museum’s Darwin Centre in London won the Building Services Award (Large Firm). Fulcrum, now part of Mott MacDonald, provided building services design. Wing Water Project was commended in the Infrastructure category for a major environmentally-responsible extension to the Rutland water supply.

British Expertise Awards

Fook Hin You and Nick Mace received the commendation for the Kallang-Paya Expressway Mott MacDonald triumphed at this year’s British Expertise International Awards. British Expertise is the leading private sector organisation for UK companies offering professional services internationally. Their awards publicise the successes of these companies and showcase outstanding projects and individuals.

Mbombela Stadium in South Africa was named Sports Leisure Tourism Project of the Year. Mott MacDonald was structural designer for the lightweight, cable stayed roof of the stadium built for the 2010 World Cup. The roof is the visually dominant element – its structural masts are evocative of local giraffes.

Singapore's Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway was highly commended in the Major Consultancy Project of the Year category. We designed and provided risk and environmental assessments for the most complex part of this 12km highway – a 3km under-ground section where major challenges had to be overcome.

Elizabeth Guilford was also present to receive her high commendation award for the Young Consultant of the Year for her work on a Tsunami recovery programme in Indonesia.

Green Mark Gold Awards

Singapore’s visually striking Integrated Cultural, Retail and Entertainment Hub PROJECTS awarded Singapore's Integrated Cultural, Retail and Entertainment Hub The Gale

The Building and Construction Authority (BCA) Green Mark Scheme is an initiative to drive Singapore’s construction industry towards more environ-ment friendly buildings.
It promotes sustainability in the built environment and raises environmental awareness among designers and developers.

BCA highlighted the building services of the Hub and measures such as the maximisation of natural daylight and use of environ-mentally friendly materials on The Gale. We are providing mechan-ical and electrical design and project managing building services works for the striking Hub. We are also mechanical and electrical consultants for The Gale, a 329 unit condominium complex.

International Building Press Magazine of the Year Awards 2009

M2 editor Helen Wood, centre, receiving the award from Chartered Institute of Building president Li Shirong, leftM2 – Mott MacDonald’s monthly staff magazine – has won the In-house Magazine Award at the International Building Press (IBP) Magazine of the Year Awards.

M2 was launched back in 1989 as a twice yearly publication. Since 1993 it has been published monthly has also evolved its format over the years.

One thing that has remained consistent is the contributions made by Mott MacDonald’s staff all over the world covering everything from the latest business developments and sustainability news to staff fundraising events and weddings.

The judges praised M2 as being a very modern publication with a wide breadth of coverage and a warm approach to its readers.

2009 European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage/Europa Nostra Awards

Newcastle High Level Bridge The Newcastle High Level Bridge was named a winner in the 2009 European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage/ Europa Nostra Awards. At the award ceremony in Sicily on 5 June, the bridge also won a Grand Prize.

Launched by the European Commission and Europa Nostra the scheme celebrates outstanding projects within the field of Europe's cultural heritage. This year 138 entries from 24 countries were received and 28 entrants from 15 countries were awarded.

The fact that the high level bridge was the only project in England to win an award makes it all the more impressive. The Grand Prize jury commented that it was “enormously impressed with the level of engineering professionalism shown.”

Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents

Group director, Richard Williams, receives the RoSPA Gold award from RoSPA's Vice-President Lord Brougham and Vaux Mott MacDonald has been awarded the Occupational Health and Safety Gold Award.

The awards recognise the commitment made by a company to good health and safety management which results in reductions in ill health and accidents in the workplace.

David Rawlins, RoSPA awards manager, said, “Mott MacDonald has shown a commitment to protecting the health and well-being of its employees and others. Entering the RoSPA Awards reinforces the message that good health and safety is good for business, and clearly demonstrates an organisation’s dedication.”

ACE Engineering Excellence Awards

Chris Davis and Sati Bhogal of Mott MacDonald receive the trophy for Kaohsiung Metro in London Kaohsiung Metro won the Infrastructure (Large Firm) Award and Thrandeston Bog claimed the Research, Studies and Consulting Award.

Serving three million residents in Taiwan’s second city, Kaohsiung Metro comprises two lines.

We were the quality and safety consultant and supervised the detailed design and construction, and validated and verified the system through to commissioning.

The rail embankment at Thrandeston Bog has been a constant challenge for Network Rail, with tracks and overhead line equipment requiring maintenance. The stabilisation works we undertook represent a UK first in terms of the application of dry soil mixing immediately adjacent to a live rail. Delivered for half of the original cost the project was also more sustainable.

Construction News Quality (CNQ) Awards 2009

The Group's safety team collected the Health and Safety Award Mott MacDonald has won the Health and Safety Award at the CNQ Awards.

Organised by Construction News magazine, the awards celebrate quality and encourage innovation, management best practice and teamwork.

Winning the CNQ Health and Safety Award acknowledges the fact that health and safety is a top priority for Mott MacDonald and a key part of our corporate culture. The judges highlighted the commitment of senior management, engagement with staff, our holistic approach to risk management and the production of the Circles of Protection DVD in 12 languages. The judges concluded that Mott MacDonald displayed, “An impressive approach to a challenging part of the industry.”