Enter the Structural Awards

The Structural Awards are the industry's most prestigious awards ceremony which celebrates excellence in structural engineering.

Structural Awards 2012 – Open for submissions!

Why Enter?
The Structural Awards highlights the achievements and success of the structural engineering industry through the quality and calibre of the projects entered. From small scale extensions to complete refurbishments of listed buildings and the development of new iconic structures, the Structural Awards celebrates the accomplishments of the industry’s most innovative structural engineers.

Entering the Structural Awards allows you the opportunity to be associated with the continued growth and success of this annual occasion, highlighting the creativity and ingenuity of the structural engineering community.

You will also have the opportunity to raise your profile via the publicity that the Institution carries out for the Structural Awards. This includes shortlisted and winners’ details on the Institution’s website, and a feature in The Structural Engineer which is available to all our members.

By being a shortlisted or winning project, this accolade can be used in your future marketing material showing your commitment and the international recognition of excellence in structural engineering.

Who can enter?
Any structural engineer who is a member of the Institution of Structural Engineers can submit a project on behalf of their consultancy.

What type of project is suitable?
The Structural Awards welcome entries from around the world and are open to small and large projects. Judging is based on merit not scale. The project entered, however, should have been completed or be due for completion between 21 April 2011 and 19 April 2012.

Which category should I enter?
The Structural Awards categories are varied to reflect the diverse range of projects that structural engineers may be involved in. Projects can be submitted in up to two categories. You must demonstrate in your descriptive text how your project meets the judging criteria.

Project’s being entered into either the Small Projects or Small Practices categories are encouraged to enter another category to maximise the coverage of their submission.

Judging criteria
Submissions are judged on whether and to what extent the structural design of the project displays the following attributes:
Excellence
Creativity and innovation
Sustainability
Value

Please provide key descriptive text that demonstrates how your project fulfils the judges criteria. In addition, entries should concentrate on the structural engineering rather than the architectural or other aspects of the design, and the submission must include sufficient information (e.g. structural drawings and typical details) for the judges to asses the structural aspects. Entries are also encouraged to be concise.

There is an 8 page limit, including the entry form, and any attachments or additional information beyond the first eight pages will not be distributed to the judges.

Deadline for submissions
The deadline for submissions for the Structural Awards 2012 is Thursday 19 April 2012.

Shortlisted projects
The shortlist for the Structural Awards 2012 will be announced in the August edition of the members e-newsletter and the Institution’s magazine, The Structural Engineer. All entrants will be notified by post and the shortlist will go live on this website.

To enter the Structural Awards 2012 please:

1. Complete the online entry form.


2. Create and upload your submission's ZIP file as per the instructions on the following page.
   
   Your submission can now contain up to 8 images, sized at 300dpi, and 5 other items such as CAD design.


3. Once you have submitted the entry form, you will receive a confirmation email with your submission's unique ID number. Please make a note of this number and use it in all future correspondence.


4. Make payment by post, fax or telephone. There is a charge of £260 per project to enter the Structural Awards 2012.
   
   The entry fee of £260 will be offset against the cost of a table of 10. When booking a table of 8 £160 will be deducted from the cost.
   
   If you have multiple entries you can either make individual payments for each entry or add them all together on one sheet. Please remember to add in all ID numbers if doing so.

Terms and conditions of entry

1. Only entries submitted by structural engineering practices will be eligible
2. Project representatives must be a member of the Institution of Structural Engineers
3. The completion deadlines are adhered to.
4. Entry forms will only be accepted via our website and then on CD/DVD or via the public FTP site www.rapidshare.com following the instructions provided.
5. All complete entries must be in by Thursday 19 April.
6. All members of the project team, including the project owner have given their consent for the project to be entered into the competition
7. The judges reserve the right to re-assign projects to different categories where it is deemed appropriate.
8. Although information submitted and photographic copyright of any project images will remain with the authors, the Institution has the right to retain work for exhibition purposes and to reproduce it for publication, including digitally or via the internet. If the copyright of any images belongs to another party then this must be clearly stated in the box provided
9. Projects may contain a total of 8 pages per entry; this must include the entry form. Any pages thereafter will not be considered by the judging panel.
10. Projects may only be submitted in to two categories.

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