Structural Awards 2025: Crafting your submission for global recognition
Date & Time

5 March 2025
09:00 - 10:00 GMT

Location

Online

Price
Free
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Structural Awards 2025: Crafting your submission for global recognition

Structural Awards 2025: Crafting your submission for global recognition

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Date & Time

5 March 2025
09:00 - 10:00 GMT

Location

Online

Price
Free

Thinking of entering the Structural Awards 2025 and want to make your entry truly stand out?

Join us for an interactive webinar with the Chair of the Structural Awards judging panel and a select group of expert judges. They will offer invaluable insights into the judging process, share what makes a submission exceptional, and provide further information on the four key attributes that the Awards recognise: Planet, People, Process, and Profession. 
 

This is your chance to gain a behind-the-scenes perspective on what the judges are looking for. Plus, take advantage of a live Q&A session, where you can ask your questions directly to the panel. 

 
Don’t miss this exclusive opportunity to refine your submission and maximise your chances of success at the Structural Awards 2025!
 

Reasons to attend:

  • Find out more about the entry criteria for projects.

  • Hear more about the judging process and judging criteria.

  • Learn more about what the judging panel are looking for in the entry report.

  • Get guidance on completing the Structural Awards carbon tool.

  • Find out how the past winners and shortlisted projects showcase key trends and reflect changes in our industry.
     

Structural Awards 2025

Entry guide and more information on how to enter can be viewed here 
 

Our expert panel will include: 

Prof John Orr Chair of the Structural Awards judging panel (UK)

John is a Professor of Structural Engineering, in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. His research and teaching address climate emergency through interdisciplinary design. John has secured more than £11million in research funding – he was the first person in the UK to receive an EPSRC Early Career Fellowship in Structural Engineering, won an EPSRC Bright Ideas award, and led the EPSRC Energy Feasibility Study “MEICON” which examined the culture of design in structural engineering as it relates to embodied and whole life carbon.

Will Arnold Head of Climate Action at the IStructE (UK)

Will leads the Institution’s response to the climate emergency, bringing this action into all aspects of our work including the publication of best-practice emergency guidance. Prior to his current role, he was a practising structural engineer at Arup for over ten years, where he was responsible for key aspects of ambitious architectural projects across the world from the UK to Taiwan and Rwanda. Will is Chair of the CIC’s 2050 Group, and helps lead the Institution’s Climate Emergency Task Group. In 2017, he was presented with the Institution’s Young Structural Engineering Professional Award for his design work whilst at Arup.

Dr Katherine Cashell Professor at UCL, (UK)

Katherine is a Professor in Structural Engineering in the Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering (CEGE) at University College London (UCL) and is also a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of both the Institution of Structural Engineers and the Institution of Civil Engineers. Prior to joining UCL in November 2022, Katherine worked as a Reader in Structural Engineering at Brunel University London, as a Senior Structural Engineer at the Steel Construction Institute and a Senior Engineer at High Point Rendel Ltd.

Katie Symons Principal Advisor, Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment (New Zealand)

Katie is Principal Advisor, Engineering, in the Building System Performance branch of New Zealand’s Minister of Business Innovation and Employment. She is leading the New Zealand Government’s work to reduce whole-of-life embodied carbon emissions of buildings.  Katie is a chartered professional structural engineer in New Zealand and the UK, and has over 15 years’ experience designing building structures in both countries. She has particular expertise in assessing the embodied carbon of buildings and construction materials. 

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