Judges

Tim was President of The Institution of Structural Engineers in 2015, and he is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. He has a passion for celebrating creativity within our profession, and for using this creativity to inspire students.

Tim has been Professor of Structural Engineering at the University of Bath since 2003, including a year's interlude as the Sir Kirby Laing Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Cambridge in 2017/18.

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.

Louisa is a Senior Structural Engineer at Arup in Amsterdam with over 10 years’ experience in the UK and Europe. Working predominantly within the Healthcare, Science and Industry sectors she has built up expertise in delivery functional specialist buildings in an efficient and sustainable way.
 
She is a Chartered Structural Engineer and an active member of the Institution of Structural Engineers as a member of the Technical Products Panel and former Council member and Young Members Panel Chair.

Michael is a consultant to Buro Happold, having been a partner of the practice since 1994 and Chairman from 2011 to 2017. He is well known in the industry for his significant contribution to designing innovative buildings and enhancing the reputation of the profession. Mike is a former Vice-President of the Institution and is now Chair of their Climate Emergency Task Group. He was awarded the Institution’s Gold Medal for 2020.

In 2009, he received the IABSE Milne Medal for his contribution to structural design, and in 2017 he received an honorary Doctorate of Engineering from the University of Bath for his contribution to the profession. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and Adjunct Professor of Creative Design in the Department of Civil Engineering at Imperial College, London.

Kayin is co-lead of Tyréns Sweden's Concept Design Department, championing creative design collaboration and education. Prior to moving to Sweden, he worked at Arup for close to 10 years. He has a background in architectural and structural design of unusual design-led projects worldwide as well as connections at leading universities.

He is the current IStructE Representative in Sweden, co-founded the Bridges to Prosperity UK Charitable Trust and the 2014 winner of the Young Structural Engineering Professional Award.

Professor Ding is the Chief Engineer of Tongji Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd. Throughout his career he has demonstrated dedication to excellence in structural engineering design. Professor Ding specialises in steel structures, super high-rise buildings and long-span complex structural systems.

He has completed the structural design for more than ten high-rise buildings above 250m and more than 80 sports buildings. Professor Ding is a council member of the Institution of Structural Engineers and he was awarded the IStructE Gold Medal in 2018.

Since establishing his own structural engineering consultancy in 1985, Paul Fast has worked on iconic buildings in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

With offices in Frankfurt, New York, Seattle and Vancouver, his firm has become a leader in the design of hybrid structures, which include the Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre, winner of the 2016 Supreme Award, the 18 storey TallWood House at the University of British Columbia, and the 2010 Richmond Olympic Oval.

Paul was the recipient of the 2021 Gold Medal, The IStructE's highest accolade.

Ian is a leading expert in bridge design and construction. During his career he has been involved with
world-famous bridge projects like the strengthening of the Severn Bridge, Erskine Bridge and West Gate Bridge, and the concept design of Stonecutters’ Bridge in Hong Kong, as well as many smaller pedestrian bridges such as the Inner Harbour Bridge in Copenhagen, Taplow Bridge near Maidenhead and the Sail Bridge in Swansea.

He is also a leading advocate of bridge-building charity Bridges to Prosperity and a Past President of The Institution of Structural Engineers.

Tanya is a founding director of Thornton Tomasetti’s London office. Her professional experience spans Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and Australia, where she has worked on a diverse range of projects that focus on engineering creativity and innovation with an intent to foster good design.

Celebrating the contribution structural engineering can make to society, promoting continued education and the application of sound engineering principles to emerging technologies are of significant importance to Tanya.

Susan is a Senior Divisional Director working with Jacobs since 2016. She is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers and the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation. She is an active member of both Institutions contributing to Councils, Committees and Panels.

Susan has accumulated three decades of technical expertise and leadership roles on a variety of challenging high-profile infrastructure and building projects in the UK, Asia and Africa. The majority of her work over recent years has involved multi-disciplinary transportation schemes with more focus on bridges.

Tristram is a Chartered Structural Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers, with 35 years of experience in multi-disciplinary building engineering design and management, having worked with several of the UK’s leading practices including BDP, BuroHappold and Arup. He is Founder and Director of independent construction consultancy Thisolutions Ltd, where he works with a wide variety of clients, principally in investigative and advisory roles.

Tristram chairs the Industrial Advisory Board for the Department of Civil and Structural Engineering at the University of Sheffield.

As Director for WSP in the UK's Strategic Advisory Net Zero team.  With over 10 years’ experience in leading carbon reduction strategies and Net Zero services within infrastructure, Kat’s Net Zero leadership and experience is routed in taking a holistic approach to complex systems, bridging the gap between policy and embedding practical action.  Facilitating and enabling the connections across sectors and technical disciplines.

Having worked within the Public Sector for over 17 years, Kat has supported clients across several sectors, delivering a variety of services from: Infrastructure Resilience and Net Zero transformation, through to target setting and quantification, whole life carbon management, assurance, and review. Driving an evidence-based approach based on doing and monitoring progress to influence and shape future policy. Kat’s experience is supported by a broad skill set in programme, project management and commercial services.  She has also spearheaded industry alignment of cost and carbon services within public sector and continues to lead the way in building this capability into business-as-usual activity.

Martin is one of the leading UK architects specialising in the design of bridges and transport infrastructure and is a Fellow of RIBA and the Institution of Civil Engineers and an Honorary Fellow of IStructE.

He founded international bridge designers Knight Architects in 2006 and his practice has completed more than fifty bridges in the UK and internationally, including the award-winning Merchant Square Bridge in London, the iconic Lower Hatea River Crossing in New Zealand, and the 270m-long Ulm Kienlesbergbrücke in Germany.

Eric is a Technical Director at Goldwave Steel Structure Engineering and is passionate about Structure Engineering. He received his professional training in the United Kingdom and has over 23 years of experience in major international practice. He is a chartered Structural Engineer and a Fellow of the IStructE, and has extensive design and construction experience across projects in Europe, the Middle East, the Americas, South East Asia & the PR of China.

His work includes the HZMB-Passenger Clearance Building roof structure. Other master works include: Wembley Stadium, Sutong Bridge, HAECO Hanger No. 3A, Marri Processing Plant, Olmsted Dam Development, KWH Hospital Steel Structure and Yuen Long Footbridges erection.

Michelle is a Principal and Chair of Civil & Structural Engineering at BDP, with over 35 years’ experience of design and delivery of many challenging, innovative and award-winning projects.

In 2010, Michelle was awarded an MBE for services to the construction industry. She is a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and in 2011 was named Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year. In 2012, she was named the ACE's Engineering Ambassador of the Year and in 2020 was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by Women in Construction and Engineering. She is currently leading the Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal project for BDP.

Toby is a structural engineer and established Allt environmental structural engineers in 2020, a firm concentrating on addressing the urgent need to decarbonise the built environment with a particular emphasis on carbon embodied in structures.

Toby’s career so far has been one based on providing practical yet technically sophisticated and holistic solutions to diverse projects in the built environment and concentrating on design from first principles. Having served a stint with Arup after graduation, Toby spent five years based in the studio of an architect/artist, before establishing TALL Engineers in 2005. After merging TALL with Entuitive in 2016, Toby remained as UK Director until leaving to concentrate on Allt.

Andrew is Director of Concrete and Sustainable Construction at the Global Cement and Concrete Association. He is currently chair of the Design Practice, Risk and Structural Safety Committee of The Institution of Structural Engineers and a member of the Engineering Leadership Group.

He had 10 years with Arup in building engineering where he worked in multi-disciplinary teams on international projects before 14 years leading The Concrete Centre in the UK.

Angeliki Palla is a Structural Engineer at O’Connor Sutton Cronin. Originally from Greece, she studied Civil Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens, before completing postgraduate studies in General Structural Engineering at Imperial College, London.

She began at O’Connor Sutton Cronin (OCSC) in 2017 and has played an integral part in residential and commercial projects. Angeliki is an active member of the Institution, former Chair of our Young Members Panel and a STEM Ambassador.

Sam founded Price & Myers with Robert Myers in 1978. He has structured many award-winning new buildings, with a particular interest in theatres and concert halls.

He has advised on a number of cathedrals, and is a member of the Cathedral Architects Association. He has lectured at Cambridge, Glasgow, Trieste, Bergen, Hong Kong, and Vancouver. He was for twelve years a member of the Architectural Panel of the National Trust.

Roger is the Head of the Structural Engineering team at Foster + Partners. He is a Fellow of The Institution of Structural Engineers and a licensed Professional Engineer and Structural Engineer in the United States.

He was awarded the Royal Academy of Engineering Silver Medal in 2010, and the IABSE Milne Medal in 2017.
 

Nick is a Consultant at Perega, an 80-strong consulting organisation specialising in civil and structural engineering, glass engineering and building surveying. His extensive experience spans many sectors, including expert witness, commercial, retail, industrial, education, residential and major losses. Nick’s primary role at Perega is in advising on training of staff with a current emphasis on graduate training.

Nick has a passion for conceptual design and in making structures as effective as possible. Nick is a Past President of the Institution of Structural Engineers and a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and the American Society of Civil Engineers. He also holds visiting professorships at the universities of East London and Surrey and is immediate past chair of the Joint Board of Moderators. Nick has a deep interest in making sure that undergraduates receive a sound and relevant education that will underpin their careers as professional engineers. 

Kristina is a Chartered Civil and Structural Engineer at AECOM working in the London structures team. Over the last eight years she has been involved in the design and construction stages of major projects, specialising in retained façades, listed buildings and deep basements. Projects have included No 1 Palace Street, a luxury residential development and North West Cambridge, a highly sustainable new suburb of Cambridge.

Kristina is also committed to engaging with students of all ages and the wider community to promote the engineering industry. In recognition of her work, Kristina was awarded the IStructE’s Young Structural Engineering Professional Award 2019.

SawTeen See PE, Dist. M. ASCE, FIStructE is President of See Robertson Structural Engineers and provides consulting design services; she is partly retired.

SawTeen was the Managing Partner of Leslie E. Robertson Associates (LERA) from 1991 to 2017. She has extensive experience in the structural design of the full spectrum of building types with particular expertise in tall building design and long-span structures. SawTeen was the partner-in-charge of the structural engineering of iconic structures including the Shanghai World Financial Center; the Lotte World Tower in Seoul and the Merdeka PNB 118 Tower, Kuala Lumpur.

Peter is Chairman of the Board of the Institution of Structural Engineers. He is founder and President of Terrell Group Consulting Engineers. After early years with Ove Arup, Peter set up as sole practitioner in 1982 in Paris, building a practice that is today recognised as one of the leading structural engineering consultancies in France, with over 100 employees.

He has been at the forefront of many successful projects including the Doha Tower (CTBUH Best Tall Building Worldwide 2012) and the DR Byen Concert Hall in Copenhagen.