PLANT & CIVIL ENGINEER

CONSTRUCTION, QUARRY & RECYCLING MAGAZINE

Award Categories 2023

Plant Hire Company Of The Year

This Award will be presented to the organisation which offers an extensive portfolio of high quality products, flexible hire options, and respected customer service policies. Entrants should outline how their company provides a level of plant hire expertise that puts them ahead of the competition, eg: product knowledge, distribution network, prompt delivery and collection, equipment options, cost effective hiring and any unique services available. Customer testimonies may also be submitted.

Excellence In Customer Service

This category is open to all companies in the construction, quarrying, waste management and plant & machinery sectors, including dealers, equipment suppliers, service & maintenance agents as well as other associated businesses. Entrants need to demonstrate a high lev el of customer care and support. Customer testimonies will be accepted.

Environmental Initiative Award

From Innovative resource management and environmental impact mitigation to biodiversity projects, ethical or charitable initiatives and more, this award recognises those effecting real change from across the environmental and sustainabilty spectrum.

High Achiever Of The Year Award

This category is for the individual or company that has achieved outstanding success such as in sales, contract wins, company expansion/development or other areas of business over the past 12 months. Open to any individual or company currently active in the construction, civil engineering, quarrying, waste management and plant & machinery industries. The entrant must highlight the area in which they operate, level and type of achievement as well as outline any relevant factors or reasons that contribute to that success.

Construction Company Of The Year

This Award will be presented to the company or organisation who has demonstrated over the past year involvement with major or specialist projects throughout the island of Ireland, Great Britain or worldwide which illustrate high levels of skill within project management, innovation, specialist projects. Customer testimonies may also be submitted.

MINERAL PRODUCTS SITE (QUARRY) OF THE YEAR

This category is open to individual working quarries, whether hardrock, sand or gravel, where the operator demonstrates safe working practices, the highest levels of pollution control, sustainability, biodiversity, and operational efficiency, while offering a strong portfolio of products and services. Customer testimonies can be submitted.

WASTES MANAGEMENT & ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE

The Award will recognize individual excellence within the resources and Wastes Management industry, through best practice and innovation across a range of commercial and public sectors.

HEALTH & SAFETY AWARD

This award will be presented to the company that can demonstrate safety management systems leading to zero accidents in the plant, quarry, construction and waste management industries. Criteria to include: health & safety policy relative to the size of the company. Well developed training needs analysis and training provision. Risk assessment procedures. Demonstration of capital investment on the ground for safety.

Specialist Contractor Of The Year

This category is open to contractors involved in any sector of the industry, including Civil Engineering, Highways, Quarrying, Utilities, Construction and Groundworks. The award will be presented to the contractor who has successfully demonstrated or employed specialist, individual, unique, and/or innovative skills on any project or scheme within the last 12 months.

Special Recognition Award

This award, for which nominations are now open, will be presented to the individual who has been outstanding in his or her service to the industry, whose personal achievements, accomplishments or initiatives in the construction, quarrying or plant & machinery sectors deserve recognition.

Construction Project Of The Year

This award is for the company, team or individual who has demonstrated exceptional skills, expertise, design and innovation on a construction project, be it a building, a road, a utility facility or any other similar undertaking throughout the island of Ireland, Great Britain or worldwide.

Quarry Manager Of The Year

This Award will be presented to the individual working within the quarry sector in a dedicated quarry management team. He or she must demonstrate attention to safe working practice; clear management skills; pollution control, sustainability, biodiversity; examples of working under unique conditions; health and safety practices; and submit details of what makes this individual outstanding in his or her field. Customer testimonies may also be submitted.

Waste Management Team Of The Year

People are at the heart of delivering the products, processes and services needed to deliver high performance in waste and resource management. This award recognises any team that has shown a collective commitment to go above and beyond what is expected in order to deliver top results from a waste and recyclying perspective.

R&D INNOVATION AWARD

This category is open to all transformational and progressive companies with the best examples of how they are harnessing research, development and innovation to further enhance their business operations and impact the industry or environments in which they serve. Entrants must be able to demonstrate how innovation, scientific advancement or technological development would apply to the following:

1. The introduction of new processes, products or services

2. An appreciable improvement to existing processes, products or services

3. The duplication of existing processes, products or services in a new way

Compelling examples of innovation, advancement or development can range from the optimisation of software design, construction techniques, development of new machinery to the implementation of more effective environmental solutions etc.

Demolition Project Of The Year

Civil Engineering Company Of The Year

This Award will be presented to the organisation who can report on successful involvement within a wide variety of civil engineering projects including planning, construction and maintenance of fixed structures or public works throughout the island of Ireland, Great Britain, or worldwide. The information provided should demonstrate high levels of skill within project management, procurement, innovation and specialist projects. Customer testimonies may also be submitted.

Circular Economy Award

This award is for individual /organisations that can demonstrate excellence in enabling a high quality, high value end market product from recycled/recovered materials.

Top Team Of The Year

This award is open to all companies and businesses in every sector of the plant, construction, quarry and civil engineering industries – and recognises teams within the organisation who by working together on a project, initiative or strategy have made a significant and positive contribution, perhaps by overcoming difficulties and challenges to do so.

HOW TO ENTER:

Entries should not exceed word count of 1000 words. A minimum of two high res images that best depict your entry to be supplied.

Supporting material can be supplied over and above. Entries must be made by emailing a Word/ PDF document stating the award category to: golda@4squaremedia.net

Over the past three years teams of people in many companies have stepped up to ensure survival and overcome adversities. A team, by definition, could be made up by just two people, or a hundred; size is not important. What is important is that the team can demonstrate outstanding achievement or accomplishment in their area or field of expertise. This is an opportunity to shine a light on those deserving of recognition for their achievements. Please supply hi resolution images to illustrate your entry. SPONSORSHIP

Separate award entries to be emailed for each category entered.

Large files can be sent via WeTransfer - email to be sent to golda@4squaremedia.net to advise thereof.

This category is for high profile demolition projects that imposed major challenges to successful completion or which required an innovative demolition approach. Entries should demonstrate these challenges and how they were successfully overcome, on time, within budget and with an exemplary safety record. Submissions should include demolition methodology statements, site waste management plans and any other relevant project documentation. Client testimonials concerning the work carried out may also be supplied if possible. Open to all demolition contractors.

Award Entry enquiries can be made to Golda Burrows - golda@4squaremedia.net www.plantandcivilengineer.com