Revised Concrete Awards Framework

To enhance opportunities for celebrating and recognising achievements in, and raise the profile of, the concrete industry, Concrete NZ is pleased to announce that it will be moving to two annual awards events.

One of the events will remain part of the established annual Concrete NZ conference formal dinner, held during October. This event will be primarily inward facing, and appeal to Concrete NZ members across all the Sector Groups and the Learned Society.

The second, new awards event will be outwards facing, appealing to clients and stakeholders not directly involved in the concrete industry, as well as Concrete NZ members. This will be held in March, with the inaugural event scheduled for 2022 in Auckland.

The revised awards framework (outlined below) acknowledges and respects the historical awards.

2021 CONCRETE NZ CONFERENCE AWARDS

1. Honorary Life Member
2. Outstanding Contribution
3. Producer - Extra Distance
4. Producer - Technical Excellence
5. Plant Audit Scheme
6. Health & Safety Achievement
7. Carbon Reduction
8. Inclusion & Diversity
9. Concrete Industry Apprentice of the Year
10. Learned Society Student Concrete Prizes
11. Concrete Canoe Race Winner
12. Sandy Cormack Best Paper Award

2022 CONCRETE INDUSTRY AWARDS

1. Premier Concrete Award
2. Excellence in Architectural Concrete (Monte Craven Award)
3. Excellence in Infrastructure Concrete
4. Excellence in Commercial Concrete
5. Excellence in Residential Concrete
6. Excellence in Community Concrete
7. Excellence in Heritage Concrete
8. Excellence in Concrete Innovation
9. Best Graduate Engineer
10. Best Graduate Architect
11. Enduring Concrete Award

The introduction of the new awards framework will see the Learned Society’s Concrete Awards, Concrete³ Sustainability Awards and Readymix Awards discontinued.

Entries for the 2021 Concrete NZ Conference Awards, to be held on Friday 15 October during the conference formal dinner, will open shortly.

More details regarding the 2022 Concrete Industry Awards will be available soon.