SIAQ Awards for Excellence Finalists

The Stormwater Industry Association (SIA) of Queensland conducted the 2011 Awards for Excellence to encourage and celebrate excellence in the innovation, development, completion and management of stormwater projects and the people involved.

2011 SIAQ Awards for Excellence Winners

Excellence in stormwater management was celebrated and recognised on Thursday, 22 September 2011 at the annual Stormwater Industry Association of Queensland Awards for Excellence.

Category winners for 2011 were:

Excellence in Infrastructure
Sponsored by Parsons Brinckerhoff

Winner
Rain Bank - South Banks's Stormwater Harvesting and Reuse Centre
South Bank Corporation

Highly Commended
Waterway Health Enhancement - Stable Swamp Creek, Evenwood Street Stage 3
Brisbane City Council

Merit
Tygum Lagoon Rehabilitation
BMT WBM

Excellence in Strategic or Master Planning
Sponsored by Parsons Brinckerhoff

Winner
Moreton Bay Regional Council Total Water Cycle Management Strategy
BMT WBM

Excellence in Research, Innovation, Policy and Education
Sponsored by Parsons Brinckerhoff

Winner
Gold Coast City Council Stormwater Safety Program
Gold COast City Council

Merit
Water Sensitive Urban Design Streetscape Planning and Design Package
Brisbane City Council


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2010 SIAQ Awards for Excellence Winners

Excellence in stormwater management was celebrated and recognised on Thursday, 26 August 2010 at the annual Stormwater Industry Association of Queensland Awards for Excellence.

Category winners for 2010 were:

Excellence in Asset Management

Winner
Needs and Scope Assessment to Advance Water Sensitive Urban Design Asset Management Practices
Healthy Waterways

Excellence in Infrastructure
Sponsored by Parsons Brinckerhoff

Winner
Southport Broadwater Parklands
AECOM and Gold Coast City Council

Highly Commended
Zillmere Joint Contact Centre
City Design - Brisbane City Council

Merit
Discovery Park Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) Retrofit Project
Hyder

Excellence in Strategic or Master Planning

Highly Commended
Water Quality Risk Management Strategy for the Ipswich Motorway Upgrade
Origin Alliance

Excellence in Research, Innovation, Policy and Education
Sponsored by Parsons Brinckerhoff

Winner
Stormwater Modelling and Treatment for Rural Industry - Training Program
AECOM; Regional Services a  division of  Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation (DEEDI); Queensland Wetlands Program; WBM BMT

Highly Commended
Fabricated Fishway System for Small Waterway Structures
Walaman Fishways

 

2009 SIAQ Awards for Excellence Winners

Excellence in stormwater management was celebrated and recognised on Thursday, 24 September 2009 at the annual Stormwater Industry Association of Queensland awards, sponsored by Humes Water Solutions.

Category winners for 2009 were:

Excellence in Integrated Water Cycle Management
Willawong Bus Depot Integrated Water Cycle Plan - City Design, Brisbane City Council

An excellent example of how integrated water cycle management can be successfully incorporated into the ongoing operations of a highly complex commercial site through early consideration during the planning, design and construction phases.

Excellence in Stormwater Research/Education
Concept Design Guidelines for Water Sensitive Urban Design - EDAW AECOM

The guidelines have a multidisciplinary focus. This will significantly advance the knowledge and skills of professionals involved with Water Sensitive Urban design and lead to improved water management outcomes.

Excellence in Stormwater Management/Initiatives
Water sensitive urban design retrofit at Industrial Galavanizers, Pinkenba - BMT WBM

This project demonstrated best practice water sensitive urban design for an industrial site through structural separation of work areas to avoid stormwater being contaminated and inclusion of stormwater treatment systems to achieve improved waterway health outcomes. The project outcomes were particularly commendable given it was a retrofit site.

A Highly Commended in the category of Excellence in Stormwater Management/Initiatives was also awarded for the Kedron Brook Waterway Health Enhancement Prioritization to EDAW AECOM.

Inaugural Neville Gibson Award for Service to the Stormwater Industry:
Grant Witheridge of Catchments & Creeks

The Award recognises significant individual contribution to the stormwater industry for his leading role in advancing stormwater management, waterway rehabilitation and erosion and sediment control.

He has authored a number of key documents that are referenced daily by engineering and environmental specialists, including the Queensland Urban Drainage Manual and the Best Practice Erosion and Sediment Control books.

Grant has also shared his knowledge through education and training activities, and has represented the Stormwater Industry Association at both the state and national levels.

 

SIA National Excellence in Stormwater Award Winners

To view the winners of the 2009 SIA National Excellence in Storwater Awards held on the 16th November 2009 in Sydney, click on the below link.

2009 National Award Winners