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North East projects vie for prestigious awards

Projects from all across the North East will battle it out for two prestigious prizes at the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) North East’s Robert Stephenson Awards.

The awards include two categories, celebrating projects valued greater than and less than £4 million. Awards are presented at the ICE North East Annual Dinner in May.

The 11 entries for this year’s awards come from Darlington, Durham City, Gateshead, Hartlepool, Longhorsely, Newcastle, Redcar, South Shields, Wark and Whitley Bay.

Outstanding projects which are considered to be particularly environmentally sustainable, or help to contribute to the preservation of the region’s heritage, or where innovation features strongly, may be given additional or special awards.

The ICE North East Annual Dinner takes place on May 1, as part of a two-day visit to the region by the Institution’s President, Geoff French.

Derek Smith, ICE North East Chairman said: “This is the time of year when we get to celebrate excellence within the civil engineering sector in our region on a grand scale. Once more, we have some fantastic entries highlighting some hugely valuable projects and we look forward to reflecting upon these at the Annual Dinner.”

Tickets are available for the event from www.ice.org.uk/northeast

Entries in the under £4 million category:

A1 Allerdene Bridge Refurbishment Works, Gateshead Western Bypass Highways Agency and A-one+

Albion Terrace Flood Alleviation Scheme, Hartlepool Northumbrian Water Ltd, Mott MacDonald and Seymour Civil Engineering Contractors Ltd

Barkers Haugh Sewage Treatment Works Inlet, City of Durham Northumbrian Water Ltd, Mott MacDonald, Montgomery Watson Harza Treatment Ltd and Seymour Civil Engineering Ltd, AMEC Environment & Infrastructure UK Ltd

Darlington North Road Bus Priority Scheme, Darlington Darlington Borough Council and Esh Construction trading as Lumsden & Carroll Civil Engineering

Harton Quay Park, South Shields, South Tyneside South Tyneside Council, Mott MacDonald, Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Limited, Grant Associates and Turner & Townsend

Spanish City Public Realm Improvement, Whitley Bay, North Tyneside North Tyneside Council (Regeneration) and Capita Property & infrastructure

Wark Tyne Bridge Incremental Refurbishment, Northumberland Northumberland County Council, Carillion plc and Intelligent Engineering

Entries in the over £4 million category:

Littlehaven Promenade and Seawall, South Shields, South Tyneside South Tyneside Council, Royal HaskoningDHV, Galliford Try and Oobe Ltd

Ouseburn Viaduct Strengthening and Repair Works, Newcastle upon Tyne Network Rail, Cass Hayward Consulting Engineers and Carillion plc

Redcar Coastal Management and Seafront Regeneration Scheme, Redcar Seafront Environment Agency, Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council, Jacobs, Balfour Beatty, Halcrow, Smeeden Foreman and EC Harris

Wingates Wind Farm, Longhorsely, Northumberland Infinis, C A Blackwell (Contracts) Limited, Nordex UK Limited and AMEC Environment & Infrastructure UK Ltd

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