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On 7 October 2016 ICE president John Armitt will present awards to the following papers published in the various ICE Proceedings journals in 2015. Journal editorial panels nominated their best papers and an awards committee, chaired by Nigel Wright, allocated the awards. These award-winning papers can be downloaded for free from the ICE Virtual Library’s ‘ICE Publishing Awards 2016’ page at www.icevirtuallibrary.com/info/awards2016.
| PAPER AND AUTHORS | ISSUE IN 2015 | AWARD |
|---|---|---|
| Bridge Engineering | ||
| Design and static analysis of the Taizhou Yangtze River Bridge, China, by Min Zhang, Tianbao Wan and Yingliang Wang | March | Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya Prize |
| MediaCityUK Footbridge, Salford, UK, by Fabio Gazzola, Steve Thompson and Peter Curran | June | John Henry Garrood King Medal |
| Civil Engineering | ||
| High-resolution sonars set to revolutionise bridge scour inspections, by Simon Clubley, Constantino Manes and David Richards | February | Bill Curtin Medal |
| The News Building, London: design and construction cantilevering over a live transport hub, by Jack Adams, Bart Lemmens and Matt Massey | August | Coopers Hill War Memorial Prize |
| A review of satellite positioning systems for civil engineering, by Gethin Wyn Roberts, Xu Tang and Chris Brown | November | Charles Manby Prize |
| Construction Materials | ||
| Fire performance of metal-free timber connections, by Daniel Brandon, Cristian Maluk, Martin Ansell, Richard Harris, Pete Walker, Luke Bisby and Julie Bregulla | August | Thomas Howard Medal |
| Energy | ||
| Delivering safe geological disposal of nuclear waste in the UK, by Cherry Tweed, Alun Ellis and Rob Whittleston | November | James Watt Medal |
| Engineering and Computational Mechanics | ||
| Unsteady Reynolds averaged Navier–Stokes simulations of a buoyant plume above a cylinder, by Stig Grafsrønningen and Atle Jensen | March | Thomas Telford Premium Prize |
| Calculation of fluid–structure interaction: methods, refinements, applications, by Mustafa Can Kara, Thorsten Stoesser and Richard McSherry | June | George Stephenson Medal |
| Engineering History and Heritage | ||
| Hinges in historic concrete and masonry arches, by Stefan Holzer and Karen Veihelmann | May | Benjamin Baker Medal |
| James Newlands and the origins of the municipal engineer, by Sally Sheard | May | Thomas Telford Premium Prize |
| Engineering Sustainability | ||
| Towards a sustainable infrastructure company, by Chris Whitehead | February | Richard Trevithick Memorial Fund |
| Forensic Engineering | ||
| Release of data following a serious incident in the UK construction industry, by John Carpenter | August | Thomas Telford Premium Prize |
| Geotechnical Engineering | ||
| Seismic stability of braced excavations next to tall buildings, by Nick O’Riordan and Ibrahim Almufti | February | Russell Crampton Prize |
| Ground Improvement | ||
| Field-scale bio-cementation tests to improve sands, by Michael Gomez, Brian Martinez, Jason DeJong, Chris Hunt, Len deVlaming, David Major and Sandra Dworatzek | August | Thomas Telford Premium Prize |
| Management, Procurement and Law | ||
| NEC for DBFO – taking best practice procurement into PPPs, by Richard Patterson and Barry Trebes | October | Parkman Medal |
| Maritime Engineering | ||
| Littlehaven promenade and seawall, South Shields, UK, by Nick Cooper, Simon Wilson, Tony Hanson, David West and Mike Goodall | March | Safety in Construction Medal |
| Impact of managed realignment design on estuarine water levels, by Nigel Pontee | June | Halcrow Prize |
| Municipal Engineer | ||
| Investigating ramp gradients for humps on railway platforms, by Taku Fujiyama, Craig Childs, Derrick Boampong and Nick Tyler | June | James Hill Prize |
| Structures and Buildings | ||
| Structural development and testing of a prototype house using timber and straw bales, by Daniel Maskell, Chris Gross, Andrew Thomson, Katharine Wall, Peter Walker and Tim Mander | January | Frederick Palmer Prize |
| Transport | ||
| Guernsey airport pavement rehabilitation and safety works, by Jonathan Green | April | William Webb Prize |
| Reassessing the financial and social costs of public transport, by Xucheng Li and John Preston | August | Rees Jeffreys Award |
| Urban Design and Planning | ||
| Do sustainability measures constrain urban design creativity?, by Joanne Leach, Christopher Boyko, Rachel Cooper, Anna Woodeson, Jim Eyre and Christopher Rogers | February | Reed and Mallik Medal |
| Waste and Resource Management | ||
| Municipal solid waste as a resource: part 1 – specifying composition, by Jade-Ashlee Cox, Michael Mulheron, David Jesson, Angela Druckman, Matthew Smyth and Helen Trew | August | Thomas Telford Premium Prize |
| Water Management | ||
| Using climate change projections in UK flood risk assessment, by Ashley Woods | August | Robert Alfred Carr Prize |
| PAPER AND AUTHORS | ISSUE IN 2015 | AWARD |
|---|---|---|
| Bridge Engineering | ||
| Design and static analysis of the Taizhou Yangtze River Bridge, China, by Min Zhang, Tianbao Wan and Yingliang Wang | March | Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya Prize |
| MediaCityUK Footbridge, Salford, UK, by Fabio Gazzola, Steve Thompson and Peter Curran | June | John Henry Garrood King Medal |
| Civil Engineering | ||
| High-resolution sonars set to revolutionise bridge scour inspections, by Simon Clubley, Constantino Manes and David Richards | February | Bill Curtin Medal |
| The News Building, London: design and construction cantilevering over a live transport hub, by Jack Adams, Bart Lemmens and Matt Massey | August | Coopers Hill War Memorial Prize |
| A review of satellite positioning systems for civil engineering, by Gethin Wyn Roberts, Xu Tang and Chris Brown | November | Charles Manby Prize |
| Construction Materials | ||
| Fire performance of metal-free timber connections, by Daniel Brandon, Cristian Maluk, Martin Ansell, Richard Harris, Pete Walker, Luke Bisby and Julie Bregulla | August | Thomas Howard Medal |
| Energy | ||
| Delivering safe geological disposal of nuclear waste in the UK, by Cherry Tweed, Alun Ellis and Rob Whittleston | November | James Watt Medal |
| Engineering and Computational Mechanics | ||
| Unsteady Reynolds averaged Navier–Stokes simulations of a buoyant plume above a cylinder, by Stig Grafsrønningen and Atle Jensen | March | Thomas Telford Premium Prize |
| Calculation of fluid–structure interaction: methods, refinements, applications, by Mustafa Can Kara, Thorsten Stoesser and Richard McSherry | June | George Stephenson Medal |
| Engineering History and Heritage | ||
| Hinges in historic concrete and masonry arches, by Stefan Holzer and Karen Veihelmann | May | Benjamin Baker Medal |
| James Newlands and the origins of the municipal engineer, by Sally Sheard | May | Thomas Telford Premium Prize |
| Engineering Sustainability | ||
| Towards a sustainable infrastructure company, by Chris Whitehead | February | Richard Trevithick Memorial Fund |
| Forensic Engineering | ||
| Release of data following a serious incident in the UK construction industry, by John Carpenter | August | Thomas Telford Premium Prize |
| Geotechnical Engineering | ||
| Seismic stability of braced excavations next to tall buildings, by Nick O’Riordan and Ibrahim Almufti | February | Russell Crampton Prize |
| Ground Improvement | ||
| Field-scale bio-cementation tests to improve sands, by Michael Gomez, Brian Martinez, Jason DeJong, Chris Hunt, Len deVlaming, David Major and Sandra Dworatzek | August | Thomas Telford Premium Prize |
| Management, Procurement and Law | ||
| NEC for DBFO – taking best practice procurement into PPPs, by Richard Patterson and Barry Trebes | October | Parkman Medal |
| Maritime Engineering | ||
| Littlehaven promenade and seawall, South Shields, UK, by Nick Cooper, Simon Wilson, Tony Hanson, David West and Mike Goodall | March | Safety in Construction Medal |
| Impact of managed realignment design on estuarine water levels, by Nigel Pontee | June | Halcrow Prize |
| Municipal Engineer | ||
| Investigating ramp gradients for humps on railway platforms, by Taku Fujiyama, Craig Childs, Derrick Boampong and Nick Tyler | June | James Hill Prize |
| Structures and Buildings | ||
| Structural development and testing of a prototype house using timber and straw bales, by Daniel Maskell, Chris Gross, Andrew Thomson, Katharine Wall, Peter Walker and Tim Mander | January | Frederick Palmer Prize |
| Transport | ||
| Guernsey airport pavement rehabilitation and safety works, by Jonathan Green | April | William Webb Prize |
| Reassessing the financial and social costs of public transport, by Xucheng Li and John Preston | August | Rees Jeffreys Award |
| Urban Design and Planning | ||
| Do sustainability measures constrain urban design creativity?, by Joanne Leach, Christopher Boyko, Rachel Cooper, Anna Woodeson, Jim Eyre and Christopher Rogers | February | Reed and Mallik Medal |
| Waste and Resource Management | ||
| Municipal solid waste as a resource: part 1 – specifying composition, by Jade-Ashlee Cox, Michael Mulheron, David Jesson, Angela Druckman, Matthew Smyth and Helen Trew | August | Thomas Telford Premium Prize |
| Water Management | ||
| Using climate change projections in UK flood risk assessment, by Ashley Woods | August | Robert Alfred Carr Prize |
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