Photos of the event are freely available here.
The awards, now in their 53rd year, demonstrate the excellence achievable with the use of steel, as well as structural and architectural design, and this year’s collection of entries continued that great tradition. The Judges selected the Award-winning entries from a shortlist of 20, all of which scored highly in terms of sustainability, cost-effectiveness, aesthetics, and innovation. The Judges were once again impressed by the remarkably high standard of entries and thought all the shortlisted projects showed merit.
Chairman of the Judges, Chris Nash said “This year there was a wide range of types of projects entered for the scheme. Scales of entry range from the largest prestige city office buildings to beautiful road bridges. The judges were particularly interested in projects that reflected a re-use of existing structures, and this year the commitment to examining the real impact of construction on carbon use by deep analysis by some practitioners was impressive and welcome.”
He went on to say that “The awards, commendations, merits and national finalists rewarded by the scheme reflect the achievements of the current steel construction industry. Everyone involved should be proud of what has been achieved. I believe that, notwithstanding the difficulties encountered this year, the Structural Steel Design Awards still reflect the quality of the achievement.”
Click the links for further details of those projects receiving Awards, Commendations and Merits.