Photos of the event are freely available here.
The awards, now in their 54th 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 21, 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 “The Panel was this year delighted to be able to return to the usual SSDA judging process no longer constrained by restrictions due to the COVID-19 precautions of the previous two years. We pride ourselves in this award scheme on making visits to see, understand and experience all shortlisted projects ‘in the flesh’, and to meet the project teams in person. There is no better way to assess a project than to see it and to hear what it is all about from the team that created it.”
He went on to say “Again, this year there was a wide range of types of projects entered for the scheme. Scales of entry ranged from the largest prestige city office buildings to beautiful footbridges, and we were particularly interested in projects that reflect a commitment to reducing lifetime carbon use.
The awards, commendations, merits and national finalists rewarded by the Structural Steel Design Awards this year reflect the achievements of the current steel construction industry. Everyone involved should be proud of what has been achieved”.
Click the links for further details of those projects receiving Awards, Commendations and Merits.