Photos of the event are freely available here.
The awards, now in their 55th 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, Roger Plank said “Again, this year there was a wide variety of entries ranging from the largest prestige city office buildings to elegant footbridges and public sculptures. Following our established practice, we met to make a preliminary selection based on a ‘desk-top’ examination of the paper submissions to give us a shortlist of projects to be visited. These visits are a special feature of this Awards scheme, giving the judges a firsthand opportunity to understand and experience the selected projects, and to quiz the project teams about any specific points.”
He went on to say “Once all visits had been completed the judging panel reassembled to compare notes and exchange views. It is not an easy task to compare such a diverse range of projects, but the judges bring all of their professional experience and expertise to bear and, after a detailed discussion, we were able to reach a consensus.
The awards, commendations, merits and national finalists recognised in the Structural Steel Design Awards this year reflect the impressive quality of the current steel construction industry, and everyone involved should be proud of what has been achieved.”
Click the links for further details of those projects receiving Awards, Commendations and Merits.