October 2011
The Broadland flood alleviation project scooped the prestigious environmental award at the British Construction Industry Awards (BCIA), held on 12 October in London.
The BCI Awards are widely regarded as the industry's 'Oscars' and are among the most rigorously judged awards in the construction sector. 2011 once again brought a huge response representing over 140 of the best projects in the UK and abroad.
The awards took place at the Grosvenor House Hotel, with Huw Edwards – presenter of the UK’s most watched news programme, BBC News at Ten – as compere for the evening.
Ten years ago the Environment Agency awarded a 20-year contract to the Halcrow/Bam Nuttall joint venture, Broadland Environmental Services Limited, to maintain and improve the flood defences in Broadland, East Anglia. The £118 million project is now nearing the end of the programme of improvement works and moving on to a maintenance phase.
Halcrow’s chief executive, Peter Gammie, was at the ceremony and commented: “The Broadlands project exemplifies the diversity of our expertise and is a testament to the commitment and talent of the Environment Agency, Bam Nuttall and Halcrow team. This win supports our stated purpose to sustain and improve the quality of people’s lives, so it’s been a great night for the project and Halcrow.”
Halcrow was shortlisted within a number of the BCIA categories, with Scotland’s Rosyth CVF infrastructure upgrade being highly commended within the civil engineering project award category for projects from £3 million to £50 million. For this project Halcrow was principal designer for the commissioning authority, Babcock Marine.
The Khalifa port marine structures and reclamation, Abu Dhabi was shortlisted within the international category, while the Environment Agency’s Humber coastal defence package achieved shortlist status for the civil engineering project award for projects from £3 million to £50 million and the best practice award category.