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| The criteria to which the 2010 Judging Panel will refer in assessing engineering excellence, may include, but are not limited to the following points. |
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The ability to demonstrate the “areas of excellence” of the project:
A concise description of the entry which demonstrates the principle elements of its claim for excellence. |
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Benefits to the community and focus on customer needs:
The entry should demonstrate a positive contribution to the communities and customers who use it.
This may relate directly to cost, time, environment or general amenity of the users. |
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Innovation in design, construction, maintenance or management practices:
The entry must demonstrate that it contains significant original application of engineering or demonstrate ingenuity in
achieving the best solution for the required specifications or user requirements. |
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Environmental sustainability:
The entry should demonstrate achievement of a majority of the six principles of sustainability which are;
inter-generation equity, precautionary principle, biodiversity, economy in use of resources, mitigation of environmental impacts and remediation of environmental damage. |
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Use of sound engineering practices/principles:
The entry clearly demonstrates that the design, use of materials, use of continuous improvements from
other projects, construction or manufacture is based on demonstrable sound engineering principles and practices that meet or exceed client expectation. |
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An engineering challenge:
The entry provided engineers with some unique challenges in achieving
a solution. |
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Commercial viability and quality of work:
The entry should demonstrate a contribution to the economy as
a whole and/or deliver significant economic benefits to its clients/users. This could relate to the whole-of-life costs or the value the entry adds to engineering construction, manufacture, maintenance or application. The product is of appropriate quality
for its application. |
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Significance of the work as a benchmark of Australian engineering:
The entry should establish a
new benchmark(s) consideration of the use of the entry in setting a new benchmark which others could
work towards. |
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Extent to which the work represents world’s best practice:
The way in which the entry can be matched against similar engineering achievements and be demonstrated
to represent world’s best practice. |
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Adherence to budget and program:
The entry should demonstrate that the entry has met the budget parameters and timelines relevant
to the scope. |
| Additional detailed information is available in the Category Judging Criteria document. |
