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New Zealand Engineering Excellence Awards – 2008 winners announced


The New Zealand Engineering Excellence Awards are the premier awards for New Zealand engineering professionals. The awards, run by the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ), began four years ago. The awards celebrate excellence in engineering and raise the profile of the profession, by showcasing engineering at its best.  Category Awards recognise achievement in various industry areas.

Supreme Award winner

Standards New Zealand proudly sponsored the Supreme Award for the best of the Category Award winners. The 2008 Supreme Award winner is the Arapuni Dam Foundation Remediation Project.

This highly challenging two-year project, to reduce leakage from the Arapuni Dam in the South Waikato, incorporated a unique alliance between local engineering specialists from Mighty River Power, Brian Perry Civil, Damwatch, and Italian foundation engineering firm, Trevi. The alliance developed solutions to overcome water seepage, and to avoid detrimental environmental impacts on the local community. Trevi carried out a precision-drilling programme to stabilise fissures in rock beneath the dam.

The $20 million Arapuni project attracted international interest, as it was the first of its type to be undertaken worldwide while the dam remained operational. David Elms, Convenor of the Category Awards judging panel, said that the calibre of winning projects highlighted the difficulty and challenges overcome by the team of engineers.

'The rock foundations of the Arapuni dam had major clay-filled fissure zones that could have been potentially washed away, which could have destroyed the 64-metre dam,' says David. 'The project team overcame these challenges with inventive design solutions, while keeping the dam's power station fully operational.'

Category Award winners

Standards New Zealand congratulates all the 2008 Category Award winners.

  • Building and construction: University of Auckland Business School, Beca Carter Hollings & Ferner
  • Electrical and systems: Dunedin Airport Ground Water Heat Pump, MWH New Zealand Ltd
  • Food, bioprocess and chemical: Carne Agromar Lamb Processing Plant, GHD Ltd
  • Information and communication technology: Digital Terrestrial Television, Kordia
  • Mechanical and manufacturing: 'Lights Out' Packing, Avalon Engineering, Fonterra Co-operative Group, and JMP Engineering
  • Roads and transport: Wellington Inner City Bypass, Fulton Hogan, NZ Transport Agency, Opus International, and Wellington City Council
  • Sustainability and clean technology: Burwood Landfill Gas Scheme, Beca Carter Hollings & Ferner, and Christchurch City Council
  • Utilities, networks and amenities: The Arapuni Dam Foundation Remediation Project by the Arapuni Alliance: Brian Perry Civil, Damwatch Services, Mighty River Power, and Trevi S.p.A.

Visit www.nzeeawards.org.nz for more information.

 
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