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Project Awards

Recognises excellence in advisory services on a major infrastructure project, policy or reform in a qualifying professional services or public sector discipline including (but not limited to) engineering, design, legal and policy advice.

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Nominations are now closed.

Finalists will be announced from 25th March 2024.
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Advisory Excellence

Recognises excellence in advisory services on a major infrastructure project, policy or reform in a qualifying professional services or public sector discipline including (but not limited to) engineering, design, legal and policy advice.

Eligibility

  • The advisory service must have been successfully completed or delivered during 2022. The broader project may be ongoing or partially complete. Please note, this award is specifically for excellence in the Advisory services, which may be a component of a larger project. In this instance, only the advisory component will be awarded, not the entire broader project.
  • This advice must not be predominately financial in nature. Nominations of financial advice are encouraged to submit in the Financial Excellence category
  • Note: generally, the Judging Panel will consider the Advisory Excellence and Financial Excellence as mutually exclusive

 

Nominations will be judged based on their ability to demonstrate:

  • A unique set of issues/challenges/opportunities that the advisory services is seeking to solve for
  • A distinctive or ground-breaking component to the advice provided
  • A direct beneficial and measurable outcome resulting from initiative or innovation in the advisory services (please also state who this outcome benefited)
  • Extra regard will be given to advisory services that resulted in new, replicable best practices for industry.

  1. Please state the nature of the advisory services being nominated for this category (e.g. engineering, design, strategic, legal or policy advice)
  2. Please list all organisations that should be recognised for their contribution to the nominated piece of advice
  3. Please list the client who received the advisory services (as specific granular as possible i.e. a specific department)
  4. Describe (in 250 words or less) how the advisory services meet the judging criteria

Financial Excellence

Recognises exceptional advice and/or innovation in the financing, structuring or transaction of a major infrastructure project.

Eligibility

  • The nominated advice must have been delivered or transaction reached financial close during 2023. The broader project may be ongoing or partially complete. Please note, this award is for specific financial excellence which may be a component of a larger project. In this case, just the financial component will be awarded, not the entire broader project
  • This advice must be predominately financial in nature – nominations of other advice (e.g. engineering, design, strategic, legal or policy advice) are encouraged to submit in the Advisory Excellence category
  • Note: generally, the Judging Panel will consider the Advisory Excellence and Financial Excellence as mutually exclusive

Nominations will be judged based on their ability to demonstrate:

  • A unique set of financial settings or a transaction of unprecedented size, scale or complexity that the financial service or advice is seeking to solve for
  • Beneficial, measurable, and enduring financial outcomes
  • The financial advisors went beyond a typical advisory role and provided a unique or innovative solution, structure, or outcome. Particular regard will be given if this solution, structure or outcome can become a replicable solution for industry

  1. Please state the nature of the financial services being nominated for this category (e.g. financing, refinancing, restructuring, executing a sale, etc)
  2. Please list all organisations that should be recognised for their contribution to the nominated piece of advice
  3. Please list the client who received the financial advice or services (as specific granular as possible i.e., a specific department)
  4. Describe (in 250 words or less) how the financial services meet the judging criteria

Government Partnerships Excellence

Recognises excellence in the delivery of infrastructure or a service through a genuine partnership between government and the private sector, using this partnership to overcome challenges or exploit opportunities.

Eligibility

  • The partnership must have been completed, delivered or in a steady state during 2023. Judges will also consider a partnership that has changed or been optimised during 2023.
  • Must include at least one Government entity and one private sector entity

Nominations will be judged based on their ability to demonstrate:

  • A genuine partnership or collaboration that demonstrates clear benefits, either directly to the end user or through the efficient and effective use of public resources
  • A unique approach to partnership either by a new structure or enduring collaboration that will continue to provide beneficial outcomes
  • A partnership or approach that resulted in new, replicable best practices for industry

  1. Please list the government entities being recognised for this award
  2. Please list the private entities being recognised for this award
  3. Briefly explain (250 words or less) why this project meets the judging criteria

Contractor Excellence

Recognises exceptional work completed by a contractor including the achievement of innovative, sustainable, safety, or quality objectives.

Eligibility

  • The project must have been fully completed and operational during 2023
  • The project should have an exemplary safety record
  • Projects must be major infrastructure in nature (while judges will use some discretion, this will be defined as $300 million for economic infrastructure and $100 million for social infrastructure)

Nominations will be judged based on their ability to demonstrate:

  • Meets or exceeds traditional time, quality, and cost objectives
  • A unique set of circumstances/challenges/opportunities in which the project was being delivered
  • Innovative techniques that considerably aided in the planning, delivery, or safety outcomes that exceeded the project’s objectives
  • Advancements in sustainable or carbon reducing practices that contribute to the construction sectors responsibility to decarbonise
  • Exceptional community engagement that resulted in a clear, discernible, positive outcomes for the project

  1. Please list the contractors and constructors being recognised for this award
  2. Briefly explain (300 words or less) how the nomination meets the judging criteria

Operator & Service Provider Excellence

Recognises excellence in the delivery of services or management of operations of a major infrastructure asset.

Eligibility

  • The project or service must have been operating during 2023. Operations or services must have commenced, been optimised, or achieved persistently strong outcomes during 2023.

Nominations will be judged based on their ability to demonstrate:

  • A unique set of issues/challenges/opportunities that the operations or services is seeking to solve for
  • Operations or services that persistently delivered quantifiable exceptional outcomes
  • Extra regard will be given to operations or services that resulted in new, replicable, best practices for industry.

  1. Please list the service providers, operations or management organisations being recognised for this award
  2. Briefly explain (250 words or less) how the project meets the judging criteria

Innovation Excellence

Recognises innovation in a major infrastructure project or service. This may be through the use of technology, intelligent engineering, innovative business models, system optimisation, modernisation, or disruption.

Eligibility

  • The specific innovation must be complete and operational during 2023 even though the broader project may not yet be complete
  • The project must be genuinely innovative being the first development or deployment in Australia
  • This category can include capital and non-capital solutions

Nominations will be judged based on their ability to demonstrate:

  • A unique set of issues/challenges/opportunities that the project is seeking to solve for
  • Genuine innovation being the first of its kind in Australia
  • The use of technological or innovative solutions to improve the design or delivery of infrastructure or the associated operational outcomes
  • Extra regard will be given to an innovation that resulted in new, replicable best practices for industry.

  1. Please list the organisation/s that contributed to innovation in the project or service
  2. Briefly explain (250 words or less) how the project meets the judging criteria

Industry Choice

Voted on by Infrastructure Partnerships Australia’s membership and the attendees of the 2024 Awards Dinner, the award recognises a project that demonstrates exceptional customer outcome and/or community benefits. The judging panel will determine the shortlist.

Eligibility

Nominations will be judged based on their ability to demonstrate:

  • The project must have been fully completed and operational during 2023.

Nominations will be judged based on their ability to demonstrate:

  • Describe any unique attributes or parameters of the project
  • How the project made a positive impact on a community or a distinct benefit to the infrastructure end users? This may be through the delivery of the infrastructure itself or through positive community engagement/outcomes during construction or operations
  • Who has directly benefited from the project?

  1. Please list all organisations involved in the success of the project (this can include both delivery and client-side participants)
  2. Briefly explain (250 words or less) how this project excels in the judging criteria

Project of the Year

The coveted Project of the Year Award recognises a major, transformational infrastructure project, transaction or policy reform that has been exceptional across all phases of delivery.

Eligibility

  • The project must have been completed and/or began operations during 2023. The project must be fully complete and successfully providing its intended service.
  • The Judging Panel will take it as a given that all projects nominated in this category will have been delivered on time, on budget and to scope
  • This award is given to the entire project, not a smaller part of a bigger project
  • The projects that will be finalised for this category will be no surprise to the sector.

 

Nominations will be judged based on their ability to demonstrate:

  • The successful delivery of a high-quality infrastructure project that excels at every stage of delivery
  • The project fundamentally changed the landscape of the sector, place, or policy environment in which it is operating
  • The project of the year will typical be a ‘st’ – the best, the largest, the first, the most etc.
  • The project is of significant scale, scope, or reach

  1. Please list all organisations involved in the success of the project (this should include both delivery and client-side participants)
  2. Briefly explain (500 words or less) how this project excels in the judging criteria

Past winners include:

  • Bruce Highway, Haughton River Floodplain Upgrade Project (2022)
  • New Parallel Runway (2021)
  • Sydney Metro Northwest (2020)
  • The WestConnex Transaction (2019)
  • Ravenhall Prison Project (2018)
  • Sydney Airport Transaction (2023)

Contact Information

Georgia Ellen

Head of Commercial and Industry Engagement

Damon Luu

Senior Manager, Events Lead