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Engineering Excellence Supported by Profession
Thursday, 16 June 2005


The engineering profession is looking for the 2005 New Zealand Young Engineer of the year for the inaugural New Zealand Engineering Excellence Awards (NZEEA). A call for entries close Friday, 1 July 2005.

In total there are 14 awards including Engineering Leader, Engineering Entrepreneur and Engineering Innovator plus Awards for projects.

The awards have been initiated by New Zealand’s engineering profession to highlight the key roles engineers and their organisations play in addressing national goals through innovation, entrepreneurship and development of infrastructure that meets community needs.

A black-tie awards dinner will be held at the Duxton Hotel in Wellington on 23 November 2005 to present the awards recognising people and activities at the pinnacle of engineering excellence.

Awards are being staged by a consortium of four partner organisations:

  • Centre for Advanced Engineering (CAE)
  • INGENIUM (Association of Local Government Engineering New Zealand Incorporated)
  • Electricity Engineers’ Association of NZ (EEA)
  • Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ)
  • In addition there are currently two contributing organisations: New Zealand Water and Waste Association (NZWWA) , and the IPENZ Foundation

Applications for these awards close at 5pm on Friday 1 July 2005 and completed application forms should be mailed to:

NZEE Awards 2005 couriered to:
Engineers New Zealand
Postal: PO Box 12-241 Ground Floor
Thorndon 158 The Terrace
Wellington Wellington

Award categories

Awards
Individual Awards:
Award for Excellence in Engineering Journalism 2005
New Zealand Young Engineer of the Year 2005
New Zealand Engineering Entrepreneur of the Year 2005
New Zealand Engineering Innovator of the Year 2005
William Pickering Award for Engineering Leadership 2005

Category Awards
Building, Construction and Amenities
Utilities and Networks
(Water, Waste, Energy, Communications)
Roads and Transport
Information and Communication Technology
Food, Bioprocess and Chemical
Mechanical and Manufacturing
Electrical and Systems
Sustainability and Clean Technology

Supreme Award
The 2005 Supreme Award for New Zealand Engineering Excellence is awarded to the best of the above eight category winners

For further information contact:
Phone: Dionne Needham on 04 474 8987 or email Dir.eng@ipenz.org.nz for more information or see the website: http://www.nzeeawards.org.nz/

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