Call for Awards | Innovative Bridge Technologies/Accelerated Bridge Construction

2024 World Bridge Engineering Conference

(Formerly International ABC Conference)

The conference organizing committee is continuing the tradition of recognizing excellence in Innovative Bridge Technologies/Accelerated Bridge Construction (IBT/ABC) by seeking nominations for the Innovative Bridge Engineering Awards as outlined below. The awards program provides an opportunity to showcase innovative projects and to recognize talented individuals that advance ABC and Bridge Engineering Innovation. The need to minimize the impacts of construction and on-site activities elevates Innovation and ABC to a higher priority starting at the project planning stage. ABC also can be introduced during construction as a contractor initiative or value engineering proposal. Benefits of ABC include improvements in safety, reduction of social costs, and reduced impacts on the environment.

2024 Award Categories

“Innovative Bridge Owner Engineer of the Year”

“Innovative Bridge Consultant Engineer of the Year” “Innovative Bridge Contractor of the Year”

“Innovative Bridge Project of the Year” – three project awards:

Less Than $10M (Small)
Between $10M and $100M (Large)
Over $100M (Mega)

Eligibility / Requirements

Innovative Bridge Owner of the Year

This award is presented to a United States based asset Owner / Agency representative who has best integrated ABC / Innovation into their Project Development and Delivery process. To outside agencies, the individual is seen as a champion of ABC / Innovation, in an Agency with a culture that demonstrates leadership in ABC / Innovation, and is often seen actively promoting technology amongst their peers and stakeholders.

Innovative Bridge Consultant of the Year

This award is presented to a United States based bridge engineering consultant representative who has lead development of ABC / Innovation processes into their Project Development for various asset owners. To other bridge professionals, the individual is seen as a subject matter expert in various ABC / Innovation efforts. The individual routinely demonstrates leadership in ABC / Innovation and is often seen actively promoting technology to the industry and associated stakeholders.

Innovative Bridge Contractor of the Year

This award is presented to a United States based bridge engineering contractor representative who has led delivering ABC projects and providing Innovating processes into their projects that provide systematic improvements to delivering projects across the country. The individual is seen as a subject matter expert in delivering projects of modest complexity with exceptional quality and safety integrated into their processes. The individual routinely demonstrates leadership in ABC / Innovation and is often seen actively promoting technology to the industry and trade associations.

Innovative Bridge Projects of the Year (Small, Large, Mega)

This award is presented for overall achievement, recognizing the many transportation engineers and others who have worked on the project. The project must be located within the United States. The award is presented to three projects:

A project with a final project cost of less than $10 Million (small category)
A project with a final project cost between $10 Million and $100 Million (large category)
A project with a final project cost over $100 Million (mega category)

The owner of the project is the appropriate person/organization to accept the Award.

The Award is made to the ABC/Innovative engineering project that is considered to have made a definite contribution to the engineering profession and the community where the project is located within one of the three noted size categories.

A bridge is defined as a structure, including supports, erected over a depression or an obstruction, such as water, a highway, or a railway, having a track or passageway for carrying traffic or other moving loads, and having an opening measured along the center of the roadway of more than 20 feet between supports.

The project must be considered substantially completed and in use by the client and must have been constructed or completed and opened to traffic between October 1, 2022 and September 30, 2024.

Judging Criteria for all project awards will be based on the following requirements:

CRITERIA	WEIGHT
Innovation, uniqueness, and ingenuity	15
On-site construction time (time savings)	10
Minimization of construction impact on the travelling public (vehicles/cyclists/pedestrians)	15
Demonstrates leadership in ABC	15
Exhibits quality in materials and construction control	10
Efficiency in design for fabrication and construction	10
Exemplary public coordination/involvement	5
Enhanced safety to the contractor and the public	10
Improvement over conventional practice	10

Award Committee Members

The award judges are comprised of bridge engineering professionals with expertise in ABC and innovative design. The members will be recognized during the awards session at the conference.

The Awards Committee comprises of the following members:

Ted Kniazewycz, PE, F.ASCE – Tennessee DOT – Awards Committee Chair

Tracy Brown, PE, – West Virginia DOT

Mike Culmo, PE – CHA Associates

Christopher Freiburg, PE – Kiewit Infrastructure South Company

Submission Requirements

All submissions must meet the detailed requirements outlined below. The call for awards deadline is November 8, 2024, and all entries are due by 11:59 pm EST. Submissions received after that date will not be accepted. Entries should be submitted online using the application forms that are linked below. If you are not able to submit your entry or need further clarification, contact:

Dr. Atorod Azizinamini

via email at aazizina@fiu.edu

The winners will be officially announced at the 2024 World Bridge Engineering Conference in Miami, Florida in December 2024.

*Please be advised that all attachments requested in the awards applications must be emailed separately to Atorod Azizinamini at aazizina@fiu.edu with a copy to Ankitha Arvan at aarvan@fiu.edu. To begin your nomination please use the links to the following forms below.

2024 World Bridge Engineering Conference

Attachments (headshots, speaker notes, technology images) must be submitted as a single file using the following name formats. Example: Florida_Innovative Bridge Owner Engineer.png; Florida_Innovative Bridge Consultant Engineer.ppt; Florida_Innovative Bridge Contractor of the Year_Speaker Notes.ppt

Call for Awards Power Point Templates

PowerPoint attachments for Call for Awards submissions must be emailed separately to Atorod Azizinamini at aazizina@fiu.edu with a copy to Ankitha Arvan at aarvan@fiu.edu.

Entries will be ineligible for consideration if:

Entry is received after deadline
Entry is not submitted on the official entry form

For more information, please contact Atorod Azizinamini via email at aazizina@fiu.edu