Excellence Award Winners
2024
The 2024 IPWEA-QNT Excellence Awards celebrated the outstanding projects, people and employers in the public works sector. Congratulations to our award winners!
ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
John Tannock
Ipswich City Council
PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT OF THE YEAR
Landfill gas powered renewable energy behind the meter at Toowoomba’s Wetalla sewage treatment plant LGI Limited
PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR
Blaise Shann
Toowoomba Regional Council
IPWEA-QNT PRESIDENT'S AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO PUBLIC WORKS
Mike Brady
EMERGING LEADER OF THE YEAR
Sean Robinson
Isaac Regional Council
TEAM MEMBER OF THE YEAR
Warwick Taylor
Western Downs Regional Council
EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR - PRIVATE SECTOR
McMurtrie Consulting Engineers
EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR - PUBLIC SECTOR
Toowoomba Regional Council
WOMEN IN ENGINEERING
Angela Tait
City of Gold Coast
FUTURES CHALLENGE
Jessica Tse
Queensland University of Technology
COMMUNITY ROAD SAFETY
Mount Lindesay Arterial Road (Beaudesert Road) and Illaweena Street intersection upgrade
Department of Transport and Main Roads Queensland
ROAD SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE
Talara Ride & Shine: Safe Routes to School
Sunshine Coast Council
ASSET MANAGEMENT
Washpool Creek Naturalisation – Stages 1&2
Bundaberg Regional Council
COASTAL ENGINEERING
Noosa Council’s Noosa Spit Dog Beach Sand Renourishment Project
Noosa Council
INNOVATION & SUSTAINABILITY IN WATER
Landfill gas powered renewable energy behind the meter at Toowoomba’s Wetalla sewage treatment plant
LGI Limited
PROJECT INNOVATION
Pierce Street Active Street
Toowoomba Regional Council
ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY
Utility scale battery linked to the Renewable Energy Generator at City of Moreton Bay’s Bunya landfill
LGI Limited
PROJECTS UNDER $2MIL
P-H5978 Brandenburg Road Seal Widening
Sunshine Coast Council
PROJECTS $2MIL - $5MIL
The Bushland Beach Channel Naturalisation and Circular Economy Project
Townsville City Council
PROJECTS $5MIL - $10MIL
Redbank Plains Pump Station
Urban Utilities and Downer WSP (DOWSP)
PROJECTS $10MIL PLUS
Breakfast Creek Trunk Sewer Augmentation
Urban Utilities