North Queensland has featured in this year’s Civil Contractors Federation Queensland (CCF QLD) Earth Awards.
Construction of the Albino Rock helipad near Palm Island and BMD’s work developing DriveIT NQ in Townsville are among the projects taking honours this year.
The awards were presented recently in Brisbane and recognise outstanding quality in civil construction.
These awards were presented in six groups according to project value.
The 2024 Earth Awards winners are:
- Projects Valued up to $2 million: Albino Rock Helipad & Access, CivilPlus Constructions
- Projects Valued $2-$5 million: Mount Nebo Road Safety Upgrades, Durack Civil
- Projects Valued $5-$10 million: DriveIT NQ, BMD Constructions (image at top of page)
- Projects Valued $10 TO $30 million: QR Tablelands Bridge Replacement, Doval Constructions
- Projects Valued $30 TO $75 million: Smith’s Gap Fauna Crossing, RMS Engineering & Construction
- Projects Valued Greater Than $150 million: Bruce Highway Upgrade: Caboolture-Bribie Island Road to Steve Irwin Way – Contract 2, Fulton Hogan Construction
The People’s Awards celebrate excellence in people working in civil construction across the state.
The 2024 CCF QLD People’s Awards winners are:
- Site Supervisor of the Year: Craig Irvine, McIlwain Civil Engineering
- Work Health and Safety Champion of the Year: Kate Pollock, Haslin Constructions
- Plant Operator of the Year: Ken Duff, Civil Mining & Construction
- Project Manager of the Year: Keegan Neal, BMD Group
- Environmental and Sustainability Champion of the Year: Dallas Frazier, Fulton Hogan Construction
- Engineer of the Year: Kurt Lembo, Seymour Whyte Constructions
- Support Champion of the Year: Peta Hughes, Fulton Hogan Construction
The CCF QLD Industry Training Awards recognise talented up-comers in the Queensland civil construction industry who are studying or recently completed studies with Civil Train.
The 2024 Training Awards winners are:
- Certificate II in Civil Construction Student of the Year: Aaron Young, WorkCon
- Certificate III in Civil Construction Student of the Year: Baxter McCort, CC P & C
- Certificate IV Student of the Year, Dimitrios Sofatzis: McIlwain Civil Engineering
- Encouragement award: Rogan Rodgers-Falk, McIlwain Civil Engineering
- Diploma Student of the Year: Tomasz Walczak, KPI Services
- Outstanding Commitment to Training and Skill Development (Individual): John Fonua, Bielby Holdings
- Outstanding Commitment to Training and Skill Development (Employer): Albem Operations
- Overall Student of the Year: Baxter McCort, CC P & C