The 2018 Engineering Excellence Awards celebrate engineering throughout the Division showcasing contemporary engineering ingenuity and technology that will help shape a sustainable future.
This year’s entries demonstrated the breadth and depth of engineering expertise across our region. Our engineers in industry, academia and government are working to improve our environment, contribute to our economic prosperity, and enhance the quality of life of our community.
There were four projects declared worthy of receiving an Engineering Excellence Award at the ceremony on 27 July: ‘NeW Space’ entered by Aurecon; ‘The World's First Experimental Facility for Large-Scale Testing of VAM Abatement Systems and Components’ entered by the University of Newcastle; ‘Pacific Highway Wyong Road Intersection Upgrade’ entered by Aurecon with Roads & Maritime Services NSW & Seymour Whyte and the 2018 Overall winner, ‘Byron Bay Railroad Company World First Solar Powered Train’ entered by Byron Bay Railroad Company with Lithgow Railway Workshop, Nickel Energy and Elmofo.
We are very pleased to announce that the ‘Byron Bay Railroad Company World First Solar Powered Train’ took out an excellence award gong at the Australian Engineering Excellence Awards – Congratulations to all involved in this great project.
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