2025 Winners

Excellence Awards

IPWEA Excellence Awards Winners

 

Category Winners

Best Public Works Project under $2.0m

 
Lake Street Urban Stream
City of Canning

Best Public Works Project between $2.0 - $5.0m


The Bushland Beach Channel Naturalisation and Circular Economy Project
Townsville City Council

Best Public Works Project over $5.0m


Te Kuru Wetland Project
Christchurch City Council

Excellence in Asset Management


Washpool Creek Naturalisation Stages 1 & 2
Bundaberg Regional Council

Excellence in Project Innovation


Utility Scale Battery Linked to the Renewable Energy Generator at Bunya Landfill
City of Moreton Bay - LGI

Excellence in Water Project


Utility Scale Battery Linked to the Renewable Energy Generator at Bunya Landfill
City of Moreton Bay - LGI

Excellence in Road Safety


Mount Lindesay Arterial Road (Beaudesert Road) and Illawena Street Intersection Upgrade
GHD Pty Ltd

Excellence in Environment & Sustainability


Landfill Gas Powered Renewable Energy Behind the Meter at Toowoomba’s Wetalla Wastewater Treatment Plant
LGI

IPWEA Australasia Project of the Year

 Te Kuru Wetland Project
Christchurch City Council

E.J (Ted) Hooper Award

 Cathy Bebelman
  Auckland Transport - Susceptibility Framework to improve asset resilience.

Wonder Reef - Gold Coast Dive Attraction
City of Gold Coast (QLD)

Thorndon Park Super Playground
Campbelltown City Council (SA)

CentrePoint Sport and Leisure Centre - Accessibility Upgrade and Modernisation Project
Blayney Shire Council (NSW)

Mooloolaba Foreshore Stage 1
Sunshine Coast Council (QLD)

Mitchell Park Sports and Community Centre
City of Marion (SA)

The Round
Whitehorse City Council (VIC)

Spatial Clash Detection Modelling
City of Mitcham (SA)

Tunnel Network Structural Condition Assessment
Intellispatial (WA)

Asset Management for Social Housing Manual Collaboration
Australasian Housing Institute (NZ)

Best Public Works Project between $2.0 - $5.0m

Best Public Works Project over $5.0m

Excellence in Asset Management

Pine Gully Restoration
City of Holdfast Bay (SA)

Central Coast Water Security Plan
Central Coast Council (NSW)

Fired Up: Australia's First Biosolids Gasification Facility
City of Logan (QLD)

SH58 Safety Improvements Stage 1
Stantec (NZ)

Ovingham Level Crossing Removal Project
Public Transport Projects Alliance Ovingham (SA)

Upgrade of Safety Bay Road Between Kwinana Freeway and Mandurah Road
City of Rockingham (WA)

Seagull Paddock Pedestrian Bridges
City of Greater Geelong (VIC)

A New Erosion and Sediment Control Resource for Tasmania
Tamar Estuary and Esk Rivers Program (TAS)

Landfill Cell 4.4 Buttonderry Waste Management Facility
Central Coast Council (NSW)

Excellence in Water Project

Excellence in Road Safety

Excellence in Environment & Sustainability

 

Individual Award Winners

IPWEA Public Works Leader of the Year Medal

 
Blaise Shann
Toowoomba Regional Council QLD

Keith H. Wood Medal

 Ross Goyne
IPWEA Victoria Division

Young IPWEA Australasia Emerging Leader Award

 Sean Robinson
Isaac Regional Council, QLD.