Concrete³ Sustainability Awards
Key to Concrete³ supporting the development of sustainable concrete solutions for the built environment are the annual Concrete³ Sustainability Awards.
View the Award Winners from 2008 - 2011
Presented annually, the awards provide architects, designers, engineers and/or industry with the opportunity to submit a concrete based product, project or initiative, substantially completed within the past three years, that demonstrates sustainability in either the production or use of concrete.
When the awards began in 2008 the inaugural winner was The Pride, Lion Nathan’s new integrated manufacturing and warehousing facility in East Tamaki, which incorporated recycled glass as aggregate in concrete.
The bespoke Concrete3 Supreme Award is comprised of a hand-crafted decorative concrete plinth
with squares of grey, white and black translucent concrete from LiTraCon.
The Northern Gateway Toll Road took home the Supreme Award in 2009 for the concrete lining in the road’s twin tunnels, which made extensive use of polypropylene fibres for fire resistance, and its bridge structures which used timesaving match-cast technology for the first time in New Zealand.
In 2010 Fletcher Construction’s concrete “Mix M” for Stage 2 of the Tauranga Harbour Link project received the highest accolade for being a significant step forward in mix design and durability modelling, one which combined enhanced environmental credentials with superior performance.
This year, the revitalisation of a multi-storey office building at 21 Queen Street, Auckland, which involved preserving its concrete frame and core while creating vibrant and thoroughly modern spaces inside and out, saw Peddle Thorp Architects rise above the competition.
Each concrete based product, project or initiative entered may relate to lean production, less waste, protection against pollution, minimising energy use, managing natural resources, respect for people, and / or setting performance targets.
The 2011 Concrete³ Sustainability Awards were presented in five categories: Excellence in Residential, Commercial and Civil Concrete Construction, plus Excellence in Concrete Innovation, and Concrete for the Community.
Within each category entries are judged by a panel of New Zealand and international industry experts, using an environmental, economic and social sustainability set of criteria. From the category winners, the Supreme Winner is crowned.
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| CCANZ CEO Rob Gaimster at the 2011 Awards |
MC Simon McKinney at the 2011 Awards |
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MC Cockys at the 2010 Awards in Wellington
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| MC Frankie Stevens at the 2008 Awards |
MC Greg Ward at the 2009 Awards |