APWA and Arizona Chapter Annual Awards Programs Are Now Underway!!
***PLEASE NOTE Small Giants New Address for Submitting all nominations...Please Send to: Ms. Deirdre Booth, Awards Committee Chair c/o Small Giants 4531 N. 16th St., Suite 124 Phoenix, AZ 85016 Phone: 602.314.5549 Fax: 602.926.2316 The National APWA Awards Program offers awards in the categories of Professional, Members, Top Ten Public Works Leaders of the Year, Public Works Project of the Year and the Presidential Award for Chapter Excellence (PACE). Many these awards are made at the national level only in recognition of outstanding individual achievement. A detailed listing of these awards with award guidelines and nomination forms are available on the national APWA website. The deadline to submit nominations directly to national APWA is March 1, 2010.
The Arizona Chapter Awards Program offers awards at the state level for Project of the Year, the Charles Walter Nichols Award for Environmental Excellence, the Community Involvement Award, and the Young Leader Award that parallel the National Awards program. Additionally, two awards recognizing individual achievement are available only at the state level for Federal, State, County or Municipal agency employees. The individual Award of Merit recognizes an agency employee at the operational level who performs in an exceptionally efficient and/or innovative manner. The Outstanding Public Works Employee Award is for outstanding performance at an agency managerial level.
At this time nominations for the year 2010 are requested for both National and State programs.
PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT OF THE YEAR – Arizona Chapter and National APWA Public Works projects promoting excellence in management and administration recognizing the alliance between the managing agency, the consultant/architect/engineer, and the contractor may be nominated in one of four divisions: Projects less than $5 million, Projects of $5 million to $25 million, Projects of $25 million to $75 million, Projects more than $75 million and five categories: Structures (municipal buildings, parks, etc.), Transportation (roads, bridges, mass transit, etc.), Environment (treatment and recycling facilities, landfill reclamation projects, sewer projects, etc.), Historical Restoration/Preservation ( historical restoration, preservation and adaptive reuse of existing buildings, structures, and facilities, etc.), Disaster or Emergency Construction/Repair (techniques and timing for safety, community relations, environmental protection, adverse conditions and additional considerations).
AWARDS OF MERIT – Arizona Chapter and National APWA Three Awards of Merit under the national award program are also being recognized by the chapter this year. We will accept award nominations locally for the Charles Walter Nichols Award for Environmental Excellence, the Community Involvement Award, and the Young Leader Award.
Nominations for Public Works Project of the Year or one of the three specified Awards of Merit that are selected as state or local chapter winners (along with other meritorious nominations) will be submitted by the chapter to the APWA national awards program. Nominations not selected by the chapter for submittal to the national program may be submitted by their sponsors directly to the administrators of the national awards program. In the past, a number of Arizona projects have won national awards after being submitted by the chapter or independently.
The Arizona Chapter uses the award guidelines, nomination forms and criteria in evaluating nominations used by the APWA national awards program available at http://www.apwa.net/About/Awards/2010Awards/
AWARD OF MERIT and OUTSTANDING PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEE -Arizona Chapter Only
The Chapter makes two awards each year to individuals. The Award of Merit recognizes public works or related agency personnel, at the operational level, who perform in an exceptionally efficient and/or innovative manner. The Outstanding Public Works Employee award is for outstanding performance at a managerial level for a Federal, State, County or Municipal agency. Criteria information and and Nomination Forms for Chapter awards for individuals may be downloaded below.
SUBMITTALS: Please submit eight copies (8) for Project of the Year and Award of Merit Chapter/National nominations and four copies (4) for Chapter Award of Merit and Outstanding Public Works Employee.
DEADLINE: Nomination packets for the Arizona Chapter awards program must be received by JANUARY 29, 2010.
**PLEASE NOTE Small Giants New Address for Submitting all nominations...Please Send to: Ms. Deirdre Booth, Awards Committee Chair c/o Small Giants 4531 N. 16th St., Suite 124 Phoenix, AZ 85016 Phone: 602.314.5549 Fax: 602.926.2316
APWA and Arizona Chapter Annual Awards Programs Are Now Underway!! ***PLEASE NOTE Small Giants New Address for Submitting all nominations...Please Send to: Ms. Deirdre Booth, Awards Committee Chairc/o Small Giants4531 N. 16th St., Suite 124Phoenix, AZ 85016Phone: 602.314.5549Fax: 602.926.2316The National APWA Awards Program offers awards in the categories of Professional, Members, Top Ten Public Works Leaders of the Year, Public Works Project of the Year and the Presidential Award for Chapter Excellence (PACE). Many these awards are made at the national level only in recognition of outstanding individual achievement. A detailed listing of these awards with award guidelines and nomination forms are available on the national APWA website. The deadline to submit nominations directly to national APWA is March 1, 2010. The Arizona Chapter Awards Program offers awards at the state leve [ ... ]
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