Engineers Australia (Queensland) held the Engineering Excellence Awards 2010 presentation night on October 8th 2010 at the Great Hall of the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. This is a premier event on the calendar of engineers throughout Queensland. The stated purpose of the awards is to “promote industry excellence, foster leadership, and encourage innovation and sustainability.”
Entries came from fields as diverse as the building of a suspended 25m concrete swimming pool at Brisbane Girls Grammar, to the roadside tolling systems used in the free-flow traffic control on Brisbane’s Gateway arterial road network.
E3k joined with Leighton Contractors to become finalists in the Research and Development category of the Awards. The entry was based on mathematical models developed to provide benchmarks for the consumption of energy used in hauling ore within large mining operations. A single algorithm was then developed which could be applied to assess the energy efficiency of individual machines over time and set targets for improvement in their consumption of energy. This same formula can also be applied to assist in the design of more energy efficient mine sites and the selection of vehicles appropriate to each site.
From the highly competitive field of entrants, the overall Award for the evening was presented to Project Services (Department of Public works) for their 6-star green office design, which houses the Joint Contact Centre at Zilmere on Brisbane’s northside.
The staff of e3k would like to congratulate all those who not only won awards, but who participated in this prestigious event and who, every day, use their skills and knowledge to help create a more sustainable, safe and aesthetically pleasing environment for all Australians.
