On November 15 in London at a Gala dinner, the 52nd edition of the Structural Awards 2019 was held, where 49 outstanding engineering projects from around the world, pre-selected, competed in 12 categories

Haiti was competing in two categories: the Award for Structures in Extreme Conditions and the Sustainability Award with its project "La Référence" www.istructe.org/structuralawards/the-shortlist/sustainability/la-reference a charitable engineering project to build a new high school. Located in Ganthier in a highly seismic and hurricane-prone area and a hurricane-prone area, the resilience of the school was paramount. This school was built with limited access to building materials and its design required a lot of creativity. A lot of time was spent educating and training workers, artisans and the local community during the construction process.

The jury, made up of a group of eminent experts from the sector, awarded the Haiti Sustainability Award for its project "La Référence"

Chair of the judges, Professor Tim Ibell, comments "Many congratulations to all the winners [...] Each year the quality of the projects keeps getting better [...] Now in its 52nd year, these prestigious awards celebrate the world’s most outstanding achievements and demonstrate the diversity of structural engineering, recognising excellence, creativity and innovation, as well as sustainability, economic viability and value for money."

List of 12 winners 2019 :

Structural Awards 2019 – Winning Projects

The Award for Tall or Slender Structures:

Project: CITIC Tower, Beijing, China

Engineer: Arup

The Award for Long Span Structures

Project: New Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, United Kingdom

Engineer: BuroHappold Engineering and Schlaich Bergermann Partner

The Award for Vehicle Bridges

Project: Kienlesberg Bridge, Ulm, Germany

Engineer: KREBS + KIEFER

The Award for Pedestrian Bridges

Project: Tanxishan Glass Landscape Pedestrian Bridge, Zibo, China

Engineer: Tongji Architectural Design (Group) Co. Ltd

The Award for Small Projects (of under £3 million)

Project: Millet Vinegar Museum, Zibo, China

Engineer: Light Earth Designs

The Award for Structures in Extreme Conditions

Project: Tūranga, Christchurch, New Zealand

Engineer: Lewis Bradford Consulting Engineers

The Award for Structural Heritage

Project: Newquay Harper Bridge, Newquay, United Kingdom

Engineer: Free4m

The Award for Structural Transformation

Project: Coal Drops Yard, London, United Kingdom

Engineer: Arup

The Award for Construction Innovation

Project: Morpheus Hotel, Macau, China

Engineer: BuroHappold Engineering

The Award for Structural Artistry (Building structures)

Project: Qingdao World Expo City, Qingdao, China  

Engineer: China Architecture Design & Research Group

The Award for Structural Artistry (Non-building structures)

Project: Vessel, New York, USA

Engineer: AK II 

The Award for Sustainability

Project: La Référence, Ganthier, Haiti

Engineer: Eckersley O'Callaghan

The Supreme Award for Structural Engineering Excellence

Project: New Tottenham Hotspur stadium

Engineer: BuroHappold Engineering and Schlaich Bergermann Partners

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-28479-haiti-flash-a-school-of-haiti-pre-selected-for-the-structural-awards-2019.html

www.istructe.org/structuralawards/the-shortlist/sustainability/la-reference

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