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IPWEA Aotearoa | New Zealand – Public Works Engineering Excellence Awards

As the peak body for public works engineers, IPWEA Aotearoa | New Zealand annually recognises and celebrates the best in public works engineering in New Zealand. All organisations are encouraged to nominate their best projects in Public Works and Asset Management, as outlined in the categories below. IPWEA’s Excellence Awards in partnership with Principal Sponsor – Brightly Software, encourage everyone to share best practice with peers in the industry and highlight best practice partnerships with suppliers and contractors in the sector.

This is your best opportunity to put your team in the spotlight and receive the recognition you deserve at the IPWEA Aotearoa | New Zealand Excellence Awards Gala Dinner on Thursday, May 1st, 2025. Category winners will be nominated for the “Best of the Best” for the 2025 IPWEA Australasian Excellence Awards at the International Public Works Conference (IPWC), Sydney in August 2025!

Brightly

Award Categories


Best Public Works Project Under $2.0M
Best Public Works Project $2.0M - $5.0M
Best Public Works Project Over $5.0M
Excellence in Asset Management – in association with Brightly Software
Excellence in Project Innovation
Excellence in Water Project
Excellence in Road Safety
Excellence in Environment & Sustainability – in association with Morphum Environmental

Key Dates


1
Submissions Portal open 
Thursday 1 August 2024
2
Submissions close - Extended
Friday 8 November 2024 
3
Finalists announced
early December 2024
4
Winners announced at Gala Dinner & Awards Night
Thursday, 1 May 2025, Auckland
5
IPWC Gala Dinner & Awards Night
Thursday 28 August 2025, Sydney, Australia
NZD Winner

Make your submission

To make your submisson, simply click on the Make your submission button and enter your details. A submission form guide can be downloaded from the link for your reference.

Submissions Are Closed

Submissions for this year's Excellence Awards are now closed.

Sponsorship Opportunities

Award Category Sponsorship opportunities are available. Please contact Steve Mooney, Country Head, IPWEA Aotearoa New Zealand at steve.mooney@ipwea.org for more information or download the Sponsorship Prospectus

Brightly

Principal Sponsor

Brightly Software, a Siemens company, enables organisations to successfully plan, maintain, and sustain the entire lifecycle of their assets, facilities and infrastructure. As the global leader in intelligent asset management solutions for more than 25 years, Brightly’s sophisticated cloud-based platform is expertly designed to improve capital planning through smarter, data-driven decision making, empower technicians to predict, prioritise and manage preventative maintenance activities, and support organisations to achieve sustainability, compliance and efficiency goals. Combined with award-winning training, legendary support and managed services, more than 12,000 clients worldwide depend on Brightly to optimise their teams, operations and strategic planning initiatives. Visit brightlysoftware.com