Next year will be the APWA Big Bend’s 13th Annual Project Award Banquet that hopefully be held in March next year. The event will take place at Goodwood Museum. The cost of tickets is $30 per person. Mr. Deji Ajose-Adeogun, is our Banquet Committee Chairman.
The Banquet is to recognize those who will win “Project of the year” awards as well as recognize those members of the Big Bend APWA who had their anniversaries. In 2015 year Tony Park was given a lifetime membership by APWA.
The award banquet also seeks to enhance the prestige of the often-unsung heroes of our society-the professionals who serve the public good every day and night, through disasters and emergencies, all with quiet dedication and we recognizing their projects and contribution to our Big Bend Area. The last few years have seen our Public Works in action, and this year is no different. So join us as we recognize our unsung heroes of Public Works
Get this year’s Awards application HERE
Sponsorship form for 2020/21 can be found HERE
Click Here to go to our Photo Gallery and look at some past Awards Banquet photographs.
Year 2019 Project Award Winners:
- Woodside Heights Waster Water Retrofit Less Than $5 M ENVIRONMENTAL
- Lower Central Drainage Ditch Erosion Control $5 M Less Than $25 M ENVIRONMENTAL
- Tallahassee Two Solar Farm and Substation 34 Greater Than $75 M ENVIRONMENTAL
- Orange Ave. / Meridian St. Site Improvements Less Than $ 5 M BEAUTIFICATION.
- Indian Mounds Road Sidewalk Less Than $5 MULTI-FUNCTION
- Modred Lane Less Than $5 M IN-HOUSE MAINTENANCE
- Glenview Drive Sidewalk Improvements Less Than $5 M MULTIFUNCTION
- Short Street Stormwater Outfall Project Less Than $5 M BEST PERFORMANCE
- Centerville Road Forcemain Replacement Less Than $5 M EMERGENCY REPAIR/ CONSTRUCTION
Check out our past award winners here
BELOW IS THE PPROJECT AWARD NOMINATION SUBMITTAL PROCESS. (Considered your project for one of these awards.)
The establishment of Project of the Year Award Program is to promote excellence in the management and administration of public works projects by recognizing the alliance between the managing agency, the consultant/architect/engineer, and the contractor who accomplished the projects together.
The American Public Works Association (APWA) Big Bend Branch will recognize the awardees at our Annual Banquet in February of each year.
The Florida Chapter Big Bend Awards are for the following categories:
Transportation* – Projects address, correct or improve transportation issues and improve the level of services.
Environmental / Stormwater* – Projects address physical environment / stormwater issues, or correct and improve the environmental / stormwater situations.
Structures*– To include public structures preservation/rehabilitation, municipal buildings, parks, bridges, etc.
Emergency Construction / Repair – Entry should include the techniques and timing for safety, community relations, environmental protection, adverse conditions and additional consideration.
In-house Maintenance / Enhancement – The most effective project completed by the in-house crews of Public Works Departments.
Beautification – Projects enhance, correct or improve aesthetic conditions of the project site.
Multi-function– Projects address multiple aspects of issues, such as combinations of environmental / stormwater, transportation and beautification.
Best Performance – Project has the best performance after completion, meeting and exceeding the original design goals. This award is for project cost higher than five million dollars ($5,000,000.00).
Also, the information for the State award is .
