On March 6, 2025, we joined together to celebrate excellence and achievement at our 17th Annual APWA Awards Banquet. We would like to thank all who were able to attend and hope that you enjoyed the evening at FSU’s Alumni Center. For those who were unable to attend, we awarded projects from 2024 in thirteen (13) different categories! Click here to see the winners.
We also honored a big proponent of our APWA Big Bend Branch, Steve Shafer, P.E. Mr. Shafer, General Manager of Underground Utilities and Public Infrastructure, retired on March 28 from the City of Tallahassee, after 34 years of service. We appreciate his long-standing support and wish him well in the next chapter of his life!
Last, but not least, we want to thank our 2025-26 Sponsors! We cannot do this without you!
Check out our past award winners here
PROJECT AWARD NOMINATION SUBMITTAL PROCESS
The establishment of the Project of the Year Award Program promotes excellence in the design, management, administration and construction 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 March of each year.
The Florida Chapter Big Bend Awards are for the following categories:
Transportation* – Projects address, correct, or improve transportation issues and service levels.
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 considerations.
In-house Maintenance / Enhancement – The most effective project completed by the in-house crews of Public Works Departments.
Beautification – Projects enhance, correct, or improve the 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 – The 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 here.
*These categories are for State and National Submittals.