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CIOB - International Innovation & Research Award Winners Announced
Badria Jaffar from The Bartlett, University College London
has won this year’s Undergraduate Dissertation Award at the
Chartered Institute of Building’s (CIOB) International
Innovation and Research Awards 2006/2007.
Her dissertation ‘Collateral Warranties v. Contracts (Rights of
Third Parties) Act 1999', investigates why the construction
industry has been slow to take up the Contracts (Rights of Third
Parties) Act 1999 as an alternative to the use of Collateral
Warranties.
Nick Wylie MCIOB and Matthew Locke of Bovis Lend Lease won the
Innovation Competition for 'ECO Board'.
Bovis Lend Lease was the first company in the construction
industry to develop and utilise a cost effective board made of a
moulded plastic sandwich, up to 80% of which can be mixed
recycled waste. The board was developed in partnership with Land
Securities and 3DM. It has been successfully installed as site
hoarding and has potential for other temporary and permanent
construction work.
Steve Phillips MCIOB and Jim Martin of Martin Associates
Chartered Surveyors won the Faculty of Architecture and
Surveying Award for 'The Development of a Tender Support Tool
OVID-BV'.
The movement away from the traditional culture of acceptance of
the lowest monetary bid tenders towards value based procurement,
has presented the UK social housing sector with a number of
challenges. Their innovation addresses some of the challenges
that need to be overcome to ensure the tender decision making
process is transparent and auditable.
The new Pera Prize, worth €55,000 of business consultancy was
won by John Ralph ACIOB of 3D Architectural Design Ltd for 'Thermabatten'.
His winning concept makes use of air space occurring in roof
construction. The space is filled with composite panels made
from recycled and rigid insulation material. Panels will be
designed to receive foot traffic, be safe in handling and use
and quick in installation.
A CIOB spokesman said, "Each year the quantity and standard of
our international entries increases. We are particularly
delighted to have a winner of the new Pera Prize and we look
forward to experiencing Thermabatten's journey from concept to
marketable reality. The development could bring significant
energy cost savings"
Undergraduate Dissertation Awards:
Winner
Badria Jaffar, The Bartlett, University College London
“Collateral Warranties v. Contracts (Rights of Third Parties)
Act 1999”
Runners-up
Nicole Louise Lancer - University of Melbourne, Australia
“Supply Chain Management in Construction: Potential
Implementation at Project Level in South Australia”
Arnold Dehaney – University of Westminster, UK
“Can ‘Green Roofs’ reduce incidences of flooding in the UK?”
Innovation Competition:
Winner
Matthew Locke and Nick JL Wylie MCIOB
“ECO Board”
Runner-up
Chris Carey MCIOB
“You need your hands free…”
Faculty of Architecture and Surveying Award:
Winner
Steven Phillips MCIOB and Jim Martin
“The development of a tender support tool OVID-BV”
Runner-up
Richard Moore FCIOB and Richard Hyde
“PPDS in Action”
Pera Prize:
John Ralph ACIOB
“Thermabatten”
Email:
stownsend@ciob.org.uk