Seeking 2017 IAGI Installation Awards (I2A)Entries

IAGI is seeking entries for the 2017 IAGI Installation Awards (I2A). The IAGI Installation Awards are given out in the odd numbered years. Winners will be announced during IAGI’s biennial meeting at the Geotechnical Frontiers 2017 conference, March 12 – 15, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. We have already received several quality entries.

Excellent projects have been submitted the past two cycles and IAGI is looking forward to getting a wide range of projects. Open to IAGI member-installed projects, the awards help installers raise their profile on their vital role in engineering and construction. For waste management, mining, environmental protection and other applications, the experience and quality of geosynthetic installers has an enormous impact on whether designs are executed properly and installations begin their service lives in optimal condition.

Extreme Project Category

This category is open to those projects where the installation requires the installer to be creative in installation, fabrication or methodology. The “extreme” in this award encompasses many different concepts. Examples are listed below but do not constitute the full range of what can be considered “Extreme.”

  • working within an impossible timeframe;
  • managing climatic challenges;
  • challenges to accessing the job site;
  • topography challenges

 

Innovative Installation Category

This category is open to those projects that use geosynthetics in an innovative application. The judges will look at how the installer executed the installation, what challenges they had to overcome to do a professional installation. The “Innovative Installation” in this award can mean many things. Examples are listed below but do not constitute the full range of what can be considered “Innovative Installations”

  • provide or support a “green” solution to an environmental problem;
  • effective application of cutting–edge technologies;
  • innovative or new application for geosynthetic products;
  • a project that pushes the state of geosynthetic installation practice.

 

Best Small Project

This category is open to those projects that are less than 9,290 square meters (100,000 square feet) in size. The judges will look at accomplishments in a small project as defined either the Innovative or the Extreme category.

The projects must have been completed after December 31, 2012 in order to be considered. The submission information can be found by clicking here. Submissions are due January 31, 2017.