The winners of the 2024 Civil Contractors Federation Queensland (CCF Qld) Earth Awards, People’s Awards, and Industry Training Awards have been announced.
Introducing the event at the Excellence in Civil Construction Awards held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre was special guest Transport Minister Bart Mellish.
CCF QLD President Mark Goodwin highlighted the importance of the prestigious event as CCF QLD celebrated 31 years of the CCF Queensland Earth Awards.
Earth Awards
The CCF QLD Earth Awards recognises outstanding quality in civil construction – including roads, bridges, railways, marine structures and utilities.
The awards are designed to recognise the impressive engineering techniques and achievements by the Queensland civil construction industry over the past 12 months, and are held in high distinction by industry.
These awards were presented in six groups according to project value, listed below with respective winners.
• Projects valued up to $2 million
Albino Rock Helipad & Access: CivilPlus Constructions
• Projects valued $2 to $5 million
Mount Nebo Road Safety Upgrades: Durack Civil
• Projects valued $5 to $10 million
DriveIT NQ Pty Ltd: BMD Constructions
• Projects valued $10 to $30 million
QR Tablelands Bridge Replacement: Doval Constructions
• Projects valued $30 to $75 million
Smith’s Gap Fauna Crossing: RMS Engineering & Construction Pty Ltd
• Projects valued greater than $150 million
Bruce Highway Upgrade/Caboolture-Bribie Island Road to Steve Irwin Way – Contract 2: Fulton Hogan Construction
People’s Awards
The People’s Awards are highly coveted by industry after being introduced in 2018 and celebrate excellence in people working in civil construction across the state.
There were a record-breaking number of nominations this year. Below are the winners of the 2024 CCF QLD People’s Awards.
• Site supervisor of the year
Craig Irvine, McIlwain Civil Engineering
• Work health and safety champion of the year
Kate Pollock, Haslin Constructions
• Plant operator of the year
Ken Duff, Civil Mining & Construction
• Project manager of the year
Keegan Neal, BMD Group
• Environmental & sustainability champion of the year
Dallas Frazier, Fulton Hogan Construction
• Engineer of the year
Kurt Lembo, Seymour Whyte Constructions
• Support champion of the year
Peta Hughes, Fulton Hogan Construction
Industry Training Awards
The CCF QLD Industry Training Awards recognise talented up-comers in the Queensland civil construction industry who are currently studying, or recently completed their studies with Civil Train (RTO #5708).
The 2024 Training Awards Winners are:
• Certificate II in civil construction student of the year
Aaron Young, WorkCon
• Certificate III in civil construction student of the year
Baxter McCort, CC P & C Pty Ltd
• Certificate IV student of the year
Dimitrios Sofatzis, McIlwain Civil Engineering
• Encouragement award
Rogan Rodgers-Falk, McIlwain Civil Engineering
• Diploma student of the year
Tomasz Walczak, KPI Services
• Outstanding commitment to training and skill development (individual)
John Fonua, Bielby Holdings
• Outstanding commitment to training and skill development (employer)
Albem Operations Pty Ltd
• Overall student of the year
Baxter McCort, CC P & C