Recent Awards

We are consistently recognised for the high standards of our existing work and for our considered, value-added approach to project development.

In the past two years alone, Gifford engineers and advisers have won over 30 awards, ranging from heritage and civic trust awards for our conscientious heritage building work, through to RIBA, IStructE, ICE and Highways Agency awards for our innovative approaches to building and development projects.

This is testament to our ethos of developing and sharing knowledge, our commitment to innovation and our ethical approach to all client projects.

Categories: Regeneration Award and Project of the Year
Project: Boscombe Spa Village Regeneration Scheme (including Boscombe Pier), Bournemouth, Dorset
Achievement: Winner

Note: Gifford conservation engineers and marine structure specialists, working closely with contractor Carillion, developed a complete refurbishment programme for Boscombe Pier.

Category: Best School Extension, Refurbishment or Remodel – The Big School Makeover Award
Project: Elm Court Special Needs School, Lambeth
Achievement: Joint Winner

Note: Awarded to JM Architects.  Gifford provided structural, mechanical and electrical, civil and environmental engineering services.

Category: Best Outdoor Learning Environment
Project: Park Campus Pupil Referral Unit (PRU), Lambeth
Achievement: Winner

Note: Awarded to architects Plincke.  Gifford provided structural, mechanical and electrical, civil and environmental engineering services.

Category: Educational Building Award
Project: Q3 Academy, Great Barr, Birmingham
Achievement: Winner

Category: CIHT/Mouchel Major Projects Award
Project: M25 Bell Common Tunnel
Achievement: Winner

Note: Awarded to Costain.  Gifford was Category III checker.

Project: Crawley Library, West Sussex
Achievement: Winner

Note: Gifford provided structural and building services engineering, public health, geotechnical and transport planning expertise, contaminated land and flood risk assessments and archaeological appraisal.

Project: Wootton Place, Oxfordshire
Achievement: Winner

Note: Gifford provided structural engineering services.

Category: Interactive Media – Website Construction
Project: New Gifford website
Achievement: Award of Excellence Winner

Category: Best Green Companies
Project: Gifford – Company Wide
Achievement: Placed

Category: Sustainability
Project: Elizabeth II Court, Winchester
Achievement: Winner

Category: Best Refurbished/Recycled Workplace (above 2,000sqm)
Project: Elizabeth II Court, Winchester
Achievement: Winner

Project: Boscombe Pier
Achievement: Winner

Project: John F Kennedy Catholic School, Hemel Hempstead
Achievement: Commendation

Project: Chiswick House Gardens Classic Bridge Restoration
Achievement: Commendation