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Awards engineering firms achieving outstanding structural solutions for tall buildings, showcasing innovation, safety, and technical excellence.

Judges in this category will be seeking engineering firms that demonstrate exceptional skill and ingenuity in addressing the complex challenges of tall building design. The focus is on structural innovation, precision, and safety, combined with a practical approach that delivers high-performing, resilient, and efficient buildings. Key areas of consideration include:

• Structural innovation: Creative approaches to structural design, including novel systems, materials, or methods that push the boundaries of what is possible in tall building engineering.
• Safety and resilience: Rigorous application of engineering principles to ensure occupant safety, structural stability, and resilience against natural hazards, fire, and other risks.
• Technical excellence: Mastery of engineering analysis, modelling, and problem-solving that enables complex or unconventional architectural forms to be realised.
• Collaboration and integration: Effective partnership with architects, contractors, and developers to translate design vision into a buildable, safe, and high-quality structure.
• Sustainability and efficiency: Solutions that optimise resource use, reduce environmental impact, and contribute to the building’s overall energy performance.
• Impact and legacy: Contributions that advance engineering practice in the tall building sector, setting benchmarks for innovation, quality, and performance.