The countdown to the CESA Aon Engineering Excellence Awards, which take place on 12 August 2015 at Vodaworld in Midrand, has begun!

In addition to the awards being handed out for Engineering Excellence for projects with a value of less than R50 million, projects between R50 million and R250 million and projects with a value of over R250 million, awards will also be handed out in the following categories:

• Best International Project,
• Visionary Client of the Year,
• Mentor of the Year,
• Business Excellence,
• Mentoring Company of the Year
• Young Engineer of the Year

Here’s a look at the nominees in these categories.

Best International Project- Sponsored by BEPEC

• Arch Hangar for Ethiopian Airlines
• Katanga Water Treatment Plant
• Botswana North South Carrier Water Transfer Scheme

Visionary client of the year- Sponsored by SANTAM

• The Development Bank of Southern Africa
• The eThekwini Municipality

Mentor of the year

• Colin Andrews – Royal HaskoningDHV
• John Martin Petzer- Hatch Goba
• Ian Bettesworth- Bigen Africa

Business Excellence

• Bigen Africa
• HHO Consulting

Mentoring company of the year- Sponsored by Bosch Holdings

• Golder Associates
• Bigen Africa

Young engineer of the year – Sponsored by Airports Company South Africa

• Lindokuhle Mtshali- Royal HaskoningDHV
• Nicole Teeling- Hatch Goba
• Mongamo Jantjies-Nyeleti Consulting
• Sifiso Dlamini-Golder Associates Africa
• Daniel Smit-Bigen Africa
• Michelle McGarry- Bigen Africa
• Rudolf le Roux- Arup
• Adam Ozinksy- Arup
• Casper Prinsloo- Bosch Stemele
• Geoff du Toit- Aurecon