The CCF Earth Awards are the most prestigious awards in civil infrastructure which includes roads, bridges, railways, marine structures, and utilities that are the economic veins and arteries linking the Australian community.

The CCF Earth Awards have the specific aim of recognising outstanding work in construction and environmental excellence which reflects development and use of the best technologies and practices by Australian civil contractors. Each office of the CCF conducts state/ territory Earth Awards, with local winners progressing to the National Earth Awards. The Earth Awards are designed to highlight excellence in the following areas:

• Project & Construction Management
• Innovation
• People Development & Training
• Quality
• Safety
• Environment
• Stakeholders

The CCF Earth Awards have a high standing within the civil construction industry, government agencies and industry stakeholders. CCF has built up the profile of the Awards and continues to strive for excellence each year with the event series now having run for over 25 years. State and National Earth Awards are presented in six categories, according to project value:

• Project Value Up to $2M 
• Project Value $2M to $5M
• Project Value $5M to $10M
• Project Value $10M to $30M
• Project Value $30M to $75M
• Project Value $75M to $150M
• Project Value Greater than $150M

These awards are presented at the yearly Excellence in Civil Construction Awards night held each year in August. Please refer to our events calendar for more information.

WHO CAN ENTER?

The awards are open to all Australian civil construction companies. Entries are welcome for projects involving either:

• Single Contractor; or
• Joint Entry; involving Contractor/ Client/ Consultant/ Designer; or
• Overseas Aid Projects – CCF members only in the Asia/Pacific region (companies entering such projects will be required to assist in travel costs for judging.

WHY ENTER THE AWARDS

This is an ideal opportunity to present your company’s capabilities to the industry, your clients and prospective clients. Be recognised as a finalist or category winner at Branch and National levels for your company’s innovation and excellence in the civil construction industry.

The awards recognise Civil Construction companies who have recently been involved in a project which has excelled in:

• Project and construction
• Innovation
• People and training
• Quality
• Safety
• Environment
• Stakeholders

ELIGIBILITY

Entries have now open for 2024.  A project is eligible for the 2024 CCF QLD Earth Awards if it is completed in the 12 months prior to 31 March 2024 or has reached “practical completion stage” (Ref.AS4000-1997) at 31 March 2024.

HOW TO ENTER

Please complete the Expression of Interest (EOI) form for the 2024 awards and submit to the CCF QLD office via qldevents@ccfqld.com. Once your EOI form has been received an invoice will be sent to you for your EOI fee/s. Once this is paid in full, the office will send you the updated 2024 Submission Guidelines to help in the preparation of your submission.

All 2024 CCF QLD Earth Award submissions are due by 5pm on the 31st of May, 2024.

To download the 2024 Earth Awards EOI form click here.

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