Congratulations to our six award winners: Beca, ElectroNet, Northpower and three Transpower teams. Visit our 2022 winners page for a summary of their work and what the judges had to say.
Thank you to our 22 finalists across six award categories - including AECOM, Beca, Electrix, ElectroNet, Gridworks, Northpower, Solnet, Ventia, and several Transpower teams - for making Transpower’s inaugural Engineering and Technology Excellence Awards such a success. Click the nomination titles below to watch each finalist's video.
We'll post more photos from the awards ceremony soon. In the meantime, enjoy our 2022 Engineering and Technology Excellence Awards programme.
| Award category | Description | Our finalists |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering by design | An individual, team or organisation that have demonstrated best practice engineering and technology by design to deliver an improved engineering and technology outcome. |
Transpower: Generator reactive capability modelling
SHORTLISTED: AECOM: Karapiro 110kV equipment replacement and switchyard rationalisation Northpower: Re-engineering tower refurbishment |
| Investment in our industry future | An individual, team or organisation that has made, or is making, a significant investment in the engineering and technology future of our industry. |
Northpower: Attracting and growing talent for New Zealand’s new energy future
SHORTLISTED: Transpower: Matai |
| Collaboration | A collaboration that results in an improved project outcome, innovation, growth of our engineering and technology capability, or has a significant positive impact on progress towards our energy future. |
SHORTLISTED: AECOM: Frederick St 33kV cable and protection upgrade – detailed design Gridworks: Competency assessment in a locked down world using connected worker technology Transpower: Transmission Pricing Methodology (TPM) proposal to the Electricity Authority |
| Sustainability | An engineering or technology initiative or strategy that has or will provide long-term positive impacts on the environment. |
SHORTLISTED: Transpower: Our SF6 Management Strategy to support NZ carbon emission reduction targets |
| Value engineering | An engineering or technology project, initiative, innovation or strategy that demonstrates the greatest whole of life nett benefits that support our energy future. |
ElectroNet: Speeding up electrification – the ElectroNet modular switch room solution (MOSS)
SHORTLISTED: Transpower: Automated PL/SQL code conversion to Java (as part of Market System Simplification programme) Transpower: Development of localised degradation model Transpower: Envision Opportunities |
| Complex and challenging | A complex engineering or technology challenge resolved in an elegant and straightforward manner. |
Transpower: The ICON life extension defect model
SHORTLISTED: Electrix: Cromwell container-based water-ballasted hurdle Solnet: Transmission Pricing System Transpower: Development of new benefit-based charge methodologies for a new Transmission Pricing Methodology Ventia: Judgeford Tee protection upgrade – innovative new commissioning method |
We received near 100 nominations. Our judges were impressed with the number and quality of the nominations, which made it particularly challenging to select the finalists. To all our nominators and nominees, please know your contribution to championing and celebrating excellence in engineering and technology in Aotearoa's transmission industry is greatly appreciated.
Thank you to our wider industry whanau for your contribution and support of the awards so far. The awards are our chance to celebrate our industry’s engineering and technology specialists who demonstrate excellence and deliver outstanding solutions that empower the energy future. We want to shine a light on these people and celebrate their work.