The prestige award winning papers are available for free download here—simply click on the paper title to view full text (Adobe Acrobat Reader required).

Other award winners can be downloaded by subscribers to the relevant journal.

PRESTIGE AWARDS – Free to download

Telford Medal Presented for the overall best paper
Aznalcóllar dam failure. Part 2: Stability conditions and failure mechanism – A. Gens and E. E. Alonso
Published in Géotechnique – April 2006

George Stephenson Medal Presented for the second best paper
Widening engineering horizons: addressing the complexity of sustainable development – Richard Fenner, Charles Ainger, Heather Cruickshank and Peter Guthrie
Published in Engineering Sustainability – December 2006

Baker Medal Presented for the third best paper
Load-carrying capacity of flooded masonry arch bridges – Kent Hulet, Colin Smith and Matthew Gilbert
Published in Bridge Engineering – September 2006

NON-JOURNAL SPECIFIC AWARDS – available free to journal subscribers

Bill Curtin Medal Presented for the best paper on innovation
Heat-straightening repairs to a steel road bridge – Simon Clubley, Stephen Winter and Keith Turner
Published in Bridge Engineering – March 2006

David Hislop Award Presented for the best paper on offshore engineering
The maritime energy resource, constraints and opportunities – Ian Bryden
Published in Maritime Engineering – June 2006

Manby Prize Presented for the best paper on geospatial engineering or the application of information and communications technology to civil engineering
What lies beneath: surveying the Thames at Woolwich – Joe Lenham, Vaughan Meyer, Helen Edmonds, David Harris, Rory Mortimore, John Reynolds and Mike Black
Published in Civil Engineering – February 2006

Overseas Prize (1) Presented for the best paper on an overseas project
Recent concrete, self-anchored suspension bridges in China – Zhe Zhang, Qi-jie Teng and Wen-liang Qiu
Published in Bridge Engineering – December 2006

Overseas Prize (2) Presented on the second best paper on an overseas project
Lessons learned from tsunami damage in Sri Lanka – Priyan Dias, Ranjith Dissanayake and Ravihansa Chandratilake
Published in Civil Engineering – May 2006

Parkman Medal Presented for the best paper on management
Repairs to River Trent navigation locks, 1981–2002 – Jeff Pickles
Published in Structures and Buildings – June 2006

Reed and Mallik Medal Presented for the best paper on practical aspects of a civil engineering project
Cheong Gye Cheon restoration in Seoul, Korea – Jong-Ho Shin and In-Kun Lee
Published in Civil Engineering – November 2006

Safety in Construction Medal Presented for the best paper on health and safety of the construction team, the user and the public
What causes accidents? – Alistair Gibb, Roger Haslam, Diane Gyi, Sophie Hide and
Roy Duff
Published in Civil Engineering Special Issue – November 2006

James Watt Medal Presented for the best paper on energy
Carbon reduction strategies at University of East Anglia, UK – Keith Tovey and
Charlotte Turner
Published in Municipal Engineer – December 2006

Telford Premium (1) Presented for the best paper on waste
Using waste to reduce slope erosion on road embankments – Juan de Oña and
Francisco Osorio
Published in Transport – February 2006

Telford Premium (2) Presented for a notable contribution to civil engineering literature
Vibration serviceability for pedestrian bridges – Michael Kasperski
Published in Structures and Buildings – October 2006

Telford Premium (3) Presented for a notable contribution to civil engineering literature
Rehabilitation of a sea wall in Mandal, Norway – Arne Lothe and Tor Birkeland
Published in Maritime Engineering – September 2006

Telford Premium (4) Presented for the best paper on engineering mechanics
Three-dimensional lower-bound solutions for the stability of plate anchors in sand – R. S. Merifield, A. V. Lyamin and S. W. Sloan
Published in Géotechnique – March 2006

JOURNAL-SPECIFIC AWARDS

BRIDGE ENGINEERING
John Henry Garrood King Medal Presented for the best paper on bridges
St Paul’s Footbridge, Ebw Vale, Wales—landmark structure – David Williams
Published in Bridge Engineering – June 2006

CIVIL ENGINEERING
Coopers Hill War Memorial Prize Presented for the best paper in Civil Engineering
Sharing water: engineering the Indus Water Treaty – David Birch, Aslam Rasheed and Iftikhar Drabu
Published in Civil Engineering Special Issue – May 2006

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
Howard Medal Presented for the best paper on construction materials
Performance of helically shaped metal fasteners in timber – Guillaume Coste, Abdy Kermani and Alexander Porteous
Published in Construction Materials – May 2006

ENGINEERING SUSTAINABILITY
Trevithick Fund Presented for the best paper on sustainability
Sustainable landslide risk reduction in poorer countries – Malcolm Anderson and Liz Holcombe
Published in Engineering Sustainability – March 2006

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
Crampton Prize Presented for the best paper on geotechnical engineering practice
Distributed strain measurement for pile foundations – Assaf Klar, Peter Bennett, Kenichi Soga, Robert Mair, Paul Tester, Rab Fernie, Hugh St John and Gordon Torp-Peterson
Published in Geotechnical Engineering – July 2006

GÉOTECHNIQUE
Geotechnical Research Medal Presented for the best paper on geotechnical research
Some observations on the effects of time on the capacity of piles driven in sand – R. J. Jardine, J. R. Standing and F. C. Chow
Published in Géotechnique – May 2006

MAGAZINE OF CONCRETE RESEARCH
Magazine of Concrete Research Prize Presented to the best paper in Magazine of Concrete Research
Gas permeability measurements of cement-based materials under hydrostatic test conditions using a low-transient method – H. Meziani
Published in Magazine of Concrete Research – October 2006

MARITIME ENGINEERING
Halcrow Prize Presented for the best paper on maritime engineering
Modelling coastal boundary flows over typical bed-forms – Ming Li, Shunqi Pan and Brian O’Connor
Published in Maritime Engineering – March 2006

MUNICIPAL ENGINEER
James Hill Prize Presented for the best paper on a municipal engineering topic
Impact of climate change on London’s transport network – Brian Arkell and Geoff Darch
Published in Municipal Engineer – December 2006

STRUCTURES AND BUILDINGS
Frederick Palmer Prize Presented for the best paper on structures or buildings
An improvement on Magnel’s diagram, and an application – Chris Calladine
Published in Structures and Buildings – June 2006

TRANSPORT
Rees Jeffrys Award Presented for the best paper on highway engineering
Road user charging and taxation – David Bayliss
Published in Transport – November 2006

Webb Prize Presented for the best paper on railway or transport engineering
Development of German non-ballasted track forms – Roger Bastin
Published in Transport – February 2006

WATER MANAGEMENT
Robert Alfred Carr Prize Presented for the best paper on water engineering
Integrating 1D and 2D hydrodynamic models for flood simulation – Binliang Lin, John Wicks, Roger Falconer and Konrad Adams
Published in Water Management – March 2006