The NSW Excellence in Surveying and Spatial Information Awards, now in its 20th year, is one of the highlights on the Surveying calendar. Bringing together the surveying industry and its associated businesses, it provides a platform to showcase the professionalism of organisations and individuals.
It is organised by a joint committee from the Association of Consulting Surveyors NSW and the Institution of Surveyors NSW.
The 2018 awards night was held on Saturday 8th September and was a great success with over 480 people from the surveying profession converging on the Hyatt Regency ballroom in Darling Harbour for fantastic cuisine and great networking opportunities. Adam Spencer did a fantastic job as MC with his interviews of each of the winners while The Velvet Set, allowed guests to dance the night away.
C.R. Kennedy is proud to be the Platinum Sponsor of the 2018 EISSI Awards
SIR THOMAS MITCHELL AWARD
Marijana Kokanovic. Roads and Maritime Services and Josh Cowley, Jacobs Group
The Sydney Harbour Bridge High Precision Terrestrial Laser Scanning Survey and 3D CADD Modelling
PROFESSIONAL SURVEYOR OF THE YEAR
Paul Rowlandson
PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATION OF THE YEAR
LTS Lockleys
YOUNG PROFESSIONAL SURVEYOR OF THE YEAR
James McLellan
INFRASTRUCTURE & CONSTRUCTION
Winner: Troy Dean, Roads and Maritime Services - Hunter Survey, The Nepean River Bridge
Highly Commended: James Black, Aurecon Australasia - Integrated spatial capture in the rail environment
EXTRA DIMENSION & INNOVATION
Winner: Marijana Kokanovic. Roads and Maritime Services and Josh Cowley, Jacobs Group - The Sydney Harbour Bridge High Precision Terrestrial Laser Scanning Survey and 3D CADD Modelling
COMMUNITY & SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT
Winner: Thomas Grinter, DFSI Spatial Services Survey Operations and the Geographical Names Board of NSW, assisting the NSW Office of Veterans Affairs - Anzac Memorial Centenary Project - Soil Collection Project
RURAL CADASTRAL SURVEYING & LAND TITLING
Winner: Dennis Liu, City of Ryde - Rural Boundary Project in South Maroota
URBAN CADASTRAL SURVEYING & LAND TITLING
Winner: Michael Brown, Rygate Surveyors - Park Street Problems
SURVEYING PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Winner: Graham Elgie. RPS Group - Sydney Metro Utilities Investigation - Leadership through Collaboration
Highly Commended: Michael Trifiro - SDG Land Development Solutions - Everything except Land and everything other than Surveying - Waterfront Project Management with a twist
UNIVERSITY STUDENT PROJECT OF THE YEAR
Winner: Hanna Pearce, University of NSW, Understanding New Survey Network Computation Methods
Highly Commended: Ahmed El-Kiki, University of NSW, Software Ingestion of LandXML Files
GRANT KILPATRICK TAFE STUDENT OF THE YEAR
Patrick Donnellan, TAFE NSW, Ultimo Campus
