New Zealand Engineering Excellence Awards

Q:  Is there an entrance fee for the NZEE Awards?
A:  No. The NZEE Awards are free to enter.

Q:  How do I sponsor an award?
A: Please contact sponsors@nzeeawards.org.nz

Q:  In what other ways can we support the NZEE Awards?
A:  There is a number of ways that organisations and individuals may contribute to this national event. For example, you may wish to sponsor a part of the event or advertise the event in your own publications or journals.  Please contact enquiries@nzeeawards.org.nz to obtain standard opportunities or to discuss alternative ideas.

Q:  Can we sponsor an award as well as enter in an award?
A:  Yes. The judges are independent of both the sponsors and the partners so you can sponsor an award and enter a project or an individual award.

Q: We won an award and would like duplicate certificates and a duplicate trophy. Are we able to get copies?
A:  Yes. Please contact the awards administrator who will arrange this for a nominal charge covering materials, labour packaging and postage. enquiries@nzeeawards.org.nz

Q:  We are an Awards finalist and would like to publicise this. Are there any restrictions to what we can say?
A:  No. There are no restrictions on entrants or their employers other than the standard conditions of entry, but we would recommend and encourage you to use the services of the IPENZ media co-ordinator as we want to get as much coverage for both you and the awards. It is our experience that an uncoordinated media campaign can produce the opposite results to those intended. Please contact media@ipenz.org.nz to assist you.

Q: Can I enter a project in more than one award category?
A:  Yes. For the category award you can enter two categories for one project. For example the project could be entered into the Building, Construction and Amenities and the Sustainability and Clean Technology category. See entry form for details.

Q: Can I enter more than one project into the Awards
A: Yes. You can put several project entries into the awards if you wish.

Q:  Can there be more than one person on an entry for an individual award in the entrepreneur or innovator?
A:  Yes. The entry form states ‘engineer or partnership of engineers’ may enter.

Q: Can I get a copy of the NZEE Awards handbook 2007?
A: Yes while copies last. Please contact enquiries@nzeeawards.org.nz

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Q:  Can we have more than one organisation as an entrant for a project?
A:  Yes. For example an entry may have the principal engineering company, the client and the property company or the entry may be an alliance.

You must sign the declaration ‘I/We declare that I/we have obtained the permission of all relevant parties to this activity to proceed with this entry according to the conditions of entry. I/We declare all engineering contributors have been identified as part of the engineering team.’

Think carefully about who you want to nominate as entrants as this information will be used in all publicity and advertising material.  The awards partners can take no responsibility for omissions or incorrect information that is supplied on the entry form if this subsequently appears on a trophy, on a certificate or in the handbook.

Q: We previously entered into the NZEE Awards with this project. Can I enter again this year?
A:  Yes. You can enter for any category as long as you fit the criteria for this year and haven’t previously won a NZEE Category Award for this project.

Q:  Can I submit an individual for a category award?
A:  No. The category awards are for organisations or companies.

Q: We have a great project that we want to enter but it hasn’t been completed yet, may we enter it?
A:  No. Under the criteria, a project must have been in operation for at least a year.

Q:  I designed a project that was completed in 2001. Can I enter it in the awards?
A:  No. Under the criteria a project must be no more than three years old from the date of completion.

Q:  Our company commissioned the project but are not the design engineers. May our company enter the awards?
A:  Yes. However, under the criteria you must have obtained the permission of all relevant parties to the entry including the designers. All engineering contributors must b identified as part of the engineering team (see entry form).

Q:  Our company has only four employees can we enter the category award?
A:  Judging is based on the project and the submission material you present. You could have a company of 10,000 or a company of four and you could still enter as long as you meet the criteria for the year of entry.

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Q:  I have produced articles that I want to enter for the Journalism Award but I am not sure if they are eligible, what is meant by ‘trade’ media?

A:  In this context ‘trade’ media refers to media in one particular sector of the community rather than the general media in New Zealand.  For example, any article written for an IPENZ publication would NOT be eligible whereas, an article written for North and South Magazine would be eligible. Please read the conditions of entry for the Journalism Award.

Q:  What is meant by ‘contribution to community or other activities outside employment’?
A:  Activities which are not associated with your primary source of remuneration.

Examples could include: Involvement with a youth/sporting or religious organisation; Neighbourhood engineers; Voluntary work; Disaster relief; Assessor (CPEng)

Q:  What is meant by: “Commitment and contribution to the development of others, especially young people”?
A:  This may or may not have any relationship to engineering. Examples could include: Mentor to graduate engineers; Youth leadership; Assessor (CPEng)

Q:  I previously entered for one of the individual Awards may I enter the same award again?
A:  Yes. As long as you haven’t previously won this award and as long as you meet the criteria for award.

Q: I previously won one of the individual awards, may I enter a different individual award?
A:  Yes.  As long as you haven’t previously won the award which you enter, and you meet the criteria for this year.

Q: May I nominate someone for one of the individual awards?
A:  Yes, providing they agree. You or the person you are nominating will have to provide the supporting details for the entry.

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Q:  May I bring my partner to the awards dinner?
A:  Yes. We encourage you to bring you partner, friends and family to the dinner. We recognise that they play an important part in both you personal and professional life.

Q:  What is meant by Black Tie/Formal?
A:  Formal dinner attire i.e. black dinner jacket and bow tie or tuxedo for men and evening gown or dress pants and top for women.

Q: Can we video tape or take photographs during the awards
A:  No. Flash photography and wandering video photography is not permitted during the awards dinner. Anyone who disrupts the awards dinner will be asked to leave.  A professional photographer will be in attendance and can be approached before and after the dinner to take any photographs you request at no charge.  These will all be placed on the NZEE Awards website by the first week in December with instructions on how to obtain copies.

Q:  If I win an award do I have to give a speech?
A:  No. There is no right of reply.

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