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CERTIFICATIONS, ACCREDITATIONS AND AWARDS

2011

  • British Council for Offices Regional Awards 2011 – Winner, Scottish Corporate Workplace of the Year, Inverdee House
  • CIBSE Building Performance Awards 2011 – Shortlist, Building Services Consultancy of the Year
  • CIWEM Young Members’ Award 2011 - Highly Commended, James Ogilvie
  • ICE London Civil Engineering Awards 2011 – Winner Greatest Contribution to London Award, East London Line
  • ICE London Civil Engineering Awards 2011 – Winner Community Award, East London Line

 2010

  • Environmental Due Diligence Advisory Firm of the Year – United Kingdom – InterContinental Finance Magazine's Global Awards 2010, United Kingdom
  • Commended in the ICE East of England Merit Awards, Physical Achievement - Schemes over £2.5m for URS' East Luton Corridor Improvement project – Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE), United Kingdom
  • RoSPA President's Award for Occupational Health and Safety – Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), United Kingdom
  • ACE Engineering Excellence Awards 2010 – Winner, Infrastructure (large firm) Award, Breakwater at Costa Azul LNG Terminal
  • 2010 Autodesk Hong Kong BIM Awards – Winner, Kai Tak Nullah Improvement Project
  • Bentley Systems Be Inspired Awards – Innovation in Roads Award, A46 Newark to Widmerpool Improvements Project
  • British Construction Industry Awards 2010 – Regeneration Project of the Year, East London Line
  • British Expertise International Awards 2010/11 – Consultancy Project of the Year, Feasibility study for the development of an eight-lane expressway, India
  • British Expertise International Awards 2010/11 – Innovation Award, Total Route Evaluation: Improving the utilisation of trackbed maintenance and renewal expenditure
  • Builder & Engineer Awards 2010 – Engineering Consultant of the Year
  • CIBSE Low Carbon Performance Awards 2010 - Refurbishment of the Year, London Fire Brigade's Croydon fire station
  • Concrete Society Awards 2010 – Winner civil engineering category, East London Line
  • Fleming Award for Geotechnical Excellence 2010 – Winner, A421 Improvements Scheme
  • Ground Engineering Awards 2010 – Winner, Sustainability Award, SEACAP 21 slope stabilisation trials
  • 2010 Highways Magazine Excellence Awards – Major Project Award, Clackmannanshire Bridge
  • Historic Bridges & Infrastructure Awards 2010 - Winner, Cragside Iron Bridge restoration
  • ICE East Midlands Merit Awards 2010 - Winner studies and research category, Recycled materials in trench reinstatement
  • ICE Yorkshire & Humber Awards 2010 – Award for excellence in concept, design and execution of civil engineering works, M1 Junction 31 - 32
  • LABC Building Excellence Awards 2010 - Commended Best Technical Development, St Helens College
  • 2010 Landscape Institute Awards – High Commendation Heritage and Conservation category, Chiswick House Gardens
  • Modern Railways Awards 2010 – Major Project of the Year, East London Line
  • National Constructing Excellence Awards 2010 – Winner Project of the Year, East London Line
  • National Rail Awards 2010 – Joint Project of the Year, East London Line
  • The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise – International Trade 2010
  • RIBA Awards 2010 - Winner, Downe Hospital, Northern Ireland
  • RIBA Awards 2010 - Winner, Creative Exchange
  • Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) President’s Award 2010
  • RTPI Planning Awards 2009 – Planning Consultancy of the Year
  • SCALA Civic Building of the Year Award 2010 – North Leamington School
  • William Keown Trust Award 2010 – Winner, Armagh North South Ministerial Council Offices 

2009
  • German Sustainable Building Council (Deutsche Gesellschaft für nachhaltiges Bauen, DGNB) – URS is founding member, Germany
  • 'Premio URBANISTICA' 2009, 1st prize in the Urban Planning category for the Sustainable development for the Upland Authority of Diano Valley – Urbanpromo 2009, Italy
  • Best HSE Report 2008 - 2009, Hazardous Situation category – BP Awards, France
  • The British Construction Industry Awards 2009 - Major Project Award High Commendation, Clackmannanshire Bridge (Upper Forth Crossing)
  • British Council for Offices Awards 2009 - Innovation Award, Solais House (Strathclyde Business Park)
  • British Expertise International Awards 2009/10 – Winner Environmental Impact Award, Implementing the National Industrial Symbiosis Programme on a Global Scale
  • British Expertise International Awards 2009/10 – Winner Major Consultancy Project of the Year, Energia Costa Azul LNG Terminal, Mexico
  • CEEQUAL Awards 2009 - “Very Good” Award, Clackmannanshire Bridge (Upper Forth Crossing)
  • Civic Trust Awards 2009 – Mention, Eden Court Theatre and Cinema, Inverness
  • Civic Trust Awards 2009 – Shortlisted, Lower Chichester Street
  • Digital Media Awards 2009 - Shortlisted for Best Business to Business Innovation Award, Lagan Navigation
  • Digital Media Awards 2009 - Shortlisted for Best Business to Business Innovation Award, Stoke Connectivity
  • Green Apple Awards 2009 – Winner, Cragside Iron Bridge Restoration
  • Havering Business Awards 2009 – Finalist sustainable design and construction category, Harold Hill fire station project
  • 2009 ICE EMMA Awards – Winner out of region project category, Design of Shoreditch High Street Bridge
  • 2009 ICE EMMA Awards – Highly commended Studies & Research category, the effect of climate change on 3CAPs highway network policies and standards
  • ICE North East - Winner - Robert Stephenson Awards 2009 for Project Value <£4m,  Blue House Bridge Replacement
  • ICE North East - Commendation - Robert Stephenson Awards 2009 for Project Value <£4m, Cragside Iron Bridge Restoration
  • 2009 Institute of Highways and Transportation Awards - Highly Commended, Health & Safety at work category, RoadGard Highway Warning System
  • Irish Landscape Institute Awards 2009 - Public Realm Commendation, Lower Chichester Street
  • Irish Landscape Institute Awards 2009 - Commercial & Institutional Commendation, Beacon South Quarter
  • 2009 LABC East Anglia Building Excellence Awards – Best Social or Affordable Housing Award, GreenGauge Affordable Housing
  • Municipal Journal Achievement Awards 2009 – Commendation, Public Private Partnership Achievement of the Year category, 3CAP Partnership
  • RIBA Awards 2009 (South West) – Scott Building, University of Plymouth
  • RICS Awards 2009 - Shortlisted in Regeneration Category, Lough Key Forest & Activity Park
  • The Royal Academy of Engineers - Engineering Education Scheme, Burn Closes Temporary Bridge Project, Preventing Cyclists from Using the Bridge while ‘mounted’
  • Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Gold Medal Occupational Safety – 2007 to 2009
  • RSPB/RTPI - Finalist in Northern Ireland Sustainable Planning Award, Lock Keeper’s Cottage
  • The Saltire Society Awards 2009 – Award, Upper Forth Crossing
  • The Saltire Society Awards 2009 – Commendation, M8 Harthill Footbridge
  • Structural Awards 2009 - Award for Transportation Structures, Clackmannanshire Bridge (Upper Forth Crossing)
  • Sustain Awards 2009 - Shortlisted Award for Design & Architecture, Stranmillis Orchard Building
2008
  • Environmental Due Diligence Provider of the Year 2008 – ACQ
  • ACE Engineering Excellence Awards 2008 – Commendation large project category, A30 Bodmin to Indian Queens
  • AIA UK Award 2008 – Professional Prize, Royal Observatory Greenwich
  • The American Institute of Architects Hong Kong Associate Award 2008 (For Urban Design) - Harbourfront Connectivity Study, Hong Kong
  • British Council for Offices Awards 2008 – Winner, Innovate Green Office
  • 2008/2009 British Expertise International Awards - Consultancy project of the year (<£2m) for the Hai He River Landscape Design project Tianjin, China
  • 2008/2009 British Expertise International Awards - Young Consultant of the Year, Sustainability Consultant Mike Pigeon
  • 2008/2009 British Expertise International Awards – Commendation Major Consultancy Project of the Year category, Diyar Al Muharraq Island Reclamation in Bahrain
  • Civic Trust Awards 2008 – Shortlisted, White Star House
  • Digital Media Awards 2008 – Commendation Business 2 Business category, A6 LandSIM
  • East Midlands Constructing Excellence Awards 2008 – Commended innovation category, recycled rubber in user friendly rights of way
  • East Midlands Construction Industry Council Awards 2008 – Commendation for commitment to sustainability, recycled rubber in user friendly rights of way
  • Hong Kong Institute of Planners Awards 2008 - Harbour-front Connectivity Study, Hong Kong
  • ICE Brunel Medal 2008 – Winner, A30 Bodmin to Indian Queens
  • ICE East Midlands Merit Awards 2008 – Overall winner large project category, A30 Bodmin to Indian Queens improvement scheme
  • ICE EMMA Awards 2008 – Winner large project category, A30 Bodmin to Indian Queens
  • IHT Awards 2008 – Winner environmental Award, A30 Bodmin to Indian Queens
  • IHT Awards 2008 – Commendation effective partnerships category, A30 Bodmin to Indian Queens
  • Irish Architecture Awards 2008 – Commended accessibility project category, Lough Key Activity Centre
  • Irish Architecture Awards 2008 – Highly commended sustainable project category, The Orchard Building at Stranmillis University
  • IStructE Centenary Awards Northern Ireland 2008 - Supreme award for engineering excellence, Royal Victoria Hospital
  • IStructE Centenary Awards Northern Ireland 2008 – Winner health & education structures, Royal Victoria Hospital
  • IStructE Centenary Awards Northern Ireland 2008 – Shortlisted commercial, White Star House
  • IStructE Centenary Awards Northern Ireland 2008 – Shortlisted transportation, Newcastle promenade footbridge
  • Landscape Institute Awards 2008 – Design over 5 Ha, Tianjin Hai He River Landscape Design, China
  • Quality Building Awards 2008 – Certificate of Merit heritage category, Leung’s Ancestral Hall, Hong Kong
  • RIAI awards 2008 – Highly commended sustainable project, Stranmillis Orchard Building
  • RIAI awards 2008 – Commended accessibility project, Lough Key Activity Centre
  • RIAI Awards 2008 - Highly Commended Sustainable Project, Stranmillis Orchard Building
  • RIBA Awards Northern Ireland 2008 – Orchard Building at Stranmillis University
  • RIBA Awards East 2008 – Watford School of Music
  • RIBA Awards South East 2008 – The Roland Levinsky Building
  • RIBA Awards London 2008 – Royal Observatory, Greenwich
  • RICS UK Awards 2008 – Sustainability award, Orchard Building at Stranmillis University
  • RICS Awards for Excellence in the Built Environment 2008 (Scotland) – Winner community benefit award, Eden Court Theatre and Cinemas
  • RICS Awards for Excellence in the Built Environment 2008 (Northern Ireland) – Commendation regeneration category, White Star House
  • RICS Awards for Excellence in the Built Environment 2008 - Winner sustainability category, Stranmillis Orchard Building
  • RICS Awards for Excellence in the Built Environment 2008 - Commendation sustainability category - icon business centre
  • RICS Awards for Excellence in the Built Environment 2008 - Commendation regeneration category, White Star House
  • Robert Stephenson Awards 2009 – Commendation, Cragside Iron Bridge Restoration
  • The Royal Academy of Engineering 2008 – Engineering education scheme, Bridge Handrails at Cragside Northunberland
  • Royal Academy of Engineers Awards 2007/2008 – Winner Education scheme, Cragside Iron Bridge Restoration
  • RSUA Design Awards 2008 – Best use of timber, Orchard Building at Stranmillis University
  • RTPI Northern Ireland Sustainable Planning Award 2008 - Stranmillis Orchard Building
  • RSUA Design Awards 2008 – Commendation buildings over £3m, Orchard Building at Stranmillis University
2007
  • Environmental Due Diligence Provider of the Year 2007 – ACQ
  • Industrial Award for Excellence and Regeneration Award for Excellence – Scottish Property Executive Awards for Excellence, United Kingdom
  • ISO 14001 Certification 2007 – Spain
  • ISO 17025 Accreditation 2007 – Spain
  • Soil Investigation and Remediation Accreditation 2007 – Basque Country Government, Spain
  • Listed one of AJ's Top 50 buildings of the Millennium - Plymouth University
  • Bentley Systems BE Award 2007 – Winner, excellence in the civil road infrastructure category
  • BREEAM Offices Awards 2007 – Winner, Innovate Green Office
  • British Construction Industry Environmental Awards 2007 - Awarded the highest ever BREEAM score of 87.55% for the Innovate Green Office
  • Building Magazine Sustainability Awards 2007 - Winner of sustainable building of the year, Pines Calyx
  • Civic Trust Awards 2007 – Northern Ireland Public Realm Award, Newcastle Promenade
  • Civic Trust Awards 2007 - Winner Outstanding Centre Vision Award, Oxford Castle Malmaison Hotel
  • Commercial Architecture Awards 2007 – Award, White Star House
  • Global Road Achievement Awards 2007 – Environmental mitigation category, A30 Bodmin to Indian Queens improvement scheme
  • Gold Green Apple Award 2007 - Winner for enhancing the built environment and architectural heritage, East London PDU
  • Health Estates Awards 2007 - Recognising design achievement, Belfast Cancer Centre
  • Highways Magazine Excellence Awards 2007 – Shortlisted Consultant of the year
  • Highways Magazine Excellence Awards 2007 – Shortlisted Road safety scheme of the year
  • ICE South East England Thames Valley Branch Awards 2007 – Winner major project category, A23 Coulsdon Rail and Road Bridge
  • ICE West Awards 2007 – Community Award Winner, A66 Temple Sowerby Bypass and Improvements
  • Irish Landscape Institute Awards 2007 – President’s Award, Newcastle Promenade
  • IStructE - Structural Awards 2007 - Winner of the Special Small Project of the Year category, Pines Calyx
  • IStructE - Structural Awards 2007 - Commendation David Alsop Sustainability Award Category, Pines Calyx
  • IR Magazine’s UK Awards 2007 – Best Investor Relations for a New Issue
  • Journal Landmark Awards 2007 – Retail / Leisure Award, Dolphin Centre
  • MIPIM Awards 2007 - Best hotel and leisure project, Oxford Castle Malmaison Hotel
  • NCE / ACE Consultants of the Year Awards 2007 – Major Firm of the Year
  • NISO Occupational Safety Awards 2007 – Medium-size company award
  • People of Plymouth Award 2007 – Roland Levinsky Building, University of Plymouth
  • Plymouth’s Abercrombie Awards 2007 – Winner, Roland Levinsky Building, University of Plymouth
  • Plymouth’s Abercrombie Awards 2007 – Winner, Roland Levinsky Building, University of Plymouth
  • Public Private Finance Awards 2007 – Best operational central government project, Project Evergreen 2
  • The RIBA Stirling Prize 2007 - Shortlisted for building of the year, Roland Levinsky Building, University of Plymouth
  • Robert Stephenson Awards 2007 – Commendation, Lancaster Road Bridge project
  • Saltire Society Civil Engineering Awards 2007 – Commendation, Larkhall to Milngavie reopening of the railway lines scheme
  • Sustainable City Awards 2007 - Winner of the sustainable building category, Pines Calyx
  • 6th Tien-Yow Jeme Civil Engineering Prize 2007 - Penny’s Bay Infrastructure, Public Transport Interchange, Hong Kong
  • The William Keown Trust 2007 – Access Award, White Star House

Scottish Natural Heritage Corporate Office, Inverness
Scottish
  • Green Apple Sustainability Award – Green Apple Awards  
  • Green Building of the Year 2007 Award – Scottish Property  
  • AJ100 Sustainability Award – AJ100
  • BCO Award for Best Corporate Workplace 2007, Regional Scotland and National Finalist – Scottish Design Awards
  • Special Mention at Civic Trust Awards    


2006
 

  • ALCI Awards 2006 – Winner Commercial & Public Authority Award, Newcastle Promenade
  • Belfast Telegraph Property Awards 2006 – Highly commended, public sector development of the year award, Newcastle Promenade
  • BP Excellence in HSSE Award – Winner / Commended 2004 - 2006
  • British Construction Industry Awards 2006 – Winner, civil engineering category, Paddington Bridge
  • The Civil Engineering Contractors Association (NE) 2006 – Commendation, project of the year, A817 Hadrian Road Bridge Strengthening
  • ICE Brassey Award 2006 – Winner Conservation & Environment award, A21
  • IStructE Awards 2006 – Commendation, Portsmouth Spinnaker Tower
  • IStructE Awards 2006 – Shortlisted, Belfast Cancer Centre
  • KPMG Hampshire Business Awards 2006 – Winner
  • Local Government News Street Design Awards 2006 – Runner up waterways category, Queen Elizabeth Boulevard
  • Local Transport Awards 2006 – Transport Team of the Year, St Pancras Blockade Project Team
  • Meritorious Award 2006 – North and South Kowloon Sewerage stage 2, Hong Kong
  • PLC Awards 2006 – New Company of the Year
  • Royal Society Ulster Architects Awards 2006 – Commendation, Larne Adult Education Centre
  • RSUA Design Awards 2006 – Commendation, Belfast Cancer Centre
  • Shares Magazine Awards 2006 – Best IPO of the Year
  • The Saltire Society Civil Engineering Awards 2006 – Construction commendation, A78 Montfode Railway Bridge Ardossan
200 Broomielaw, Glasgow
Broomielaw
  • Investment Award for ExcellenceProperty Executive

Scottish Natural Heritage Corporate Office, Inverness
Scottish
  • Building Research Establishment Assessment Method (BREEAM) Award – BRE
  • Sustainable Building of the Year (Large Project) – Building

Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Liberty
  • Best Leisure Regeneration Project, Retail & Leisure Property Awards – Property Week
  • Runner Up Sport and Leisure Project of the Year – Building & Engineer magazine

City Park, Glasgow
City
  • Regeneration Award for Excellence – Property Executive
  • Regional Winner Scotland 2006, Refurbished/Recycled Workplace – British Council for Offices/Estates Gazette

The A21 Lamberhurst Bypass, Kent
A21
  • Conservation and Environment Award – Brassey 2006 Awards

  • BP Excellence in HSSE – BP Awards, France
  • BP Excellence in HSSE – BP Awards, Spain

2005
  • Highly Commended Environmental Due Diligence Advisor of the Year 2005 – Acquisitions Monthly
  • Energy 21 Eurosolar UK Award – Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
  • Wales Award, Sustainability – Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
  • Constructing Excellence Demonstration Award – Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
  • Sustainable Building of the Year (Large Project) – Building
  • Housing Design Award – Housing Design Awards

2004
  • Highly Commended Transactional Support Provider of the Year 2004 – Acquisitions Monthly
  • Highly Commended in the Built in Quality – Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
  • Health & Safety Diamond Award – BP Remediation Management
  • Civic Trust Award – Civic Trust
  • Prime Minister's "Better Public Buildings" Award – Prime Minister Awards
  • British Construction Industry Award – British Construction Industry
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