CIOB - International Innovation & Research Award Winners Announced

Badria Jaffar from The Bartlett, University College London has won this year’s Undergraduate Dissertation Award at the Chartered Institute of Building’s (CIOB) International Innovation and Research Awards 2006/2007.
Her dissertation ‘Collateral Warranties v. Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999', investigates why the construction industry has been slow to take up the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 as an alternative to the use of Collateral Warranties.
Nick Wylie MCIOB and Matthew Locke of Bovis Lend Lease won the Innovation Competition for 'ECO Board'.
Bovis Lend Lease was the first company in the construction industry to develop and utilise a cost effective board made of a moulded plastic sandwich, up to 80% of which can be mixed recycled waste. The board was developed in partnership with Land Securities and 3DM. It has been successfully installed as site hoarding and has potential for other temporary and permanent construction work.
Steve Phillips MCIOB and Jim Martin of Martin Associates Chartered Surveyors won the Faculty of Architecture and Surveying Award for 'The Development of a Tender Support Tool OVID-BV'.
The movement away from the traditional culture of acceptance of the lowest monetary bid tenders towards value based procurement, has presented the UK social housing sector with a number of challenges. Their innovation addresses some of the challenges that need to be overcome to ensure the tender decision making process is transparent and auditable.
The new Pera Prize, worth €55,000 of business consultancy was won by John Ralph ACIOB of 3D Architectural Design Ltd for 'Thermabatten'.
His winning concept makes use of air space occurring in roof construction. The space is filled with composite panels made from recycled and rigid insulation material. Panels will be designed to receive foot traffic, be safe in handling and use and quick in installation.
A CIOB spokesman said, "Each year the quantity and standard of our international entries increases. We are particularly delighted to have a winner of the new Pera Prize and we look forward to experiencing Thermabatten's journey from concept to marketable reality. The development could bring significant energy cost savings"
Undergraduate Dissertation Awards:
Winner
Badria Jaffar, The Bartlett, University College London
“Collateral Warranties v. Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999”
Runners-up
Nicole Louise Lancer - University of Melbourne, Australia
“Supply Chain Management in Construction: Potential Implementation at Project Level in South Australia”
Arnold Dehaney – University of Westminster, UK
“Can ‘Green Roofs’ reduce incidences of flooding in the UK?”
Innovation Competition:
Winner
Matthew Locke and Nick JL Wylie MCIOB
“ECO Board”
Runner-up
Chris Carey MCIOB
“You need your hands free…”
Faculty of Architecture and Surveying Award:
Winner
Steven Phillips MCIOB and Jim Martin
“The development of a tender support tool OVID-BV”
Runner-up
Richard Moore FCIOB and Richard Hyde
“PPDS in Action”
Pera Prize:
John Ralph ACIOB
“Thermabatten”

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