Nomination Notice – HKIE Structural Division Structural Excellence Award 2026

 

INVITATION FOR ENTRY

The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers – Structural Division would like to invite entries of outstanding structures and research for participation in the Structural Excellence Award 2026.

The Structural Excellence Award aims at promoting excellence in structural engineering through design and construction of buildings / infrastructures and research and application.

 

CATEGORIES OF AWARD

Award categories include Grand Awards, Commendation Merit Awards and Finalists. Grand Awards will be presented to the most distinguished projects and R&D entries as follows:

 

I. Project Award
Hong Kong projects with the following four sub-categories:

  • Residential
  • Non-Residential
  • Heritage & Special Structure
  • Infrastructures and Footbridges

and Mainland (including Macau & Taiwan) / Overseas projects.

 

II. R&D Award
Research papers shall be related to the application of structural engineering in buildings / infrastructures. There is no sub-category under R&D Award.

Notes:
There is no upper limit of awardees, prizes will be given to outstanding projects.

 

ELIGIBILITY

Project Award – Hong Kong Projects (with four sub-categories)

  1. At least one key member of the project team must be a member of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers.
  2. Nominated projects must be within the territorial boundary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and must possess an Occupation Permit or Completion Certificate (if government projects) issued on or between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2025.

Project Award – Mainland (including Macau & Taiwan) / Overseas Projects

  1. At least one key member of the project team must be a member of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers.
  2. Nominated projects must be outside the territorial boundary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and must be led by Hong Kong based structural engineering firms. The project’s conceptual design must be done by structural engineering firm with headquarters or regional headquarters in Hong Kong.
  3. Nominated projects must have been practically completed on or between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2025.

 

R&D Award

  1. The applicant must be a member of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers.
  2. Nominated research papers must be written in English.
  3. Nominated research papers must be issued in authoritative journal(s) on or between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2025.
  4. Each applicant can submit more than one application.

 

JUDGING CRITERIA

The Jury Panel will determine the award winners, taking into consideration the following criteria:

 

For Project Award

  • Aesthetics
  • Engineering Approach
  • Integration (i.e. Structural Design Integrated with Design of Other Disciplines)
  • Economy
  • Innovation and creativity
  • Safety
  • Buildability & Constructability
  • Fire Engineering
  • Unusual Features
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Environmental, Social & Governance
  • Sustainability & Low Carbon
  • Serviceability

 

For R&D Award

  • Innovation / Originality
  • Engineering Application
  • Future Impact
  • Theoretical Background

 

NOMINATION DOCUMENTS

 

  1. Payment cheque with nomination fee made payable to “The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers – Structural Division”; and

 

For Project Award

2. Copy of the Occupation Permit, copy of the Completion Certificate or copy of the acknowledgement of practical completion, as appropriate.

3. 10 hard copies of the competition materials including text and supporting materials, in English and bound into A3-sized [420mm (W) x 297mm (H)] booklets (a maximum of 5 pages, not including cover page).

Guidelines on competition materials are:

  • Name and full postal address of the nominated project;
  • Names of the structural engineering firm, client, architect and contractor;
  • Authorization letter from client or owner of the nominated project;
  • Synopsis in not more than 500 words composing:
    • an executive summary outlines the function and merits of the project;
    • an introduction provides the design concept and approach; and
    • a brief on unusual features, e.g. innovation and creativity, sustainability, functionality and buildability etc.

4. All materials must be submitted in hard copy, along with 2 CD-ROMs/ USBs containing the same materials in soft copy.

 

For R&D Award

5. Copy of the acknowledgement of the publication date of the research paper

6. Copy of the research paper which is written in English

7. Copy of the Curriculum Vitae

8. Copy of the competition materials including text and supporting materials, in English

Guidelines on competition materials are:

  • Name, title, organization and full postal address of the applicant;
  • Synopsis in not more than 500 words composing:
  • Paper Abstract; and
  • A brief on unusual features, e.g. innovation, engineering application, originality, sustainability, etc.

9. All materials should be submitted in soft copy format only via 2 CD-ROMs/ USBs.

 

Notes:

  1. Organizing Committee of the Structural Excellence Award 2026 reserves the ultimate right to make the final decision on the eligibility of all entries.
  2. Decision of the Jury Panel is final.
  3. Project teams of all short-listed entries are required to submit a presentation PowerPoint (maximum 10 slides) and conduct a presentation to the Jury Panel.

 

NOMINATION FEE

 

  1. Nomination fee in the sum of HK$2,200 for Project Award and HK$1,100 for R&D Award.
  2. Nomination fee will be refunded to nomination that is not eligible for entry.

 

PROMOTION FEE

For Project Award, promotion fee in the sum of HK$32,000 for each Grand Award, HK$16,000 for each Commendation Merit Award and HK$5,300 for each Finalist will be collected on top of the nomination fee for promotion and trophy production.
Promotion fee is not applicable to the R&D Award winners.

 

NOMINATION DEADLINE AND ENTRY DETAILS

Nomination Form (click below to get the form) :
Project Award
R&D Award

Entry’s nomination documents must be submitted by 9 January 2026 (Friday) to the following address:

Event Secretariat for Structural Excellence Award 2026 (Ming Focus Limited)
Room 1411, 14/F, CC Wu Building,
302-308 Hennessy Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Attention: Ms. Sonia LUK
Promotion fee is not applicable to the R&D Award winners.

 

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

13 October 2025 (Monday) – Open for Nomination
9 January 2026 (Friday) – Deadline for Nomination and Required Documents Submission
7 February 2026 (Saturday) – Short-listed Entries’ Presentation to Jury Panel Members
8 May 2026 (Friday) – Result Announcement at AGM of HKIE Structural Division

 

ENQUIRES

Further details are available at the website https://www.hkie-st.org/.
For enquiries, please feel free to contact our event secretariat at
Ms. Sonia LUK – Ming Focus Limited
Tel: (852) 3101 9108
Fax: (852) 3101 9806
Email: hkie.sd.sea@mingfocus.com

 

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