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Structural Steel Design Awards 2022

Now in their 54th year, the Structural Steel Design Awards highlight the variety, innovation and excellence of modern steel construction.

The Structural Steel Design Awards (SSDA) have once again highlighted and rewarded many of the best examples of excellence, ambition and innovation in our built environment. Now celebrating their 54th year, the 2022 Awards, jointly sponsored by the British Constructional Steelwork Association and
Trimble Solutions (UK), continue that great tradition.

The entries this year reflect the wide geographical spread of steel’s appeal for a variety of projects.

Projects entered for the scheme this year included large prestige city office buildings, educational facilities and beautifully designed footbridges. The judges were particularly interested in projects that reflected a reuse of existing structures and showed a commitment to lessening a project’s embodied carbon.

A total of 21 projects made the shortlist, from which the judges presented five awards, six commendations and four merits.

Unlike the last two years when the judges were unable to visit the projects due to Covid-19, no such restrictions were in place this year.

The SSDA’s cross-industry judging panel includes: chairman Chris Nash, Bill Taylor and Oliver Tyler representing the Royal Institute of British Architects; Richard Barrett representing the steelwork contracting industry; Paul Hulme representing the Institution of Civil Engineers; and Sarah Pellereau and Professor Roger Plank representing the Institution of Structural Engineers.