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This last award is different from the three YGEC awards
mentioned above in the AWAC selection subcommittees.
Finally, AWAC managed to evaluate the nominations for
now seven new awards and sent the President a letter with their
recommendations after having evaluated all the nominations.
AWAC was pleased to provide the Board with two nominations
for each award as required by the President in the AWAC
charge.
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CONCLUSIONS
An ISSMGE Awards Committee (AWAC) was established to
carry out the compilation of guidelines for nominations for new
awards and to carry out the adjudication of nominations
received. Representatives from each continent serve on the
committee.
Evaluation of the awards offered by the ISSMGE prior to
2013 to its members indicated a very low award frequency
when compared to similar organisations. The introduction of
new awards as proposed by the President was therefore found to
be justified. The following new awards were instituted:
Outstanding Technical Committee
Outstanding Geotechnical Project
Outstanding Innovator
Outstanding Member Society
Outstanding Paper in the I.J.G.E. Case Histories
Outstanding Public Relation Award
Outstanding Young Geotechnical Engineer Award
The introduction of the new awards increased the award
frequency by an order of magnitude, but scope still exists for
the introduction of further award to bring the ISSMGE in line
with award frequencies offered by comparable organisations to
their members.
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