The Queensland University of Technology

Queensland University of Technology

Queensland University of Technology is an Australian university with an applied emphasis in courses and research. Based in Brisbane, it has 40,000 students, including 6,000 international students, over 4,000 staff members, and an annual budget of more than A$750 million.QUT is marketed as "A...

 Distinguished Constructor Award recognises significant contributions by individuals to the Queensland construction industry and community and to honour those who have given a lifetime of work to the industry. The achievements of Queensland’s most admired construction industry leaders are further acknowledged by their induction into the QUT Construction Hall of Fame.

History

The award was established in 1998, the initiative of Professor Weilin Chang, the then Dean of the Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering, who saw it as a way to “give something back to industry”.

Criteria

Recipients are selected by a panel of their peers, which includes senior academics from QUT and leaders from Queensland’s construction industry and Government. There is no external nomination process - the panel brings forward people for consideration based on their extensive knowledge of the construction scene. The panel comprises: Professor Martin Betts, Dean of the Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering; Adjunct Professor Cliff Button , School of Urban Development; John Gaskin, Director, Gaskin Construction Services; Rodney Gibson, Director, Rodney Gibson Taxation; Adjunct Professor John Hornibrook (Chair), School of Urban Development; Associate Professor Stephen Kajewski, Head, School of Urban Development: Peter Lyons, Chief Operating Officer- Construction, BDM Group; Michael Marley, Director, Golder and Associates; Alan McLennan, Director, Alan McLennan Strategic Services; Bernie Murchison, Assistant Dean (External Relations), Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering; and Max Smith, Deputy Director-General, QBUILD.

The Award

The award itself was designed by the then QUT industrial design tutor Steve Curren while the original Hall of Fame display was designed by QUT student, Anna Nelson, after winning a design competition. The Award is presented annually at a venue on the Gardens Point campus of the QUT. A Construction Hall of Fame has been created at QUT’s Gardens Point campus as a permanent site for the recognition of the endeavours of leaders of the construction industry in Queensland.

Recipients

Name	Year
Sir Manuel Hornibrook Manuel Hornibrook Sir Manuel Richard Hornibrook OBE was an Australian civil engineer. He founded the firm M R Hornibrook Pty Ltd that after merger with Baulderstone became one of the largest Australian civil engineering firms....  OBE Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions... , FAIB Mr Clyde Ian Barclay CBE Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions... , AM Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"... , FAIB	1998
Sir Leslie Thiess CBE Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...   Mr Jack Hutchinson	1999
Mr John Panizza OBE Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...   Sir John Clifton Vaughan Holland John Holland (engineer) Sir John Holland AC was an Australian engineer and construction magnate, who founded the John Holland Construction Group in 1949, was Managing Director until 1972, Chairman until 1986, and President from 1986 until his death...  AC, FTSE	2000
Mr Cyril Golding Mr Alfred John (Jack) Bond	2001
Sir John Pidgeon John Pidgeon Sir John Allen Stewart Pidgeon is a successful contractor and property developer, who have been along with his sister, Valmai Pidgeon, involved with the Queensland construction industry since joining their father's business in the 1940s....   Ms Valmai Pidgeon Valmai Pidgeon Florence Valmai Miller Pidgeon AM is a leading figure in the Arts and the construction industry in Queensland.After completing her education in 1945, Florence joined her father's building construction business F.A. Pidgeon & Son Pty Ltd. which was founded in 1927...  AM Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...	2002
Mr Martin Carl Albrecht AC  Mr Alfred Henry Hodge	2003
Dr Don Fry Don Fry Don Fry AO is an Australian engineer, company director, entrepreneur and philanthropist.-NQEA:Fry is Owner & Chairman of AIMTEK , started by his father in 1948 in Cairns, Queensland as a general engineering company contracting to the mining industry, then diversified...  AO Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...   Dr John Job Crew Bradfield CMG Order of St Michael and St George The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is an order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later George IV of the United Kingdom, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, George III....	2004
Mr Ric Barton Mr Ron McMaster OBE Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...	2005
Mr John Seymour Mr Rollo Gallop	2006
Mr Joshua Jeays Joshua Jeays -Personal life:Joshua Jeays was born in 1812 in Leicestershire, England.He married Sarah Edwyn in 1838 in Marylebone, Middlesex, England with whom he had a number of children including:* Sarah Jane* Joseph Joshua * Charles Edwyn...   Mr Walter Sommer OAM Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...	2007
Mr Jose Goicoechea Mr William Wild	2008
Mr Michael Power AM Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...   Mr Peter Dare AM Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...	2009
Mr John Petrie John Petrie John "Jocky" Petrie was a Scottish football player who played for Arbroath F.C..He holds the record for the most goals ever scored in a senior British football game with 13 goals. This occurred during Arbroath's famous 36–0 victory over Bon Accord F.C...   Mr John Hull	2010
John Hornibrook Walter Taylor Walter Taylor Walter Willard Taylor, Jr. was an American anthropologist and archaeologist most famous for his work at Coahuila in Mexico and his "Conjunctive archaeology", a method of studying of the past combining elements of both the traditional archaeology of the period and the allied field of anthropology...	2011