Distinguished Constructor Award

Last updated April 25, 2022

The Queensland University of Technology 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 Award

The award itself was designed by the then QUT industrial design lecturer Steve Curran 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 OBE, FAIB^[1] Mr Clyde Ian Barclay CBE, AM, FAIB^[1]^[2]^[3]	1998
Sir Leslie Thiess CBE ^[4] Mr Jack Hutchinson AM ^[4]	1999
Mr John Panizza OBE ^[5] Sir John Clifton Vaughan Holland AC, FTSE^[5]	2000
Mr Cyril Golding^[6] Mr Alfred John (Jack) Bond^[6]	2001
Sir John Pidgeon ^[5] Ms Valmai Pidgeon AM ^[5]	2002
Mr Martin Carl Albrecht AC ^[5] Mr Alfred Henry Hodge^[5]	2003
Dr Don Fry AO ^[7]^[8]^[9] Dr John Job Crew Bradfield CMG ^[7]	2004
Mr Ric Barton Mr Ron McMaster OBE	2005
Mr John Seymour Mr Rollo Gallop	2006
Mr Joshua Jeays Mr Walter Sommer OAM	2007
Mr Jose Goicoechea^[10] Mr William Wild^[10]	2008
Mr Michael Power AM Mr Peter Dare AM	2009
Mr John Petrie ^[11] Mr John Hull^[11]	2010
Adjunct Professor John Hornibrook^[12] Mr Walter Taylor ^[12]	2011
Mr John Kindler^[13] Mr Ken Casley^[13]	2012
Mr Roger Trundle Mr Greg Quinn	2013
Mr John Taylor Mr John Gaskin	2014
Mr Geoff Murphy Young Constructor Recipient: Mr Ben Cummins	2015

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