Australian Engineering Excellence Awards – National Winner
In 2012 BlueZone Group company, ATSA Defence Services, were winners of an Australian Engineering Excellence Award (in partnership with EET, RPC and e3K). The award was presented at the Great Hall of Parliament House, Canberra, at the Engineers Australia 2012 National Engineering Excellence awards for work on the SeaUrchin™ Marine Power Generator.
Having won the Innovation in Sustainable Engineering Award and an Excellence Award and been named the Overall Winner by the Newcastle Division of Engineers Australia in May 2012, the SeaUrchin project competed against 42 finalists comprising some of Australia’s largest and most complex engineering projects for the national awards. These included: Sustainable solutions for the Glenfield commuter car park entered by Transport for NSW; Westfield Sydney project entered by Hyder Consulting; Metricon Stadium entered by Arup and the Control System for Brisbane’s North-South (Clem 7) Bypass Tunnel entered by UGL Pty Ltd