The Avenue has won several awards since the clean-up began, thanks to the enthusiasm and hard work of our team and partners.

ICE ‘East Midlands Merit Award for design and innovation

The Avenue project scooped the prestigious Institution of Civil Engineers’ East Midlands Merit Award for design and innovation in 2007. The award is to recognise and encourage excellence in design and construction in civil engineering and reflects the fact that The Avenue is seen as a landmark project, bringing together the latest technology from the UK and abroad to solve the complex remediation problems left by decades of industrial contamination.

BB RIA ‘Best Conceptual Design’ Award

The Brownfield Briefing Remediation Innovation Awards recognise best practice in remediation and the use of remediation technology throughout the UK. Launched by Brownfield Briefing and Newzeye, the Awards also recognise innovation and conceptual design work. Our partner, Jacobs UK, won a ‘best conceptual design’ award for their work at The Avenue in 2006 and was presented with their award at a special ceremony in London.

BTO ‘Business Bird Challenge’ Conservation Award

Also in 2006, The Avenue team, along with the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, won a British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) ‘Business Bird Challenge’ Award for Conservation. The ‘Business Bird Challenge’ recognises and applauds the efforts of businesses and organisations to improve their sites’ conservation value, as well as their work within local communities.

Eurodemo

The Avenue has been awarded ‘feature project’ status by Eurodemo.