IMWO Awards

Inaugural recognition cycle

The five award categories and their governing framework are published. The inaugural call has not opened, so IMWO is not accepting nominations and has not appointed a jury or selected any candidates or recipients.

Current status, 15 August 2026

Framework published. Nominations are not open.

A dated call will be published here before entries are accepted. It will state the active categories, eligibility period, closing date, submission requirements and appointed jurors. Enquiries sent before that notice are not nominations.

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Published now

The programme can be reviewed before the call opens.

The current framework defines what the awards recognise and how evidence and decisions will be treated.

Awards: Five categories covering projects, assets, specialist engineering, resilience and knowledge.
Rules: Eligibility and entry rules, including contribution attribution and disclosure.
Evidence: Evidence standard for delivered work, operating results and professional knowledge.
Assessment: Category scorecards and the common scoring scale.
Governance: Jury independence, conflicts and decision requirements.
Framework: Version 1.0 PDF, published 14 August 2026.
Programme enquiries: info@imwo.org

01 | Call

Dates, eligibility and jury

The call identifies who and what may be entered, the documents required, the closing date and the appointed jurors.

02 | Entry

A defined achievement

Each entry identifies the contribution being put forward, the responsible parties and the evidence that supports the claimed result.

03 | Screening

Eligibility and completeness review

Programme administration checks each entry against the published eligibility, authority, consent and evidence requirements. This review does not score merit.

04 | Assessment

Independent review

Eligible entries are assessed by non-conflicted jurors against the published scorecard. A category may conclude with no award.

05 | Result

Citation and permanent record

Any recipient is published with a citation naming the recognised contribution and evidence basis. Corrections or withdrawal remain linked to that record.

At opening

The call will contain everything needed to prepare an entry.

There is no informal or paid route into the awards. The published call will be the only entry route.

Eligibility: Eligible work, completion or operating period, geography, entrant authority and active categories.
Submission: Closing date and time zone, entry form, supporting material, declarations and acknowledgement route.
Jury: Names, relevant professional backgrounds and categories served.
Decision: Applicable scorecard, decision threshold, result date and whether no award may be made.
Publication: Citation format, public evidence requirements and the correction and challenge period.

Only a dated call opens the cycle.

A project record, article, event, membership or programme enquiry does not create a nomination. Until a call appears on this page, there are no authorised candidates, finalists or recipients in the inaugural cycle.

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