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TCAPWA EVENTS AND HIGHLIGHTS
TCAPWA Mark Miller Public Works

Project of the Year Nomination Criteria

Purpose 2021 Winner
The TCAPWA Mark Miller Public Works Project of the Year Award was established to City of Kingsport City Hall
promote excellence in the management, administration, and implementation of public
works projects. 2020 Winner
City of Kingsport Miracle Field
Categories (APWA categories) Also received an APWA Project of the
A. Structures – to include new public structures or the preservation or rehabilitation of Year Award in 2021
existing public structures including, municipal buildings and parks. Other structures
as defined in the Historic Restoration/Preservation and Transportation categories 2019 Winner
shall not be considered in the structures category. City of Chattanooga’s Big Dig
B. Transportation – to include roads, bridges, mass transit that serve any or all modes The North St. Elmo Drainage Project
of travel, including bicycles and foot traffic. Other transportation projects as defined
in the Historical Restoration/Preservation and Structures categories shall not be 2018 Winner
considered in the Transportation category. City of Chattanooga Anderson
C. Environment – to include treatment and recycling facilities, landfill reclamation Avenue Green Infrastructure
projects, and sewer projects.
D. Historical Restoration/Preservation – to include historical restoration, preservation Demonstration Project
and adaptive reuse of existing buildings, structures, and facilities, that are 75 years or 2017 Winner
older to qualify as historical. City of Lebanon Gasification
E. Disaster or Emergency Construction Repair – to include the techniques and timing Initiative
for safety, community relations, environmental protection, adverse conditions and
additional considerations.
Criteria Eligibility
1. Use of good construction management techniques and completion of the project on Projects must be developed, owned,
schedule. and maintained by public agencies. To be
2. Safety performance and demonstrated awareness of the need for a good overall eligible for nomination, a project must
safety program for workers and the public during and after construction, where have been “substantially completed”
applicable. and available for public and/or agency
3. Community relations as evidenced by efforts to minimize public inconvenience due use within two calendar years prior to
to construction, safety precautions to protect public lives and property, provision nomination. If a project has multiple
of observation areas, guided tours, or other means of improving relations between phases or segments, then “substantially
agency and the public. completed” will be construed as that point
4. Demonstrated awareness for the need to protect the environment. This includes any when the final phase or segment is 90%
special considerations given to particular environmental concerns raised during the completed and available for public and/or
course of the project, as well as climate change and/or resiliency components for agency use.
long-term community benefit.
5. Unusual accomplishments under adverse conditions including, but not limited to age Selection
or condition of the facility, adverse weather, soil or other site conditions over which The Awards Committee reviews the
there is no control. nominations and selects the award winner.
6. Additional conditions deemed of importance to the public works agency, such as
exceptional efforts to maintain quality control and, if value engineering is used, Presentation
construction innovations as evidenced by time and/or money saving techniques A designated representative of
developed and/or successfully utilized. the public agency, contractor and
7. Use of alternative materials, practices or funding that demonstrates a commitment consultant are presented a plaque on
to sustainability, climate change resiliency, and/or use of sustainable infrastructure Thursday, November 10 at the TCAPWA
rating system or the equivalent. Conference Awards Ceremony. The
winner is featured in TPW Magazine. In
Nomination Process addition, the TCAPWA 2022 Project of
Nominations of projects can be made by the managing public agency. the Year becomes the Tennessee Chapter’s
Deadline September 20, 2022 (electronic submittals only) to Regina Santana at submission for APWA’s National Top Ten
rsantana@lebanontn.org. Call Regina at 615-444-3647 with any questions. Project of the Year Award in 2023.

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