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Projects of the Year Nomination Criteria

Purpose 2025 Mark Miller POY Winner
The TCAPWA Mark Miller Public Works Project of the Year Award was established to Johnson City’s West Walnut Street
promote excellence in the management, administration, and implementation of public
works projects. Corridor Redevelopment Project
The TCAPWA Bob Freudenthal Public Utility Project of the Year, established in 2024, 2025 Bob Freudenthal PUPOY Winner
celebrates a public sector project of exceptional importance and innovation in utility City of Alcoa - WTP Microclor On-Site
services.
Hypochlorite Generator Replacement
Categories (APWA categories) 2024 Mark Miller POY Winner
A. Structures – to include new public structures or the preservation or rehabilitation of
existing public structures including, municipal buildings and parks. Other structures City of Pigeon Forge & LDA Engineering
as defined in the Historic Restoration/Preservation and Transportation categories Pigeon Forge Water Reuse System
shall not be considered in the structures category.
B. Transportation – to include roads, bridges, mass transit that serve any or all modes 2024 Bob Freudenthal PUPOY Winner
of travel, including bicycles and foot traffic. Other transportation projects as defined City of Germantown
in the Historical Restoration/Preservation and Structures categories shall not be Germantown’s Elevated Water Tank
considered in the Transportation category.
C. Environment – to include treatment and recycling facilities, landfill reclamation 2023 Mark Miller POY Winner
projects, and sewer projects. City of Nashville & LDA Engineering
D. Historical Restoration/Preservation – to include historical restoration, preservation 12th Avenue South Complete and
and adaptive reuse of existing buildings, structures, and facilities, that are 75 years or Green Street Project
older to qualify as historical.
E. Disaster or Emergency Construction Repair – to include the techniques and timing
for safety, community relations, environmental protection, adverse conditions and Eligibility
additional considerations. Projects must be developed, owned,
Criteria and maintained by public agencies. To be
eligible for nomination, a project must
1. Use of good construction management techniques and completion of the project on have been “substantially completed”
schedule. and available for public and/or agency
2. Safety performance and demonstrated awareness of the need for a good overall use within two calendar years prior to
safety program for workers and the public during and after construction, where nomination. If a project has multiple
applicable. phases or segments, then “substantially
3. Community relations as evidenced by efforts to minimize public inconvenience due completed” will be construed as that point
to construction, safety precautions to protect public lives and property, provision when the final phase or segment is 90%
of observation areas, guided tours, or other means of improving relations between completed and available for public and/or
agency and the public. agency use.
4. Demonstrated awareness for the need to protect the environment. This includes any
special considerations given to particular environmental concerns raised during the Selection
course of the project, as well as climate change and/or resiliency components for The Awards Committee reviews the
long-term community benefit. nominations and selects the winners for
5. Unusual accomplishments under adverse conditions including, but not limited to all Awards.
age or condition of the facility, adverse weather, soil or other site conditions over
which there is no control. Presentation
6. Additional conditions deemed of importance to the public works agency, such as The individuals or the designated
exceptional efforts to maintain quality control and, if value engineering is used, representatives of the public agency,
construction innovations as evidenced by time and/or money saving techniques contractor and consultant will be
developed and/or successfully utilized. presented their plaques on Thursday,
7. Use of alternative materials, practices or funding that demonstrates a commitment October 15, 2026 at the TCAPWA/
to sustainability, climate change resiliency, and/or use of sustainable infrastructure SWANA Annual Conference Awards
rating system or the equivalent. Ceremony. The winners are featured
Nomination Process for all Awards/Projects in TPW Magazine. In addition, the
Nominations for all Awards and Projects of the Year may be emailed or TCAPWA 2026 Projects of the Year
submitted online using the QR Code provided. Contact Casin Swann by become the Tennessee Chapter’s
submissions for APWA’s National Top Ten
email: cswann@pritn.net or for additional information call 629-395-8189. Project of the Year Award in 2027.
The deadline for nominations is August 21, 2026. APPLY ONLINE

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