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TCAPWA Mark Miller Public Works

Project of the Year Nomination Criteria

Purpose 2022 Winner

The TCAPWA Mark Miller Public Works Project of the Year Award was established to City of Alcoa
promote excellence in the management, administration, and implementation of public Marconi Boulevard Project
works projects.
2021 Winner
Categories (APWA categories) City of Kingsport City Hall
A. Structures – to include new public structures or the preservation or rehabilitation of
existing public structures including, municipal buildings and parks. Other structures 2020 Winner
as defined in the Historic Restoration/Preservation and Transportation categories City of Kingsport Miracle Field
shall not be considered in the structures category. Also received an APWA Project
B. Transportation – to include roads, bridges, mass transit that serve any or all modes of the Year Award in 2021
of travel, including bicycles and foot traffic. Other transportation projects as defined
in the Historical Restoration/Preservation and Structures categories shall not be 2019 Winner
considered in the Transportation category. City of Chattanooga’s Big Dig
C. Environment – to include treatment and recycling facilities, landfill reclamation The North St. Elmo Drainage Project
projects, and sewer projects.
D. Historical Restoration/Preservation – to include historical restoration, preservation 2018 Winner
and adaptive reuse of existing buildings, structures, and facilities, that are 75 years or City of Chattanooga Anderson
older to qualify as historical. Avenue Green Infrastructure
E. Disaster or Emergency Construction Repair – to include the techniques and timing Demonstration Project
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 Selection
age or condition of the facility, adverse weather, soil or other site conditions over The Awards Committee reviews the
which 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 the
developed and/or successfully utilized. public agency, contractor and consultant
7. Use of alternative materials, practices or funding that demonstrates a commitment will be presented a plaque on Wednesday,
to sustainability, climate change resiliency, and/or use of sustainable infrastructure November 15 at the TCAPWA/SWANA
rating system or the equivalent. Annual Conference Awards Ceremony.
Nomination Process The winner is featured in TPW Magazine.
In addition, the TCAPWA 2023 Project of
Nominations of projects can be made by the managing public agency. the Year becomes the Tennessee Chapter’s
Deadline September 20, 2023 (electronic submittals only) to Kimberly Strong, submission for APWA’s National Top Ten
kstrong@chattanooga.gov. Call Kimberly at 423-643-7814 with any questions. Project of the Year Award in 2024.

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