4 September 2013
2013 Award of Excellence Announced
Both the North and South islands were represented with two Gold Award and one Merit Award presentations at the
Institute’s annual conference dinner held in the stunning foyer of the Otago Settlers Museum in Dunedin on Saturday
night, 31 August 2013.
Michael Tagg, Survey Manager – Operations of Envivo Ltd, Auckland and Maaike Duncan from Terramark Ltd, Dunedin received
the Gold Awards for the ASB Theatre Refurbishment and the Sabina Apartment Complex respectively.
A cadastral surveying programme called CADSAR - Cadastral Surveying Field Program developed for the HP35S Calculator by Tony Nikkel from Motueka won the Merit Award.
The ASB refurbishment undertaken by Michael involved pricing and undertaking of a comprehensive as-built survey of the
existing theatre in the Aotea Centre in the Auckland CBD. The judging panel believes it worthy of the Gold Award for
representing surveying excellence in delivering surveying services to architects, contractors and sub- contractors for
design and as-built of the refurbishment of an existing large and complex structure.
The Sabina Apartment Complex, the panel believes, represents surveying excellence in concept formulation, civil roading
and services design and project management of an apartment complex involving a sensitive steep site and an existing
building.
The Merit Award was presented for programming software called CADSAR which is a Cadastral Surveying Field Program for
the HP35s Calculator. The panel believe it represents a surveying initiative requiring innovation and computing
expertise.
Once again the judging panel which rigorously evaluates the awards entries, was led by Dr Bill Robertson and they were
again very pleased with the quality and innovative surveying skills demonstrated in all the applications for the NZIS
Awards of Excellence this year.
The NZIS awards are open to all Institute members with the aim of encouraging and identifying excellent performance by
the surveying profession.
About NZIS
New Zealand Institute of Surveyors (NZIS) is the professional body for Surveyors and GIS/Spatial Professionals in New
Zealand. It is a national organisation with a National Office based in Wellington.
Surveyors and GIS/Spatial professionals are involved in all aspects of land subdivision, data capture and development.
The Institute promotes ethical and professional conduct amongst members, aims to raise public awareness of the
knowledge, skills and importance of the profession, whilst representing the interests of members and the community.
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