CIBSE UAE announces shortlist

DUBAI, UAE, 15 March 2021: CIBSE UAE has announced the shortlist of its annual awards for 2021. The list covers four categories, including ‘Consultancy of the Year’, ‘Graduate of the Year’, ‘Manufacturer of the Year’ and ‘Young Engineer of the Year’.

According to CIBSE, the shortlisted entries in the ‘Consultancy of the Year’ category are…

• Aecom
• Aurecon
• Black & White Engineering
• Buro Happold
• Light Touch PLD
• WME
• WSP

According to CIBSE, the shortlisted entries in the ‘Graduate of the Year’ category are…

• Czarina Copiaco – Buro Happold
• Omar Darwish – GRFN Consultants
• Clifton Stephon – Manipal University

According to CIBSE, the shortlisted entries in the ‘Manufacturer of the Year’ category are…

• BK Gulf Modular Solutions
• Ecoval
• Grundfos
• Kingspan
• Polypipe

According to CIBSE, the shortlisted entries in the ‘Young Engineer of the Year’ category are…

• Wassim Khan – Aecom
• Samima Saqib – Arup
• Ann Elezabeth Johny – Aurecon
• Christian Glen-Jones – Black & White Engineering
• Ansh Singh – WSP

In addition, CIBSE announced the finalists of an Inter-University Student Design Competition, which involved the design of a net-zero-energy office building. The finalists are:

• BITS Pilani, Dubai Campus
• Curtin University, Dubai
• Heriot Watt University
• Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Dubai Campus

In choosing the shortlisted entries, CIBSE was served by a distinguished panel of judges…

• Dr Hywel Davies, Technical Director, CIBSE
• Tim Dwyer, Visiting Professor at UCL, London; Past ASHRAE Director at Large; and CIBSE Journal Technical Editor
• Majd Fayyad, Technical Manager, Emirates Green Building Council
• Farhan Juratli, Project Manager, Nakheel
• Shajahan Shahabdeen, Senior MEP Manager, Wasl