IRF Recognises 2014 GRAA Winners

The International Road Federation has announced the winners of the 2014 Global Road Achievement Awards (GRAA) Competition. This year’s awards honor nine projects from countries around the world, each leading the way in innovation and excellence in its respective area of the road industry. “For the past 14 years, our Awards program has constituted an industry reference for innovators across the globe,” noted C Patrick Sankey, president & CEO of the IRF. “Year after year, our sector demonstrates that it is a
November 20, 2014 Read time: 2 mins
The International Road Federation has announced the winners of the 2014 Global Road Achievement Awards (GRAA) Competition. This year’s awards honor nine projects from countries around the world, each leading the way in innovation and excellence in its respective area of the road industry.

“For the past 14 years, our Awards program has constituted an industry reference for innovators across the globe,” noted C Patrick Sankey, president & CEO of the 3918 IRF Washington. “Year after year, our sector demonstrates that it is a source of cutting edge solutions that makes a difference in our communities.”

The winning projects include a signature bridge linking San Francisco to Oakland designed to meet high traffic volumes while adhering to stringent seismic engineering requirements as well as Brisbane’s flagship road project whose construction incorporated state of the art environmental mitigation measures. Also featured this year is a remarkably successful campaign underway in Dubai to decrease the rate of fatal road injuries among children and youths. 

Winners of the 2014 GRAA competition:


Construction Methodology
2508 Abu Dhabi Municipality and 3220 Parsons International Ltd
“The Zayed Street Tunnel”
(United Arab Emirates)    

Design
3355 TY Lin International/Moffatt & Nichol, Joint Venture
“The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge New East Span”
(USA)    

Environmental Mitigation
7928 Transcity Joint Venture
“Legacy Way”
(Australia)

Program Management    
Hubei Changjiang Road & Bridge Co.
“Ma-Wu Highway Construction Project” (China)

Project Finance & Economics
District Department of Transportation (DDOT)
“11th Street Bridge Project”
(USA)    

Quality Management
2698 Delcan, a Parsons Company
“Columbus Crossroads (I-670/I-71 Interchange) Design-Build Project”
(USA)

Safety
7929 Dubai Roads & Transport Authority
“Children Road Safety is a Shared Responsibility”
(United Arab Emirates)

Technology, Equipment & Manufacturing
7930 Roadroid
“Smartphone IRI data collection”
(Sweden)

Traffic Management and Intelligent Transportation Systems    
4183 Xerox
“Merge dynamic parking pricing”
(UK)

The 2014 GRAA trophy presentations will take place at the 1st IRF Asia Regional Congress & Exhibition in Bali, Indonesia on Tuesday, November 18.

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