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Telford Medal, in Lake Biwa Canal Museum of Kyoto, Japan

The Telford Gold Medal is the highest prize awarded by the British Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) for a paper, or series of papers; it was introduced in 1835 following a bequest made by Thomas Telford, the ICE's first president.

History

In 1834 Scottish civil engineer and the Institution of Civil Engineers' first President (1820-1834), Thomas Telford died, leaving in his will his library of technical works to the Institution of Civil Engineers, as well as a bequest of £2000; the interest from which was to be used to for the purpose of Annual Premiums. The council of the institute decided to expend the premiums on both honorary and monetary rewards, the honorary awards being named "Telford Medals", which would be awarded in gold, silver and bronze forms. Suitable candidates for the awards were submitters of drawings, models, diagrams or essays relating to civil engineering or any other new equipment of invention relating to engineering or surveying in general, whiich is regarded as most seminal and influential. The awards were to be open to both Englishmen and foreigners equally.[1] After provision for the Telford Medal, the remaining income is used for up to four annual prizes for papers presented to the Institution.[2]

The inaugural gold award was given in June 1837 to John Timperley for his account of the history and construction of the town docks of the Port of Kingston upon Hull, published in volume 1 of the Transactions of the Institution of Civil Engineers; the medals carried an image of Telford on one side, and of his Menai Bridge on the reverse. John Macneill, James M. Rendel, Michael A. Borthwick, Peter Barlow, and Benedetto Albano received silver awards in the same session.[3]

Recipients

  • 2012 The Accelerator Driven Thorium Reactor Power Station Victoria Ashley Roger Ashworth John Earp & David Coates (joint)[4]
  • 2011 "The safety of masonry buttresses" - Santiago Huerta[5]
  • 2010 "Wireless sensor networks: creating 'smart infrastructure'" - Professor Kenichi Soga, Dr. Campbell Middleton and Paul Fidler[6]
  • 2009 "Generation and alleviation of sonic booms from railway tunnels" Alan Vardy[7]
  • 2008 Doug Oakervee[8]
  • 2007 Scott Sloan
  • 2006 "Aznalcóllar Dam failure" - Gens, A. and Alonso, E. E.[9]
  • 2005 "Conveyance of a managed vegetated two-stage river channel" - Emeritus Professor Robert Sellin and David van Beesten[10]
  • 2004 "Coupling of hydraulic hysteresis and stress-strain behavior in unsaturated soils" Simon Wheeler -University of Glasgow, Dr Radhey Sharma - Iowa State University, and Marc Buisson - Sogreah Consultants, France,[11]
  • 2003 The effect of strength anisotropy on the behaviour of embankments on soft ground David Potts, David Hight and Lidija Zdravkovic[12]
  • 2002 "Effect of strength anisotropy on the behaviour of embankments on soft ground" - Zdravkovic L., Potts D.M. & Hight D.W.[13]
  • 2001 "Measurement and analysis of temporary prop loads at Canary Wharf underground station, east London" - Melanie Batten and William Powrie[14]
  • 2000 Professor Scott Sloan, ARC Centre of Excellence in Geotechnical Science and Engineering, University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia, Hai-Sui Yu Professor of Geotechnical Engineering and Executive Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Nottingham[15]
  • 1999 Doug Oakervee[16]
  • 1998 David Potts[12]
  • 1995 "Overcoming Ground Difficulties At Tooting Bec". R P J Clarke, C N P Mackenzie,[17]
  • 1994 "The landslide of cortes de Pallas Spain. A case Study" Alonso, E., A. Gens y A. Lloret (1992) Géotechnique, 42(4).[18]
  • 1993 "Strengthening and Refurbishmentof The Severn Crossing", A R Flint, (joint winner).[19] Part 2: Design[20]
  • 1991 David Potts[12]
  • 1987 Rodney Charles BRIDLE Empingham dam.[21]
  • 1969 "The influence of geological features of clay deposits on the design and performance of sand drains",[22] and "Failure of foundations and slopes on layered deposits in relation to site investigation practice",[23] to P. W Rowe,
  • 1968 Geoffrey Binnie[24]
  • 1955 "For the Assembly Hall, Filton", built for the manufacture of the Bristol Brabazon airliner T. P. O'Sullivan[25]
  • 1935 B. M. Hellstrom (London)[26]
  • 1934 "The Sydney Harbour Bridge, and its Approaches", John Bradfield.[27]
  • 1901 "The Bridges over the Orissa Rivers on the East Coast Extension of the Bengal-Nagpur Railway, W. T. C. Beckett, M. Inst. C.E.[28]
  • 1874 Bindon Blood Stoney (1828 – 1909)[29]
  • 1872 "The Value of Water and its Storage and Distribution in Southern India" - George Gordon[30]
  • 1869 "The public works of the province of Canterbury, New Zealand." - Edward Dobson[31]
  • 1866 Matthew Digby Wyatt[32]
  • 1859 On the coefficients of elasticity and rupture in wrought iron - Robert Mallet[33]
  • 1852 "On the application of machinery to the manufacture of rotating breech firearms" - Samuel Colt (Silver)[34][35]
  • 1849 Alexander Mitchell 'A simple means of constructing durable lighthouses in deep water in shifting sands'.[36]
  • 1842 Stephen Ballard (1804–1890)[37]
  • 1838 "Particulars of the construction of a floating bridge across the Hamoaze [Tamar]" - James Rendel[38]
  • 1836 "Particulars on the construction of Lary bridge" - James Rendel[38]

References

  1. ^ Society for the Illustration and Encouragement of Practical Science (London, England) (1836), The Magazine of popular science and journal of the useful arts, 1, John W. Parker: 398–400 http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=BiM2AQAAIAAJ {{citation}}: |chapter= ignored (help); External link in |chapterurl= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ ICE Prizes for published papers
  3. ^ Sources:
  4. ^ Proceedings of the ICE - Energy Volume 164, Issue 3
  5. ^ "ICE Publishing Awards 2011". Institute iof Civil Engineers. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  6. ^ "Academics awarded the Telford Gold Medal for their paper "Wireless sensor networks: creating 'smart infrastructure'"". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  7. ^ "Generation and alleviation of sonic booms from railway tunnels". Institute of Civil Engineers. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  8. ^ "Oakervee scoops ICE Gold Medal". New Civil Engineer. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  9. ^ "Award-winning papers in 2006" (PDF). Institute of Civil Engineers. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  10. ^ "The Telford Medal 2005". Bristol University. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  11. ^ NRI Press UK, 8 October 2004
  12. ^ a b c Imperial college London
  13. ^ "Honours and Awards". Imperial College, London. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  14. ^ "Editorial -Congratulations". Thomas Telford Ltd. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  15. ^ Purdue University School of Engineering11th C W Lovell Distinguished Lecture
  16. ^ "Douglas E. Oakervee, OBE – Chartered Civil Engineer". Thames Estuary Research and Development company. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  17. ^ Proceedings of the ICE - Civil Engineering, Thames Water Ring Main Volume 102, Issue 6, November 1994 , pages 60 - 75
  18. ^ [1]
  19. ^ Proceedings of the ICE - Civil Engineering, Volume 92, Issue 2 Volume 92, Issue 2, May 1992, pages 57 - 65
  20. ^ Proceedings of the ICE - Structures and Buildings, Volume 94, Issue 1 Volume 94, Issue 1, February 1992 , pages 7 - 22
  21. ^ Dam Safety Limited (formerly Rodney Bridle Limited
  22. ^ P.W. Rowe, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers supplement , vol. 1 (1968), pp. 1-72
  23. ^ Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers supplement , vol. 1, (1968) pp. 73-131.
  24. ^ Muir Wood, Sir Alan (1990). Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society: Geoffrey Morse Binnie (13 November 1908 – 5 April 1989). London: Royal Society. pp. 45–57.
  25. ^ The Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Jan 1953, Vol 2 Part 1, pp 76-95, as Paper No 5881. The award of the Telford Premium was reported in the same journal, vol 4, 1955
  26. ^ Nature 136, 715-715 (02 November 1935)
  27. ^ "Dr. Bradfield Honored". Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909-1954). Qld.: National Library of Australia. 2 October 1934. p. 6. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  28. ^ The Bridges over the Orissa Rivers on the East Coast Extension of the Bengal – Nagpur Railway, W. T. C. Beckett, M. Inst. C.E., Paper No. 3250, 1901
  29. ^ Turtle Bunbury
  30. ^ George Gordon, 'On The Value of Water, and its Storage and Distribution in Southern India', Minutes of the Proceedings, Volume 33, Issue 1872, 1 January 1872, pp. 376–400
  31. ^ Engineering: Volume 10. Design Council. 1870. p. 306. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  32. ^ Directory of British Architects, 1834-1914: Vol. 2 (L-Z)
  33. ^ "Robert Mallet Book". Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  34. ^ On the application of machinery to the manufacture of rotating breech firearms. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  35. ^ Institution of Civil Engineers (1853). "Annual Report". Minutes of proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 12. Great Britain: The Institution: 115–117, 169, 178. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  36. ^ of Irish Architects
  37. ^ Philip Weaver, ‘Ballard, Stephen (1804–1890)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Oct 2008; online edn, May 2010, accessed 11 June 2013
  38. ^ a b A biographical dictionary of Civil Engineers. Retrieved 13 March 2012.

1999 "Hong Kong International Airport - civil engineering design" Dr Graham W Plant and Douglas E Oakervee

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