FIATECH

FIATECH established the CETI Award - Celebration of Engineering & Technology Innovation - in 2006 to promote and showcase innovative construction-related technologies that benefit the capital projects industry. The CETI Award is given annually to organizations that have conducted new and emerging technology implementations as well as to individuals who have made significant strides in advancing innovation in research & development.

Categories

The CETI Award is given annually in the following 12 categories:

New & Emerging Technology Implementations

1. Scenario-based Project Planning (e.g. decision support, project definition and approach)
2. Automated Design (e.g. design automation, modeling & simulation)
3. Integrated, Automated Procurement & Supply Network (e.g. material tracking, supply chain management)
4. Intelligent & Automated Construction Job Site (e.g. mobile IT,RFID, location tracking and GPS)
5. Intelligent Self-Maintaining & Repairing Operational Facility (e.g. wireless sensors, real time experienced-based maintenance planning systems)
6. Real-time Project & Facility Management, Coordination & Control (e.g. collaboration tools, estimating, scheduling, cost management)
7. New Materials, Methods, Products & Equipment (e.g. energy efficient materials, composites)
8. Technology- & Knowledge-enabled Workforce (e.g. educational tools, programs, training)
9. Life Cycle Data Management & Information Integration (e.g. ISO 15926, BIM)

New & Emerging Technology Research & Development

10. Outstanding Student Researcher (undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral candidates who received their degree less than one year from submitting application)
11. Outstanding Early Career Researcher (researcher who has only 1-10 years in their career)
12. Outstanding Researcher (researcher with more than 10 years in career)

Criteria

The CETI Award is presented to companies, or individuals, whose technology implementations or research & development efforts clearly demonstrate tangible and significant results and benefits in the following areas.

Owner Benefits

Were benefits realized by the owner, and if possible, include a statement from the owner?

Economic Factors

How did it provide a positive Return on Investment (ROI) or other significant business advantage (e.g. safety, global networking, strategic positioning for future, decreased operations and maintenance costs, schedule reduction)?

Technical Factors

Did it advance any of the nine FIATECH Capital Projects Technology Roadmap element areas?

Cultural Factors

Did it cause positive cultural impacts to the organization or industry?

Collaboration Requirement

Technology users (owners/contractors) are required to jointly support any award submission with technology providers.

2010 Program

The 2010 CETI Awards will be given out April 19, 2011 in Chandler, AZ in conjunction with FIATECH's Technology Conference & Showcase. The call for nominations will be announced in fall 2010.

Jury

• John McQuary, Vice President, Knowledge Management and Technology Strategies, Fluor (CETI Chair)
• Mani Golparvar-Fard, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech
• Lisa Grayson, Section Head - Project Implementation, ExxonMobil
• Kevin Hart, Vice President and Business Information Officer, Kaiser Permanente Information Technology
• Tom Sawyer, Information Technology Editor, Engineering News-Record
• Duane Toavs, Director, Human Centered Design Institute, Emerson Process Management