APIA Annual Awards

Nomination Form's for the 2008 Annual Award's are now available

APIA presents annual awards to individuals and companies in recognition of their services to the nation’s pipeline industry.

In no specific order, these awards are:

Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Australian Pipeline Industry
APIA Young Achievement Award
APIA Safety Award

Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Australian Pipeline Industry

This award is presented to an individual who has made major and sustained contributions to the pipeline industry in any area of activity within the industry. The Award recognises a contribution over and above the call of duty. (It does not recognise contributions to a specific company; rather to the whole industry.) Click here for a nomination form for the 2008 Oustanding Contribution Award.

APIA Young Achievement Award

This award recognises the achievements of individuals under 35 years of age and is awarded to an employee of a Sponsoring, Lead or Corporate Member of APIA who has demonstrated a valued and innovative contribution to the industry. Click here for a nomination form for the 2008 Young Achievement Award.

APIA Safety Award

This award, which is open to all members of APIA (both companies and individuals), is designed to recognise one or more of the following achievements, all of which aim to improve the safety of the pipeline industry and its personnel: Click here for a nomination form for the 2008 Safety Award.

Outstanding safety performance in the workplace, whether in administration/office, industrial, project, or operations and workplaces.
A unique innovation or initiative addressing a safety issue.
A new and well-defined safety system, procedure, or practice.

Congratulations to Graeme Hogarth of Hogarth Project Management Services who was the proud winner of the 2007 Outstanding Contribution to the Australian Pipeline Industry Award.

Congratulations to our joint winners for the 2007 Young Achievement Award, Kristin Martin of APA Group and Leon Richards from McConnell Dowell.

In 2007, APIA was pleased to announce the inaugural Annual APIA Safety Award. Congratulations to SEAGas for their innovative addressing of safety issues.

Past Winners of the Oustanding Contribution Award

Year	Outstanding Contribution
2006	Bruce Andrews
2005	Garry O’Meally
2004	Ian Haddow
2003	Max Kimber
2002	Philip Venton
2001	John Balint
2000	Jeff Shepherd
1999	Bruce McCaul
1998	Barry Wood
1997	Ken Bilston
1996	Jim McDonald
1995	Leigh Fletcher

Past Winners of the Young Achievement Award

Year	Young Achievement Award
2006	David Maloney and David Hayter
2005	Ben Rees and Darren Stevenson
2004	Susan Jaques
2003	N/A
2002	Stephen Loneragan
2001	Paul Maloney
2000	Jason Ward