Annual Awards

2010 APIA Annual Awards Information and Nomination Form

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.)

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.

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:

  • 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 Andy Lukas of A J Lucas Group who was the proud winner of the 2009 Outstanding Contribution to the Australian Pipeline Industry Award.

Congratulations to Dan Morgan of McConnell Dowell Constructors for winning the 2009 Young Achievement Award.

The 2009 annual APIA Safety Award was awarded to the APA Group for their unique innovation or initiative addressing a safety issue, the Dial Before You Dig – Automated Response System.

Past Winners of the Oustanding Contribution Award

Year Outstanding Contribution
2009 Andy Lukas
2008 Ted Metcalfe
2007 Graeme Hogarth
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
2009 Dan Morgan
2008 Lara Kayess
2007 Kristin Martin and Leon Richards
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

Past Winners of the Safety Award

Year APIA Safety Award
2009 APA Group
2008 Dampier Bunbury Pipeline inconjunction with WestNet
2007 SEA Gas