Professional category

Excellence in Flood and Water Management

This award celebrates projects which are integral to reduction of flood risk and sustainable water management.

It is open to LI members.

What we are celebrating

This award celebrates projects which are integral to the reduction of flood risk and sustainable water management, and the wider promotion of sustainable drainage schemes. It includes projects of all scales, from large-scale interventions which contribute towards catchment or river basin management, to small site-based designs and interventions, such as rain gardens or bio–attenuation products.

This award is open to different types of landscape works, including (but not necessarily limited to):

Assessment or research
Planning document
Design: early/concept
Design: detailed/technical
Management strategy

Limitations

To enter this Award:

The work may be of any scale
Part of the awarded activity must have taken place between July 2019 and July 2021
The work may be a stand-alone project or form part of a larger project

Judging criteria

This award will be scored by an independent panel of judges against our Judging Criteria:

Design
Sustainability
Value
Professionalism

In selecting an eventual winner, the judges will focus especially on the degree to which the entry:

has mitigated environmental harms and pollution wherever possible, including accounting for water quality
has sought to make a positive contribution towards healthy, connected habitats for biodiverse species

Follow this link to read more details on these criteria and the sub-criteria to make sure you clearly identify how your work meets the specific requirements for your category.