Design Awards

• North East England Tourism Award 2009 - Gold winner
• Outstanding Structure Award by the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering 2005
• Concrete Society Award - Civil Engineering and Overall Winner 2005
• Balthazar Neumann Prize 2004
• Institution of Structural Engineers Awards, Supreme Award for Structural Excellence 2003
• Steel Industry Structural Steel Design Award 2002
• ar+d Emerging Architecture Awards, Commendation 2002
• RIBA Stirling Prize 2002
• Construction News Medium Projects of the Year 2002
• Emerging Architecture Awards, Commendation 2002
• Blueprint Awards, 'Best New Building'Finalist 2002
• Bridge Design and Engineering Footbridge Awards, Aesthetics (Long Span) Award 2002
• British Construction Industry Award, High Commendation in the Civil Engineering Category 2002
• Business Week & Architectural Record Award 2002
• Civic Trust, Building Award 2002
• Concrete Society Award, Concrete Society Certificate of Excellence - Civil Engineering Winner 2002
• Institution of Civil Engineers Awards – Brunel Medal 2002
• Institutes of Marine Engineers/and Naval Architects, Excellence in Marine Design, 2002
• Institution of Civic Engineers, Northern Counties Association, Robert Stephenson Award, Special Achievement Award 2002
• Award of Excellence 2002  

Lighting awards 

• Civic Trust, Exterior Lighting Award, Shortlisted 2002
• RIAS - Urban Design LIghting Award 2002
• International Association of Lighting Designers Award of Excellence 2002
• Illuminating Engineering Society of North America - International Illumination Award 2002
• UK National Lighting Award in the Exterior Lighting category 2002