Awards
ICEC has a number of awards that are presented on a biennial basis in conjunction with each ICEC World Congress and Council Meeting. The awards that are conferred comprise the following:
ICEC Distinguished International Fellow Award (DIF)
At the 17thInternational Cost Engineering Congress in 2002 the International Cost Engineering Council instituted the award of Distinguished International Fellow. The award is conferred at each biennial ICEC World Congress and Council Meeting.
The award recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to ICEC and to the association or institute of which they are a member for a period of years. The recipients must be nominated to receive the award by an ICEC member association or institute. They must:
- Have held a significant volunteer position in both ICEC and a member association or institute;
- Have had significant involvement over a period of several years in both ICEC and a member association or institute; and
- Must have made a significant contribution to the development of the cost management profession.
The Fellowship provides recognition to individuals who have made major contributions to ICEC and the cost management profession both in their home country and internationally. Recipients are granted the post nominals of DIF.
There are currently only 48 cost management professionals worldwide with this Distinguished International Fellowship (DIF). This reflects the exceptionally high international standards required for the conferral of this fellowship.
The first recipient of this award was:
Dr Kenneth K Humphreys, PE DIF CCE, ICECA, FAACE, FACostE, FwAICE, LMSAPCI.
The award was bestowed on Dr.Humphreys on 16 April 2002 at the 3rd ICEC World Congress and 17th International Cost Engineering Congress, in Melbourne, Australia.
There are currently 48 recipients of this prestigious international fellowship. The following is a list of the current ICEC Distinguished International Fellows sorted by Country/Member Association.
The year of the award of the Fellowship is shown in brackets.
America/Canada – AACE
Kenneth K Humphreys (2002 Inaugural Recipient)
Christopher G. Walker (2004)
Franklin D. Postula (2004)
James A Bent (2006)
Brian D Dunfield (2006)
Allen C Hamilton (2006)
Henry C Thorne (2006)
Ginette Basak (2010)
Alexia Nalewaik (2012)
Sam Griggs (2014)
Madhu Pillai (2016)
Julie Owen (2018)
Australia – AIQS
Dennis Lenard (2004)
Peter Cox (2012)
Peter Smith (2016)
Brazil – IBEC
Paulo Roberto Vilela Dias (2014)
José Chacon de Assis (2014)
Angelo Valle (2016)
Denmark – DPM
Eilif Holen (2004)
Carsten Wredstrøm (2014)
France – AFITEP (previous member)
Gilles Caupin (2004)
Ghana – GhIS
Kwadwo H. Osei Asante (2012)
Hong Kong – HKIS
TT Cheung (2004)
Ki Cheung (KC) Tang (2018)
Italy – AICE
Luigi Pojaga (2008)
Gianluca di Castri (2012)
Emanuele Banchi (2016)
Guenzi Giancarlo (2018)
Malaysia – RISM
Ong See Lian (2012)
Nigeria – NIQS
Murtala A Oladapo (2006)
Joseph Olusegun Ajanlekoko (2018)
Singapore – SISV
Edward Tang (2006)
Goh Ngan Hong (2010)
Teoh Wooi Sin (2012)
Slovenia – ZPM
Andre Kerin (2008)
Dr. Brane Semolic (2008)
South Africa – ASAQS
JJP (Basie) Verster (2006)
Egon Wortmann (2008)
Corne De Leuuw (2008)
Prof Robert Pearl (2012)
South Africa – CEASA (previous member)
Hubertus J. M. Paquay (2004)
The Netherlands – DACE
Steven Boeschoten (2006)
Rob van Hoeve (2010)
United Kingdom – ACostE
Roger M. Batten (2004)
Don F Parkinson (2006)
Bruce Watson (2006)
Alec Ray (2008)
Alan Barltrop (2014)
ICEC Region & Chair Awards
The International Cost Engineering Council recognizes significant contributions to the work of the Council at each biennial ICEC Congress with the presentation of ICEC Region Awards. The awards recipients are selected by the ICEC Chairman upon the recommendation of the Director of each ICEC Region. In addition, the Chairman may present a special Chairman’s Recognition to other individuals who have made significant contributions to ICEC during the Chairman’s term of office. These recognitions were first presented in 1998.
Recipients of the ICEC Region and Chair Awards from 1998 to 2018 are listed below:
11th ICEC World Congress, Sydney, Australia, 2018:
Chair Awards: Eugene Seah (SISV – Singapore) & Angelo Valle (IBEC – Brazil)
Region 1 The Americas: Wilton de Alvarenga Vianna Baptista (Brazil) & Maria Teresa Pino Rodriguez (Paraguay)
Region 2 Europe and Near East: Robert de Vries (DACE – The Netherlands)
Region 3 Africa: Isabella Njeri Wachira Towey (IQSK – Kenya) & Prof Rob Pearl (ASAQS – South Africa)
Region 4 Asia Pacific: Anthony Mills (Australia)
10th ICEC World Congress, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2016:
Chair Awards: Peter Smith (AIQS – Australia) & TT Cheung (HKIS – Hong Kong)
Region 1 The Americas: State Deputy Luis Paulo (Brazil) & State Deputy Paulo Ramos (Brazil)
Region 2 Europe and Near East: Andrej Kerin (ZPM – Slovenia) & Alec Ray (ACostE – United Kingdom)
Region 3 Africa: Prof JJP (Basie) Verster (ASAQS – South Africa) & Prof Rob Pearl (ASAQS – South Africa)
Region 4 Asia Pacific: Julie Cruz (PICQS – The Philippines)
Special Central/South American Awards: Edson Bez da Silva (Edinho Bez), Maria Teresa Zapata, Maria Teresa Pino, Alejandro Vargas, Alfredo Serpell, Josà Calix, Diana Espinosa Bula & MNST Eng. Amparo López
9th ICEC World Congress, Milan, Italy, 2014:
Chair Awards: Gianluca di Castri (AICE – Italy) & Andrej Kerin (ZPM – Slovenia)
Region 1 The Americas: Josà Chacon de Assis (IBEC – Brazil)
Region 2 Europe and Near East: Emanuele Banchi (AICE- Italy), Alec Ray (ACostE – United Kingdom) & Janne Kristensen (DPM Denmark)
Region 3 Africa: Kwadwo Osei Asante (GhIS – Ghana)
Region 4 Asia Pacific: Paul Ho (HKIS – Hong Kong)
8th ICEC World Congress, Durban, South Africa, 2012:
Chair Award: Alexia Nalewaik, (AACE – United States)
Region 1 The Americas: Steven Revay (AACE – United States)
Region 2 Europe and Near East: Gianluca di Castri (AICE – Italy)
Region 3 Africa: Michael Frimpong (GhIS – Ghana)
Region 4 Asia Pacific: HH Kwan (RISM – Malaysia)
South American: Angelo Valle (IBEC – Brazil)
7th ICEC World Congress, Singapore, 2010:
Chair Award: Carsten Wredstrom, MDPL (Denmark)
Region 1 The Americas: Paulo Roberto Vilela Dias, MIBEC (Brazil)
Region 2 Europe and Near East: Ko des Bouvrie, MDACE (Netherlands)
Region 3 Africa: Francis Yaw Addo, MGhIS (Ghana)
Region 4 Asia Pacific: TT Cheung, MHKIS MCECA (Hong Kong)
6th ICEC World Congress, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2008:
Chair Award: Steven Boeschoten, MDACE DIF (Netherlands)
Region 1 The Americas: Dr Emilio Zorilla-Vazquez, MSMIEFC (Mexico)
Region 3 Africa: The late Francis Githaiga, MIQSK (Kenya)
Region 4 Asia Pacific: Ong See Lian, MISM (Malaysia)
5th ICEC World Congress, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2006:
Chair Award: Murtala A. Oladapo, FNIQS DIF(Nigeria)
Region 1 The Americas: Bernard A Pietlock MAACE, AACEI (United States of America)
Region 2 Europe and Near East: Harvard Skaldebø, MNFP (Norway)
Region 3 Africa: Cornà de Leeuw, MASAQS (South Africa)
Region 4 Asia Pacific: Peter Smith, MAIQS (Australia)
4th ICEC World Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, 2004:
Chair Award: Dr. Maarten S. A. Vrijland, DACE (The Netherlands)
Region 1 The Americas Award: Jose Angelo S. do Valle, IBEC (Brazil)
Region 2 Europe and Near East Award: R. Bruce Watson, ACostE (United Kingdom)
Region 3 Africa Award: Len Harris, ASAQS (South Africa)
Region 4 Asia Pacific Award: Terry Sanders, AIQS (Australia)
3rd ICEC World Congress, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2002:
Chair Award: Dr. Kenneth K. Humphreys, AACE, ACostE, AICE, CEASA (United States)
Region 1 The Americas: Bhagwan Uttamchandani, AACE (Canada)
Region 2 Europe and Near East: Gianluca di Castri, AICE (Italy)
Region 3 Africa: Gaye le Roux, ASAQS (South Africa)
Region 4 Asia Pacific: Edward Tang, SISV (Singapore)
2nd ICEC World Congress, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 2000:
Chair Award: Murtala A. Oladapo, NIQS (Nigeria)
Region 1 The Americas: Christopher G. Walker, AACE, ACostE (Canada)
Region 2 Europe and Near East: Roger M. Batten, MBE, ACostE, AACE (United Kingdom)
Region 3 Africa: Hubertus J. M. Paquay, CEASA, AACE (South Africa)
Region 4 Asia Pacific: Karl Bale, NZIQS (New Zealand)
1st ICEC World Congress, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1998:
Region 1 The Americas: Sam L. Shafer, PE, AACE (United States)
Region 2 Europe and Near East: Eilif Holen, NFP (Norway)
Region 3 Africa: Johannes M. Bredenkamp, CEASA (South Africa)
Region 4 Asia Pacific: Peter Beddek, NZIQS (New Zealand)
21st International Congress, Singapore, 2010:
Chairman’s Award: Carsten Wredstrom, MDPL(Denmarks)
Region 1 The Americas: Paulo Roberto Vilela Dias, MIBEC (Brazil)
Region 2 Europe and Near East: Ko des Bouvrie, MDACE (Netherlands)
Region 3 Africa: Francis Yaw Addo, MGhIS (Ghana)
Region 4 Asia Pacific: TT Cheung, MHKIS MCECA (Hong Kong)
20th International Congress, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2008
Chairman’s Award: Steven Boeschoten, MDACE DIF(Netherlands)
Region 1 The Americas: Dr Emilio Zorilla-Vazquez, MSMIEFC (Mexico)
Region 3 Africa: The late Francis Githaiga, MIQSK (Kenya)
Region 4 Asia Pacific: Ong See Lian, MISM (Malaysia)
19th International Congress, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2006
Chairman’s Award: Murtala A. Oladapo, FNIQS DIF(Nigeria)
Region 1 The Americas: Bernard A Pietlock MAACE, AACEI (United States of America)
Region 2 Europe and Near East: Harvard Skaldebø, MNFP (Norway)
Region 3 Africa: Cornà de Leeuw, MASAQS (South Africa)
Region 4 Asia Pacific: Peter Smith, MAIQS (Australia)
18th International Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, 2004:
Chairman’s Award: Dr. Maarten S. A. Vrijland, DACE (The Netherlands)
Region 1 The Americas: Jose Angelo S. do Valle, IBEC (Brazil)
Region 2 Europe and Near East: R. Bruce Watson, ACostE (United Kingdom)
Region 3 Africa: Len Harris, ASAQS (South Africa)
Region 4 Asia Pacific: Terry Sanders, AIQS (Australia)
17th International Congress, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2002:
Chairman’s Award: Dr. Kenneth K. Humphreys, AACE, ACostE, AICE, CEASA (United States)
Region 1 The Americas: Bhagwan Uttamchandani, AACE (Canada)
Region 2 Europe and Near East: Gianluca di Castri, AICE (Italy)
Region 3 Africa: Gaye le Roux, ASAQS (South Africa)
Region 4 Asia Pacific: Edward Tang, SISV (Singapore)
16th International Congress, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 2000:
Chairman’s Award: Murtala A. Oladapo, NIQS (Nigeria)
Region 1 The Americas: Christopher G. Walker, AACE, ACostE (Canada)
Region 2 Europe and Near East: Roger M. Batten, MBE, ACostE, AACE (United Kingdom)
Region 3 Africa: Hubertus J. M. Paquay, CEASA, AACE (South Africa)
Region 4 Asia Pacific: Karl Bale, NZIQS (New Zealand)
15th International Congress, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1998:
Region 1 The Americas: Sam L. Shafer, PE, AACE (United States)
Region 2 Europe and Near East: Eilif Holen, NFP (Norway)
Region 3 Africa: Johannes M. Bredenkamp, CEASA (South Africa)
Region 4 Asia Pacific: Peter Beddek, NZIQS (New Zealand)
Jan Korevaar Outstanding Paper Award
In 1992 at the 12th International Cost Engineering Congress, the International Cost Engineering Council initiated the Jan Korevaar Outstanding Paper Award to recognize the paper chosen by Congress delegates through their evaluations as the outstanding paper presented at each International Cost Engineering Congress. The award was created in memory of Jan Korevaar, Executive Director of the Dutch Association of Cost Engineers and Assistant Secretary of ICEC for many years.
Recipients of the Jan Korevaar Outstanding Paper Award are listed below:
2018 – 11th ICEC World Congress, Sydney, Australia:
Peter Wong (AIQS Australia) for his paper Towards Decision Making on Carbon Reduction Over the Building Life Cycle – An Empirical Study
2016 – 10th ICEC World Congress, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil:
Walter Krause (IBEC Brazil) for his paper Project Audit Processes & Project Governance to Improve Results.
2014 – 9th ICEC World Congress, Milan, Italy:
Angelo do Valle (IBEC Brazil) for his co-authored paper Effective Implementation of Project Management Offices (PMO) in Organizations.
The other co-author for the award-winning paper was: C. A. Pereira Soares (Federal University Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
2012 – 8th ICEC World Congress, Durban, South Africa:
Aldo DÃrea Mattos (AACE Brazil) for his co-authored paper “Management Challenges of Building a World Cup Stadium in the Amazon“.
The other co-authors for the award winning paper were: Carlos Henrique Lima, Gláucia Alves & José Grajeda Fernandes
2010 – 7th ICEC World Congress, Singapore:
Alexia Nalewiak, MRICS CCE for her paper “Systemic Audit and Substantive Evaluation in the Built Environment“.
2008 – 6th ICEC World Congress, Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
Joseph A. Lukas, PE CCE for his paper “Earned Value Analysis – Why it Doesn’t Work“.
2006 – 5th ICEC World Congress, Ljubljana, Slovenia:
Maja Ferle for her paper “Implementing Earned Value Management on IT Projects“.
2004 – 4th ICEC World Congress, Cape Town, South Africa:
At this Congress two honorable mention awards were presented, in addition to the winning paper. The two honorable mention papers had evaluations nearly as high as the winning paper. These two papers also attracted exceptionally large audiences because their interest level and thus were deemed worthy of special recognition.
Kevin M. Mattheys for his paper “Development of an integrated business and career model for Cost Engineering”
The runner-up papers were:
Peter Smith for his paper “Trends in the Australian Quantity Surveying Profession: 1995-2003”
Eugene Seah for his paper “Do’s and Don’ts for E-Tendering: A Quantity Surveying Perspective”
2002 – 3rd ICEC World Congress, Melbourne, Australia:
James G. Zack for two papers, “The Cost Engineer as an Expert Witness: Are There any Rules?” and “Calculation and Recovery of Home/Head Office Overhead”. Mr. Zack was the also the 2000 winner of the Jan Korevaar Award. The first of his Melbourne papers was essentially a repeat of his 2000 award winning paper, “Expert Witness Services in Construction Litigation”. It received the highest delegate evaluations as it did in Calgary in 2000. As a repeat paper, it would not ordinarily have received consideration for the award. However the second paper was new and received the second highest evaluation of all papers which were presented in Melbourne. For these reasons, the International Cost Engineering Council is pleased to once again present the Jan Korevaar Award to James G. Zack.
2000 – 2nd ICEC World Congress, Calgary, Alberta, Canada:
James G. Zack for two papers, “Expert Witness Services in Construction Litigation” and “Are You Prepared for Mediation?”. The first of these papers was unique in that Mr. Zack volunteered at the last minute to present the paper when another Congress speaker cancelled his presentation. Mr. Zack’s presentation was informal without the benefit of a prepared paper in the Congress Transactions. Despite the lack of a written manuscript, Mr. Zack’s informal paper was selected by the Congress participants as being the outstanding presentation at the Congress. Lest there be any doubt about an informal paper being selected, the Congress delegates also selected Mr. Zack’s formal paper as the next best paper presented at the Congress. For these reasons, the Jan Korevaar Award was presented to Mr. Zack to recognize his authorship of both papers.
1998 – 1st ICEC World Congress, Rotterdam, The Netherlands:
At this Congress two awards were presented because the evaluations submitted by the Congress delegates were a virtual tie vote:
Ginette B. Basak, P Eng, and Ron Beugin for their paper “Enhanced Project Cost Control: A Dynamic and Contemporary Approach to Accessing and Modifying Project Information using the Intranet”
Charles P. Woodward, PE CCE, and Dr. Kenneth K. Humphreys, PE CCE, for their paper “The Planning and Execution of an International Project: A Checklist of Actions”
1996 – 14th International Cost Engineering Congress, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico:
Dr. Kenneth K. Humphreys, PE CCE, for his paper “Sources of International Cost Data”. Partially updated to September 2005.
1994 – 13th International Cost Engineering Congress, London, England:
Bernard A. Pietlock, CCC, for his paper “Developing Location Factors Using a Factoring Method”
1992 – 12th International Cost Engineering Congress, Orlando , Florida, United States:
A. Larry Aaron, CCE, for his paper “Steps to Sponsoring Successful Seminars and Symposiums”
Kenneth K. Humphreys Young Student/Practitioner Paper Award
The Kenneth K. Humphreys Young Student/Practitioner Paper Award was established in 2006 in recognition of Dr. Humphreys service as ICEC Secretary-Treasurer from 1976 until 2006. The award is open to students or young practitioners under 36 years of age and involves the submission of papers through ICEC member associations. The award program is held every 2 years in conjunction with the biennial ICEC World Congresses and the awards are presented at these Congresses. The first awards were made at the 2008 ICEC World Congress in Toronto, Canada and more recently at the 2010 ICEC World Congress in Singapore. The paper awards are available in each of the three professional categories which make up the membership of the International Cost Engineering Council, ie, Cost Engineering, Quantity Surveying and Project Management. Therefore, up to 3 awards are available (one for each of these categories).
Recipients of the Kenneth K. Humphreys Young Student/Practitioner Paper Award are listed below:
2018 ICEC World Congress, Sydney, Australia
Cost Engineering Award:
Brandon Atkins, AACE International, for his paper The Behavior of Resource Critical Schedules
2016 ICEC World Congress, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cost Engineering Award:
Muhammad Yaseen Bhamjee, Association of South African Quantity Surveyors, for his paper Lighting Retrofits Home Owner Mindsets Towards Energy Efficiency
Project Management Award:
Jessica Colbert, AACE International, for her paper Avoiding CPM Schedule Mismanagement: Maximize Uses
2012 ICEC World Congress, Durban, South Africa
Quantity Surveying Award:
Michael Van Der Merwe, Association of South African Quantity Surveyors, for his paper “The Importance Of External Walls In Energy Efficiency Of Buildings”
Cost Engineering Award:
Yin Lin-Lin, China Engineering Cost Association, for her paper “Economic Analysis of Solar Photovoltaic Based on Life Cycle Costing”
Project Management Award:
Ang Yu Qian, Singapore Institute of Surveyors & Valuers, for her paper “Benefits and ROI of BIM for Multi-Disciplinary Project Management”
2010 ICEC World Congress, Singapore
Quantity Surveying Award:
Marcel Frei, Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors for his paper “Implications of the Global Financial Crisis for the Quantity Surveying Profession”
2008 ICEC World Congress, Toronto, Canada
Cost Engineering Award:
David Lucas, AACE International for his paper “Cost Management in a Complex Contracting Environment”
Quantity Surveying Award:
Desm Human, Association of South African Quantity Surveyors for her paper “Implementation of Affirmative Action and Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) in the Construction Industry”
Project Management Award:
Bostjan Bozic, Slovenian Project Management Association (ZPM) for his paper “Project-Based Integral Development of Youth in Slovenia”
