2002 NOVA Award Nominations

2002 NOVA Award Winners

The NOVA Award Jury selected five Winners of the 2002 NOVA Awards, which were presented at the NOVA Award Banquet on April 25, 2002. Click on the hyperlinks below to download the original nominations, or click on NOVA Winner to go to each nomination description on the Winners and Finalists page.

2	MULTI-SPAN SUSPENDED BRIDGE PLATFORM for working below bridge decks. NOVA Winner
14	REINFORCED CONCRETE TIED-ARCH TRUSS 327' clear span roof of New Orleans Arena. NOVA Winner
17	INTERLOCKING MORTARLESS BRICK SIDING uses tongue and groove concrete units. NOVA Winner
18	GROUND PENETRATING IMAGING RADAR maps shallow subsurface and infrastructure. NOVA Winner
26	ELECTRO-OSMOTIC PULSE (EOP) technology for control of water intrusion. NOVA Winner

2002 NOVA Award Finalist

In addition to the five NOVA Award Winners, the NOVA Award Jury selected one other nomination as Finalist for the 2002 NOVA Award. Click on the hyperlink below to download the original nominations, or click on NOVA Finalist to go to the nomination description on the Winners and Finalists page .

7	ICE BLAST CLEANS SURFACES with ice flakes, which leaves little residue. NOVA Finalist

List of 2002 NOVA Award Nominations

The 27 nominations for the 2002 NOVA Award Nominations are listed in the order in which they were received. Each is given a short-title for easy identification. Click on the nomination's short-title to view the nomination. (For help, see Viewing, Downloading, and Printing Nominations.)

1	FUSED PLASTIC PIPE JOINT JACKET extends pipe coating across field joints
2	MULTI-SPAN SUSPENDED BRIDGE PLATFORM for working below bridge decks. NOVA Finalist
3	E-LIBRARY OF CONSTRUCTION OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH on internet
4	BRIDGE REHABILITATION USING FRP COMPOSITES adds capacity economically
5	FIXED ANTI-ICING SPRAY SYSTEM replaces de-icing salt with anti-icing liquid
6	UP-DOWN CONSTRUCTION for simultaneous substructure and superstructure construction
7	ICE BLAST CLEANS SURFACES with ice flakes, which leaves little residue. NOVA Finalist
8	AUTOMATIC SELF-CLIMBING FORMWORK for constructing tall concrete structures
9	CONSTRUCTION CONGESTION COST (CO3) calculates road user cost during construction
10	CONVERT 3D CLOUD TO 3D SURFACE automatically to produce optimized CAD model
11	INTERNET-BASED DOCUMENT CONTROL system stores and manages project documents
12	NAWIC K-12 CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION programs promote construction careers
13	RECYCLED PLASTIC COMPOSITE CROSSTIES replace wood railroad ties
14	REINFORCED CONCRETE TIED-ARCH TRUSS 327' clear span roof of New Orleans Arena
15	RESTORATIVE IONIZED AIR WASH cleans smoke/soot from structures and contents
16	ALL-IN-ONE STREET TRENCH-MILLING machine combines cutting and removal operations
17	INTERLOCKING MORTARLESS BRICK SIDING uses tongue and groove concrete units. NOVA Finalist
18	GROUND PENETRATING IMAGING RADAR maps shallow subsurface and infrastructure. NOVA Finalist
19	TALKING AERIAL WORK PLATFORM uses both visual and audible operating instructions
20	3D POSITIONING FOR SITE LAYOUT gives position/elevation with one tool, one operator
21	GPS AUTOMATIC MACHINE CONTROL system improvements for dozers and scrapers
22	TRANSPARENT MASONRY GROUT CLEAN-OUT helps eliminate unfilled/honeycomb cells
23	SHEET METAL PERIMETER FOUNDATION spans from footing to floor on irregular sites
24	SLOTTED WEB STEEL BEAM-TO-COLUMN connection replaces moment connections
25	CONCRETE PULVERIZER WITH RIPPER integrated with jaws to manipulate rubble
26	ELECTRO-OSMOTIC PULSE (EOP) technology for control of water intrusion. NOVA Finalist
27	SMALL BUILDING BASE ISOLATOR protects homes and small buildings from earthquakes

2002 NOVA Award Nomination Summaries

The 2002 NOVA Award Nomination Summaries provide short descriptions of all 27 nominations in a single file of five pages in two formats:

2002_Summary.htm (78 Kb) for direct viewing on your browser
2002_Summary.pdf (60 Kb) is in the Journal of Construction Innovation format and is best for downloading and printing. (For help, see Viewing, Downloading, and Printing Nominations.)

The 2002 NOVA Award Nominations Book

Download the 2002 NOVA Award Nominations Book to obtain the complete set of 27 nominations for the 2002 NOVA Award in a single large file (NomBook2002_screen.pdf , 3.7 Mb) to be viewed, copied, or printed. You can also view, download, and print individual nominations in the List of 2002 NOVA Award Nominations. (For help, see Viewing, Downloading, and Printing Files.)

Viewing, Downloading, and Printing Nominations
Nominations are stored and downloaded as pdf files. You can view a nomination in your browser by clicking on its short-title, and you can print the nomination once you have it in your browser. (You need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print pdf files.)

To download and save a file on your disk drive, click on it in whatever manner works for your browser and operating system. (For example, in Internet Explorer 5, right click your mouse on the short-title and select "Save Target As" to download the file.) This will save the pdf file onto the disk drive and directory you specify, with the name you specify. (We recommend you retain the pdf suffix.) Nomination files are now named according to their number. For example, ICE BLAST CLEANS SURFACES, which is Nomination 7, is file Nom07_02.pdf.

You are welcome to distribute the summaries, entire set, or individual nominations either as computer files or in printed form. You may also photocopy nominations, but photocopying loses much of the detail, particularly in the graphics.

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This page last updated 05/02/02, by RICarr