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NOVA Award
Nominations.
The Construction Innovation Forum invites NOVA Award Nominations to be
submitted postmarked by
March 1 each year for that year's NOVA Awards.
We are now calling for NOVA Award Nominations to be sent by
March 1, 2009 for the 2009 NOVA
Awards, which will be presented at the 2009 NOVA Awards Banquet in
November. Innovations from all parts of the construction industry and all
over the world are equally eligible for the NOVA Award. The
NOVA Award Nomination process is purposely
simple so it is easy for anyone to make a nomination. The best way to
recognize and reward an innovation is to nominate it for the NOVA Award.
The CIF has received 595 Nominations from more than 20
countries and has presented 78 NOVA Awards to
innovations involving 12 countries: Canada, China, Egypt, Finland, France, Great
Britain, Holland, Japan, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and United States.
All Nominations are highlighted on the CIF world wide web site for all the
world to see, learn, and use.
NOVA Award
Nomination Instructions
This page provides instructions for nominating a construction innovation
for the NOVA Award. Click the following to learn about the NOVA Award and
to download and print the NOVA Award Nomination Form:
Sheet 1 - Signature Page - The CIF NOVA
Award Nomination Form provides names and addresses of person(s) and/or
organization(s) primarily responsible for the innovation, other sources of
information, and person(s) making the nomination:
- Enter a descriptive Name of Innovation for the Process/
Method/ Technique/ Project/ Product you are nominating on line A of this
page.
- Be sure to provide original signatures of people in Section B and E
on this page. Your nomination cannot be reviewed without them.
(Appropriate signed letters can be submitted in place of
signatures on this page. Only one Nominator's signature is required.)
- If you need additional space for names and addresses you may attach
additional pages for names and address information. You may attach extra
pages only for this page.
Sheet 2 -Innovation Description - attach a single (one
only) 8-1/2" x 11" page that gives a succinct written description of the
innovation. If possible, submit description in a computer file in which
text can be copied and searched by computer (rather than text embedded
in a figure) so that interested internet users will find your nomination
on the CIF web site www.cif.org. Do not submit more than one page of description. The Jury will
see only one page for review. Put the name of the innovation at top of
page. Tell us what you think is innovative about the innovation. You
should include:
- What the innovation is
- Where and when it originated, has been used, and is expected to be
used in the future
- Why it is innovative.
- What it changed or replaced
- If the nomination is for an innovative project, specifically
identify its innovations.
Sheet 3 - Innovation Illustration - attach a single (one
only) 8 1/2" x 11" page that contains one or more photographs, drawings,
tables, graphs, clauses, etc. that visually describe the innovation. Do
not submit more than one page of visuals. The Jury will see only one page
for review. Put the name of the innovation at top of page or otherwise
identify the innovation being illustrated. If possible, enclose one
set of computer files (jpg, gif, tif, or png files) and/or original prints
of visuals to be exhibited on the CIF web site,
www.CIF.org.
Submit Nomination by March 1 by
Nominations by E-Mail Attachment:
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E-Mail Nomination to CIF at
info@cif.org.
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We accept Signature Page names and addresses as email
text or Microsoft Word document, Adobe Acrobat pdf file, text file, or
other file formats as email attachments, in place of Sheet 1 in printed
form. In place of an original signature on the Signature Page we will
accept a personal statement by email, phone, voice mail, mail, or fax.
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We accept Innovation Description text as email text or
as a Microsoft Word document, Adobe Acrobat pdf file, text file, or
other file formats as email attachments, in place of Sheet 2 in printed
form, as long as the text will fit on a single page.
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We accept the "Innovation Illustration" visuals as
computer file(s) sent as E-Mail attachments, such as a tif file, jpg
file, gif file, pdf file, bmp file, Microsoft Word document, or other
common file, in place of Sheet 3 in printed form, as long as the
illustration(s) will fit on a single page.
Nomination by Regular/Air/Express Mail
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Mail Nomination to Construction Innovation Forum, Inc.
6494 Latcha Road
Walbridge, Ohio, U.S.A. 43465
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Mail must be postmarked by March 1 and must be five
sets of Sheets 1, 2, and 3 (a total of 15 pages).
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If you submit a Nomination by mail and it may spend
several days in transit, please send us a fax or an e-mail describing
your Nomination so we can include it in our early listings.
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If possible, enclose or email a computer file of the
description (in which text can be copied and searched) and computer
files (jpg,
gif, tif, or png files) and/or original prints of visuals so your
Nomination will exhibit well on the CIF web site,
www.cif.org.
Nomination by Fax
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Fax Nomination to CIF at 419-725-3079
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We accept faxed Nominations if we then receive original
signatures and duplicable illustrations within a few days by other
means.
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If you submit a Nomination by mail and it may spend
several days in transit, please send us a fax of your Nomination so we
can include it in our early listings.
If there are any questions, please contact the following
Robert I. Carr, Ph.D., P.E., NOVA Awards Chair
Phone: 734-665-8287 Fax: 734-665-1737
E-Mail: RICarr@umich.edu
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