The Paviors Medal was established in 1999 and is awarded annually to an individual for excellence in innovation or a lifetime contribution to the 'craft of paving'. In its modern context the craft includes the planning, design, construction, maintenance and management of all paved areas as used in floors, pedestrians areas, playing surfaces, hard standings, landscaping, pavements, streets, roads, motorways and runways.
Recipients have been:
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2007 Mrs Angela Yeoman
'For her zeal, energy and determination in a lifetime contribution to the quarrying industry with
particular application to road surfacing, as a director and later Chairman of Foster Yeoman.
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2006 Dr Allan Dowson (Freeman) - Allan Dowson Consulting
'For his contribution over 40 years to the development and production of stone and precast products for use in a variety of applications in roads, footways and gardens.'
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2005 Charles Lawrence - Sports and Play Contractors Association
'For his contribution over 25 years to the design, development and construction of all-weather synthetic sports and play surfaces, including artificial grass
pitches for football and hockey, and polymetric surfaces for athletics and
playgrounds.'
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2004 Professor Stephen Brown (Liveryman) - University of Nottingham
'For his leadership of research into the design and construction of flexible pavements for more than 30 years. His research has led to improved analytical methods of design, balancing economy with durability, which are now widely used by highway engineers, in the United Kingdom and internationally.'
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2003 Graham John Bowskill - Highways Agency
'For his contribution to the design and specification of pavements for major roads over the last 25 years, and in particular to the introduction of performance based specifications. This in turn has lead to innovation in the use of thin surfacings and recycled materials.'
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2002 Kenneth Alfred Riley (Liveryman) - Tarmac plc
'For his contribution to the design and specification of pavements for major roads over the last 25 years, and in particular to the introduction of performance based specifications. This in turn has lead to innovation in the use of thin surfacings and recycled materials.'
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2001 Professor John Knapton - University of Newcastle
'For his contribution to the development of all forms of rigid and flexible pavements particularly in the use of concrete block and clay pavers for heavy duty floors and hard standings in the United Kingdom and worldwide.'
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2000 Douglas Colwill OBE - Transport Research Laboratory
'For over forty years service to highways research in materials, construction and maintenance, both on a national and international level.'
Nominations may be made from within or outside the livery. Nominations outside the livery promote the Company in sectors of the industry where it is not well known.
Nominations forms are available from the Clerk and must be returned by 30 April. The award winner will be selected by the Master on the advice of the Charity Committee. The winner will be announced in July and the award presented at the Annual Banquet at the Mansion House in September. In addition to the award the winner will receive a Certificate and, if not already a Liveryman, be invited to become an Honorary Freeman of the Company.