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Project Delivery Excellence Award winner - Marty Flanagan (accepted on his behalf by Charles Pearson), 2012

Project Delivery Excellence Award: Marty Flanagan, Team Leader, Christchurch Field Team.

Marty received the Project Delivery Excellence Award for his role in leading a series of contracted projects to completion and profitability in adverse conditions.

Almost every demanding project given to Marty’s team, even in post-quake Christchurch, was completed profitability, despite the physical challenges posed. The Christchurch City Council monitoring project has come in under budget over eight successive years.

Credit: Dave Allen, NIWA