How to enter

All entries should be made using the online entry system. The step-by-step system requires full details of the main contact for the entry, as well as details of the following:

• Commissioning authority
• Principal designer
• Architect (if principal designer is structural engineer)/Structural engineer (if principal designer is architect)
• Principal contractor.

It is also possible to add the names of other key firms associated with the project.

The most important part of the entry is the nomination statement. The nomination statement should be a PDF document containing:

• A maximum of 800 words and up to ten images
• On a maximum of FOUR pages of A4.

The nomination statement will be used by the judges to assess your project. It is your opportunity to convince the judges of why your project should be shortlisted. Take note of the judging criteria and use it to guide the content of the written submission.

An entry fee of £125/US$162/€147 must be paid for EACH project. The process is completed once payment details have been entered successfully using a credit card. 

All entries should be uploaded using this system. If for any reason it is not possible to use the online entry system, please contact j.sanchez@hgluk.com for alternative methods of entry.

DEADLINE: Entries must arrive no later than close of business (GMT) 13th March 2020.

The winners will be announced on 7 September 2022 during Footbridge 2020 Madrid, which takes place at COAM, the headquarters of the Madrid Architects' Association (7-9 September 2022).

RULES

1. The judges have absolute discretion and may, without recourse against them or any of the promoters or sponsors, reject any entry which does not comply with the requirements of the rules, determine the category for which any entry is eligible and make or withhold any award from any entry. The judges’ discretion shall be absolutely final and binding on all entrants and no discussion or correspondence relating to any of the judges’ decisions will be entered into.
2. The person submitting the entry form confirms that permission has been obtained from all relevant authorities for the project to be entered into the Footbridge Awards.
3. It is a condition of entry that all written and photographic material submitted for the awards will be licensed for publication in both the awards brochure and Bridge design & engineering at no cost to Hemming Group.