IQ Caernarvon Award 2021

摘要

The winner and runners-up of the 2021 Caernarfon Award were recently announced by the international presidents of the Institute of Quarrying (IQ). Since 1989, the international honour has been presented to an IQ member who has made a significant contribution to the advancement of the science and practice of the quarrying sector. Gavin Hartley MIQ, quarry manager at Blackhead Quarry, near Dunedin, New Zealand, is this year's winner. It was his presentation entitled 'Quarrying Way Down South', highlighting the challenges of quarrying in one of the world's harshest environments, delivered at the IQ Otago/ Southland branch mini conference in July 2020, that impressed the IQ presidents. They recognized that the presentation demonstrated how IQ members share their skills and expertise with colleagues and other professionals around the world, whilst at the same time expanding their own knowledge and understanding of the science of quarrying; the exact principles that IQ was founded on. Congratulating Mr Hartley on his 'well-deserved honour', Dean Torstonson, President of IQ New Zealand, said: 'Quarrying in an isolated place and in adverse weather conditions is very challenging. Gavin's paper provided a snapshot of a small team of quarrying professionals producing aggregate for new building foundations in one of the world's harshest environments - way down south - at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. It described the landscape, the project, the quarry and equipment, health and safety, the people, and the outcomes, and piqued the interest of everyone associated with the quarrying industry.'