MWCC has supported at the School of Civil Engineering of the Polytechnic University of Madrid, the ceremony of the José Entrecanales Ibarra José Entrecanales Ibarra Awards for Civil Engineering and International Cooperation, known as the “Nobel Prize for Civil Engineering”. Organised by the José Entrecanales Ibarra Foundation, this prestigious ceremony has highlighted the most important professionals and projects in the field of civil engineering worldwide.

The event was attended by the distinguished presence of Teresa Ribera, Third Vice-President of the Spanish Government and Minister for Efficient and Minister for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge of the Spanish Government, as well as other national and international authorities, such as the Ambassador of Australia. Australia. In this sense, this 6th edition of the awards has been of particular relevance The jury was made up of the directors of the seven best road schools in the world, representing seven best road schools in the world, representing the five continents. Among them institutions such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the Tongji University of Shanghai or the École des Ponts de Paris. All of them have travelled to Madrid and were present at the ceremony.

The Civil Engineering Award has recognised Professor Buddhima Indraratna for his advances in sustainable geotechnical engineering, which include important works such as the Port of Brisbane and the the Port of Brisbane and Bangkok International Airport or the reconstruction of Sri Lanka after the tsunami in Sri Lanka after the 2004 tsunami as an advisor to the UN.

In addition, the ceremony awarded the 6th José Entrecanales Ibarra Prize for International Cooperation, to the Spanish NGO “La Caixa”.

International Cooperation Award to the Spanish NGO “Amigos de Nyumbani”, financing an essential infrastructure essential infrastructure project in Kitui County, Kenya, which has significantly improved the life of the local community, and which has significantly improved the lives of the local community, especially affecting 1,000 children, victims of HIV. victims of HIV.

The President of the José Entrecanales Foundation Ibarra: “It is an honour for us that the School of Civil Engineering of the Polytechnic University of Madrid is the Polytechnic University of Madrid to be the stage where the most outstanding road engineering outstanding civil engineering professionals and projects worldwide. We are firmly convinced that we are recognising a discipline in which Spain, and its capital, Madrid, is a capital Madrid, has a position of international reference. That the “Nobel Prize for The fact that the “Nobel Prize for Civil Engineering” is awarded in Madrid is a reflection of the fact that we are leaders in the teaching of civil engineering and civil engineering.