Brunel Awards 2008
Competition rules

Entries may only be made by public and private heavy railway companies or operators that own or operate common carrier rail services, or by public or private heavy rail infrastructure owners or operators. The entrants must have had some involvement in the project submitted, either by commissioning the work, owning the work, or overseeing or managing the design process or the construction of the work.

For multi-owner, multi-operator or transnational projects, the submission is either made jointly by the different railway actors involved or by single managing authority on behalf of the different companies.

Participants can submit projects from one or more categories.

Only one panel per project is allowed.

The competitor will explain explicitly in his entry:
1. Why the project was realized
2. How it responds to the four assessment criteria
The absence of this explanation might lead to the exclusion of the entry.

Projects must have been completed after 1 January 2003, and must still be in service in July 2008. A project previously submitted but not rewarded with a Brunel Award or Brunel Commendation may be re-submitted provided that it meets current entry requirements.

Dead line
All entries must be received in Vienna no later than 20 May 2008 in order to be considered. It is the responsibility of the entrant to choose a shipping company that guarantees delivery by the deadline. Materials received after the deadline will be returned to sender.

Delivery and payment
The CD-ROM with all entries, a safe-guard copy and one color print in size A3 of each panel must be sent in a safe package to the following address:

ÖBB-Infrastruktur Bau AG
Norbert Lengauer
Vivenotgasse 10
A-1120 Vienna
Austria, Europe
Phone +43/ 1/ 93000 35957

ÖBB will print and mount the panels for the jury assessment and for exhibition purposes.
A charge of 70 Euros per entry panel is made for this service.

ÖBB Infrastruktur Bau AG must receive payment by May 20, 2008, at the latest.
payment to:

Payment must include the following information:
Name of Company, Number of entries, Country of origin