NBRB launches 2nd Building Control Award to recognize outstanding sustainable buildings.
Drake Nyamugabwa
National Building Review Board (NBRB) has on Wednesday 17th July 2024 launched the 2nd edition of the National Building Control award aimed at recognizing individuals and organizations that have set up planned buildings complaint to acceptable standards of technology and are mindful of the environment.
During the launch of the award at NBRB offices on Lumumba Avenue, The Acting Executive Secretary, Eng. Anthony Rucukye highlighted that although adherence to the build-environment regulation framework is still a challenge, there have been a number quite a number that have shown remarkable compliance.
He said that the 2024 award will recognize those players who have complied with the build environmental framework a nomination process where winners will meet certain criteria.
“NBRB is thrilled to launch the second edition of the National Building Control Awards (NBCA) to recognize, honor, and reward players who have endeavored to adhere to the environment regulatory framework,” he said
Eng. Anthony Rucukye
The theme of this award is: Building for Sustainability” with sub-themes of “technology and Harmony with the environment”
The awards according to NBRB shall particularly recognize players who have either developed technologies or made some significant improvement on existing technologies or adopted existing technologies and mainstreamed them into their process to enhance their efficiency and reduce the environmental impact of building operations.
After launching the awards, the Vice Chairperson of NBRB, Ms. Betty Nakamya, said that the voting “starts from “today 17th July to 17th September 2024”.
She said the awards will commence with an online voting process, open to the public and other participating entities, followed by data analysis, shortlisting of the nominees, and a field verification exercise conducted by a team of independent experts with the final winners declared at the Grand Award ceremony on Friday 6th December 2024.
Categories of the awards include Class of A, B, C, and The building committee, Control, contractor, and material manufacturers awards.
The voting tool for National Building Control Awards 2024 can be accessed here: awards.nbrb.go.ug/portal
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