Award Recipients

The Award for Excellence was established in 2011 by the Rice Global E&C Forum to acknowledge an individual, group or organization for a significant event or outstanding performance in an Engineering and Construction industry-related activity. The award is presented once a year at the RGF Annual Forum (AF) for recent accomplishments. Below are the past winners.

2025 Winners

Spirit of the RGF Award -  Industrial Craft Competition of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo

RGF Annual Award of Excellence -   Alliance between Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, Worley Group, and Carbon Engineering

RGF Lifetime Achievement Award - Bhaskar Patel

2022 Winner

Turner Industries
Turner Tablet Applications™

2021 Winner

Worley
Worley Offshore Energy Generation System

2019 Winner

Joe Munisteri

2018 Winner

Jacobs
Jacobs Connected Enterprise (JCE)

2017 Winner

SNC-Lavalin
Cardon IV

2016 Winner

Rice Center for Engineering Leadership (RCEL)

2015 Winner

Black & Veatch Corporation
Business Excellence (BEx) Program

2014 Winner

Fluor Corporation
Ultra Deep Water Discharge of Produced Water and/or Solids at the Seabed

2013 Winner

Foster Wheeler
Realizing Zero

2012 Winner

Fluor Corporation
Growing Representation & Opportunity for Women (GROW)

2011 Winner

KBR, Inc.
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