PRIVATE PRACTICE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AWARD

PRIVATE PRACTICE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AWARD

Presented to the nominated engineering firm that has made outstanding contributions to the advancement and improvement of the engineering profession through its employment policies and practices. The ISPE firm selected will be considered for nomination to NSPE for Consideration. The purpose of the award is to recognize those firms with the best engineering employment practices, and to encourage all firms to adopt progressive policies and practices.

Criteria/Method of Selection

The ISPE award criteria for selection of the ISPE Private Practice Professional Development Award is based on that used for the NSPE Private Practice Professional Development Award.

For purposes of this competition, a "private practice" employer is a for-profit firm or branch office of a firm, the primary function of which is to provide engineering design or consulting services for infrastructure, facilities, or processes to clients in accordance with applicable state law. Excluded would be firms that provide both design and construction services, wholly owned suborganizations supplying design services to a single parent organization. and research and development organizations.

The selection for the ISPE award will be made by the ISPE Awards and Honors Committee on the basis of both current and longtime reputation of the organizations under consideration, with particular emphasis on the preceding twelve months. The committee may, with the concurrence of the nominating chapter, change the category of the nomination to another practice area if deemed appropriate. The committee also reserves the right not to select a recipient in a given year, if, in its opinion, none of the nominations are of sufficient stature or quality to justify the award. In ranking nominations, although not necessarily selecting the final winner, numerical points are considered. Nominations will be evaluated on the point system below. These points were established in accordance with the Guidelines to Professional Employment for Engineers and Scientists.

The criteria are evaluated as follows:

Engineering Personnel/Licensure Information     20 points

Recruitment                                                                  10 points

Employment                                                                 25 points

Professional Development                                        30 points

Special Employment Practices                                 15 points

Total       100 points

ISPE Nomination Format:

Criteria and the application forms are the same as those used by NSPE and can be found on the NSPE web site at http://www.nspe.org/resources/documents/pepp/InstructionsPEPP-PDA.doc.

The following factors and rules are to be considered in the completion of this form:

• Nominations for the award must be originated by local chapters or practice divisions of an NSPE-affiliated state society.
•  A chapter may submit only one nomination for the Award.
• If the nominated firm has facilities in more than one location, the nomination may be submitted by any chapter or state society in whose area the firm has such facilities involving engineering.
• The size of the firm's engineering staff will not be considered by the Committee in its selection.
• All nominations must be submitted on the official form or a facsimile thereof. Incomplete forms may lead to disqualification or low rating of nominees. Applications submitted should contain precise and accurate data.
• To obtain printed copies of the application form, contact NSPE Member Services at 888/285-6773 and ask for publication #3045P. Copies may also be reproduced locally.
• All attachments must be on 8½ X11 paper and be clearly referenced in the application form.

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