New South Wales EISSI Awards – Entries Now Open
We are pleased to announce that entries for the New South Wales EISSI Awards 2026 are now officially open.
The EISSI Awards recognise excellence, innovation, and outstanding achievements across the surveying and spatial information profession.
Key Dates
📅 Entries Open: 1 June 2026
📅 Entries Close: 31 July 2026
Don't miss this opportunity to showcase your projects, people, and contributions to the industry.
Enter Your Entry Below
Industry Awards
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This award recognises those projects that have contributed to planning, designing, developing construction and/or infrastructure.
For all enquiries, please contact isnsw@surveyors.org.au
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This award recognises how innovative techniques in surveying, spatial information, mapping, cartography, design, planning, and software development achieve exceptional outcomes and/or solve unusual problems.
For all enquiries, please contact isnsw@surveyors.org.au
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This award recognises those individuals or companies, who have undertaken the design of projects, developed products or programs that contribute to the improvement and amenity of a locality or the environment.
For all enquiries, please contact isnsw@surveyors.org.au
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This award recognises an individual’s or organisation’s ability to solve the complexities and overcome the difficulties encountered in the definition of Rural boundaries and the creation of land titling.
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This award recognises an individual’s or organisation’s ability to solve the complexities and overcome the difficulties encountered in the definition of Urban boundaries and the creation of land titling.
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This award recognises the skills, knowledge and techniques used by an individual or organisation to manage an engineering work or other project to deliver the desired outcomes.
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This award recognises those projects that have been carried out for either coal or metalliferous mining operations that use innovative techniques to achieve the objectives.
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This award is given to the most outstanding overall project judged from the “Industry Awards” category.
Infrastructure & Construction
Extra Dimension & Innovation
Community & Sustainable Environment
Rural Cadastral Surveying & Land Titling
Urban Cadastral Surveying & Land Titling
Surveying Project Management
Mine Surveying
This award is exclusively determined by the judges.
Individual Awards
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Nominations are called for the Professional of the Year Award. Nominations are considered by the judging panel. Please provide the name of the person nominated together with a recent photograph plus a statement as to their achievements.
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Nominations are called for the Young Professional of the Year Award. The Young Professional of the Year must be under 35 years of age.
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This year we are introducing two company levels in recognition of the specific requirements and challenges of companies of various sizes.
Small Firm: 20 employees or less
Large Firm: more than 20 employees
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University students residing in New South Wales are invited to submit their final year projects for consideration.
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Nominations are called for the Vocational Student of the Year Award. The student must have completed their studies at a Vocational Institute in within the last 12 months.
EISSI Awards Information Webinar Recording
If you’re looking for practical guidance on how to enter for this year’s EISSI Awards - this webinar is for you!
In this free online webinar, you’ll learn:
What the judges are looking for (and what to avoid)
How to navigate the entry process
Tips to make your entry clear, compelling, and complete
Common mistakes that cost entries points
Real advice from past winners, awards judges, and insiders.