1.1 The ESTA Award will be awarded to individual 

members of the member associations of ESTA on the 

basis of their entry in accordance with the rules and 

regulations enclosed in this statement. 

1.2 In order to cover the wide variety of both crane and 

transport jobs we have introduced sub-categories in 

both the crane and transport jobs. 

Introducing sub-categories broadens and increases the 

potential number of applicants, focuses the attention 

on a wider area of service by member companies and 

avoids awarding only super exceptional and extreme 

transports carried out by a relatively small number of 

members only. 

1.3 The ESTA Awards will be awarded in 7 major categories: 

• Crane Job of the Year :
• Subcategory A: Telescopic cranes 
• Subcategory B: Lattice Boom cranes 
• Spec ialised Transport Job of the Year :
• Subcategory A: <= 120t GVW 
• Subcategory B: >120t GVW 
• Combined techniques : Jobs executed with minimal two of the followingtechniques combined: jacking, skidding, strandjacks, rollers cranes, vehicles.
• SPMTJobs executed with self propelled modular trailers

• Safety : For the best safety innovation of the past year 
• Innovation / De velopment (in the area oftechnique) End userManufacturer
• Pers onality of the year  (the “Gino Koster Award”)

1.4 An application for any Job of the Year category 

should represent an ‘out of the ordinary’ heavy and/or 

specialised transport, crane or rigging job. 

1.5 Each job entry will be judged on 4 major criteria 

involved in the execution of a specialised transport or a 

crane/lifting operation: 

Complexity of the enquiry (assessment from 1 to 10) 

Solution to the problem (assessment from 1 to 10) 

Execution of the operation (assessment from 1 to 10) 

Quality of the entry (assessment from 1 to 10) 

1.6 A job or project to be awarded should contribute 

to the creation of a positive image of the member 

companies, their employees and the services rendered 

towards their clients, their existing and future markets, 

the authorities and the society in general. 

1.7 The awarding of the “personality of the year” 

shall be established by the Board of Directors of ESTA 

on recommendation of the members and/or affiliated 

companies. 

2. Rules & Criteria 

2.1 A member is eligible to enter the ESTA Award 

competition if the company has been a member of one 

or more of the member associations to the ESTA for a 

period of at least 12 months. The member should have 

fulfilled all of its membership obligations towards his 

association(s). 

2.1.a With regard to Award nr. 6: Innovation 

/ development goes that this category is open 

for participation by both end users as well as 

manufacturers. In this category the jury will select 

two winners. One for the group of end users and 

one for the group of manufacturers. For the rest of 

the participation rules affiliated companies will be 

considered as member associations. 

2.2 A member enters his application to the competition 

(a maximum of one per category per member) on 

a standard application form in accordance with the 

guidelines set out on that form. The completed form, 

together with the attachments, should have been 

received on the place and date mentioned on the 

application form. 

2.3 An application is only allowed to be entered in 

the competition if the member had full care, custody 

and control over the job. The job should have been 

completed in the year preceding the judgement. 

2.4 Applications to enter the competition will only 

be accepted by the individual judging committees if 

received on time, in good order, filled out as required 

on the form, legible and accompanied by at least 3 

photographs and/or a drawing. No additional information 

will be supplied, accepted or discussed, in any form 

or way, after the set closing date under penalty of 

disqualification. 

2.5 The ESTA Board nominates a judging team 

for each Category. A team consists of a minimum 

of 3 independent judges, well knowledgeable and 

experienced in their field of judging. One of the judges 

will be appointed as chairman of the team. Every 

member association of ESTA will be invited to appoint 

one member of the jury. 

2.6 The individual members of a judging team evaluate 

all entries according to the guidelines, instructions 

and scoring system as set out on the Standard Job 

Judging Form. The individual members of a judging 

team are allowed to discuss, amongst themselves, the 

applications, judging process and final judgement. 

2.7 The 4 nominees, one of which will be the winner, 

in each Job Category will be determined by the highest 

score obtained. In case two or more applications 

finish joint 1st the judges will decide, as a team, who 

is going to be the winner, based on their knowledge 

and experience and weighing the impact of the magic 

and the image building effect of the job on both 

professionals and the general public. 

2.8 The final score, announced by the judging team, is 

set and done and not open to any further discussion, 

both in writing or verbal. 

2.9 The winning members will be presented with a prize 

by ESTA consisting of an award. 

2.10 ESTA and the member associations will use the 

event and the winning Jobs of the Year Awards in 

promotional campaigns and encourages the winning 

members to do so as well.