The challenge and the winning team
Today’s design, engineering and construction professionals are creating more sustainable ways of travelling worldwide – pushing the boundaries of eco-friendly design and technology to reduce the carbon footprint of travel and preserve natural resources and biodiversity.
Caring for our planet has never been more important, so we challenged secondary school teams (age 11-16) to design a NET ZERO rail station; a community hub that stands out as a beacon of sustainability, inclusivity and cutting-edge innovation, and a route that connects to a mainline station.
We had some extraordinary entries and our judges, Ian Watkins of Mott MacDonald, Elaine Lewis, Iain Miskimmin and Stefan Mordue of Bentley Systems, had the toughest of jobs choosing a winner.
The chosen team delivered an entry that, “read like a professional standard, comprehensive stage 2 report. Congratulations to our worthy winner.”
WE ARE DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THE COYO CHALLENGE 2024 WINNERS ARE….
Uptown International School, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Our winners came to London!
Our worthy winners spent an amazing week in London, staying at the iconic St Pancras Renaissance Hotel and touring the city’s rail heritage with the HS1 team.
This film showcases their presentation day at the fabulous Bentley office in Bishopsgate, where they worked with professionals from Bentley, Mott MacDonald, Grimshaw, DCS Sterling – and their Adopt A School partner, Turner & Townsend – to take their design to the next level.
Watch…and be inspired to enter your school in the next challenge!
In association with:
DESIGN A RAIL STATION HUB AND ROUTE
THE PRIZE: An EXTRAORDINARY trip to London for our UIS winning team
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Return travel and accommodation for the winning team (and their teachers!)
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Work with leading Infrastructure professionals
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VIP visits to see Rail Engineering in action
The winning design was taken to an expert level
The UIS team worked with award-winners from the world of Infrastructure to bring their design to life
Designing an extraordinary future – 2023
Our challenge to design a net zero Neonatal Unit wowed judges. They agreed that our winner, 16-year-old Sabina Lacey from Prince of Wales Island International School, Penang, has a bright future ahead of her…
“I couldn’t believe [your entry] was from somebody as young as you!… You did really, really well and I would love to see your plan come to fruition.”
Danny O’Leary
Clinical Fellow (Maternal Health), New Hospital Programme, NHS England
“When can you start work, Sabina?! One of the big things in engineering is having that practical, theoretical way of thinking and not just relying on a computer.”
Nick Mead
Technical Director – MEICA systems, Laing O’Rourke Europe
“Having the best and brightest minds working in healthcare design will play an important role in creating the infrastructure we need.”
Natalie Forrest
SRO for the New Hospital Programme,
Department of Health & Social Care
