| Project | Name of awards | Presented by | Award won | Comments | Awarded / Link to release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emerald Airport Runway & Rehabilitation | IPWEA Qld Award for Excellence | IPWEA | Award for Excellence - Innovation | First time stone mastic asphalt used on an airport runway. Outstanding collaboration. | 2020 IPWEA |
| Central Highlands Regional Council | LGMS Risk Excellence Award | Local Government Mutual Services | LGMS Risk Excellence Award | For risk management associated with council's game plan initiative | October 2020 |
| Various | Keep Queensland Beautiful – Tidy Town competition | Keep Queensland Beautiful | Energy Innovation Award (Emerald), Destination Award (Springsure) and highly commended in the Heritage and Culture Award (Capella) | According to the assessors, Springsure could have received so many awards, it inspired the creation of the inaugural Destination Award. | January 2019 |
| The town of Blackwater | Keep Queensland Beautiful accreditation program | Keep Queensland Beautiful | The first ever 5-star Tidy Towns rating for Queensland | Blackwater scored highly across all nine focus areas of environmental innovation and protection, heritage and culture, community spirit, litter action, resource recovery, waste management, water conservation and energy efficiency. | August 2018 |
| Traineeship program - Ms Michelle Doughty | Queensland Training Awards | Queensland Training Awards | Bob Marshman Trainee of the Year for Central Queensland | I’d like to sincerely congratulate Michelle for her achievement and thank her for her passionate contribution and hard work. | July 2018 |
| Blackwater Aquatic Centre | 2018 Queensland Architecture Awards | Australian Institute of Architects | F. D. G. Stanley Award ( top honour in the Public Architecture category) | Providing a small mining community with a cool place of respite and aquatic activities for all ages, the bulwark-like outer layer of rammed earth walls wrap themselves around three elevations affording refuge from the harsh environment. | June 2018 |
| Blackwater Aquatic Centre | Royal Australian Institute of Architects 2018 Awards for the Central Queensland Region | Royal Australian Institute of Architects | J.W. Wilson Award for Building of the Year | This is yet another credit to council’s vision of building and providing quality facilities. | May 2018 |
| Central Highlands Accelerate Agribusiness initiative | Queensland Awards for Excellence | Local Government Managers Australia | Winner - Collaboration category | To put the Central Highlands front and centre of agriculture as it continues to expand and grow in Australia, we need to progress collaboration along the supply chain and across agricultural sectors, rather than relying on individual businesses or individual tiers of government. | April 2018 |
| Queensland Disaster Management Network | Premier's Awards for Excellence 2017 | Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk | Premier's Award for Excellence | The Premier’s Awards for Excellence acknowledge exemplary work by individuals and teams across Queensland and recognises outstanding initiatives being developed and delivered for the benefit of all Queenslanders. | November 2017 |
| New Blackwater Aquatic Centre | Queensland Excellence Awards | Public Works Engineering Australasia | Design and construction of public works projects over $10M | This isn’t just a pool, it’s a local meeting hub, a social oasis and of course a top-grade sporting facility. I commend everyone involved in this project on their dedication, vision and professionalism, from the contractors and subcontractors to the designers and SEEC Pty Ltd for their project management. | November 2017 |
| Australia Japan Friendship Park | Queensland Awards for Excellence | Local Government Managers Australia | Finalist - Teamwork category | Overcoming language barriers, cultural differences and thousands of kilometres, staff from both councils consulted, communicated and collaborated for more than six months to bring the innovative playground to life. | April 2016 |