• Awardees are eligible for the Partner award if they are a nonprofit, association, university department, or nongovernmental organization and they do not qualify for one of the other categories.
• Focused on thought leadership and advancing the mission of Safer Cities and Structural Engineering
• Promotes structural engineering in creating safer communities

2. Building Official/Public Official of the Year: Honoring an elected official or government employee who has demonstrated exceptional commitment to public safety and building standards.

• This person can be a building official, elected official, emergency manager or other government employee at any level of government.
• Preference will be given to public officials at the local level
• They demonstrate a dedication to supporting safer communities
• They show leadership within their profession (e.g. a code official shows leadership within the building official realm)
• Their work supports the initiatives of SEAOSC and the structural engineering community

3. Safer City of the Year: Recognizing a city within the SEAOSC region that has made significant strides in enhancing resilience and safety.

• They have to be a city within the SEAOSC 9-county region (San Luis Obispo, Kern, Orange, Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Bernardino, Riverside, and Imperial)
• They shows results of the implementation of policies and/or programs to achieve safer cities
• They have worked with Structural Engineers to craft/inform their program
• They have a better built environment and safer city because of it