the switzerlandbased holcim foundation for sustainable construction a part of the cement major holcim group has announced the third edition of its international holcim awards for sustainable construction the competition offering a total of usd two million in prize money is open to sustainable building and civil engineering works landscape urban design and infrastructure projects and materials products and construction technologiesthe main category of the competition is open to architects planners engineers project owners builders and construction firms that showcase sustainable responses to technological environmental socioeconomic and cultural issues with contemporary building and construction the holcim awards also has a next generation category which is open to student projects created within university programs at the final year bachelor level or abovethe entire competition is comprised of five regional competitions in 201011 and a global phase in 2012 for which the entries must be submitted by march 23 2011