SACRAMENTO, CALIF. – December 5, 2012 – The American Council of Engineering Companies of California (ACEC California) has unveiled
the 2013 recipients of its prestigious Engineering
Excellence Awards. In all,
nineteen California firms representing twenty projects, nineteen in the state
and one in China, were recognized.
ACEC California’s annual Engineering
Excellence Awards competition recognizes outstanding achievements in engineering
and land surveying projects completed by California firms. Entries are accepted into one of 12 project categories: studies,
research, and consulting engineering services; building/technology systems;
structural systems; surveying and mapping technology; environmental; waste and
storm water; water resources; transportation; special projects; small projects;
energy; and industrial and manufacturing processes and facilities.
Winners are
awarded a Merit, Honor or the highest accolade, the Golden State Award. All
Honor Award winners are eligible to win the Golden State Award, to be announced
at this year’s awards dinner February 19 in Sacramento. In addition, the winning
project’s photographic panels will be on display at the State Capitol, outside
the Governor’s office, from February 18-22.
Honor Award
winners are also eligible for consideration at the national level for the
American Council of Engineering Companies’ highest award, the Grand Conceptor
Award, to be unveiled in Washington, DC next April.
Honor
Awards are granted to the following firms:
M-E Engineers of Culver City for its work on Palomar
Medical Center West in Escondido
T.Y. Lin International, San Diego, for Rose Creek Bikeway
and Pedestrian Bridge in San Diego
T.Y. Lin International, San Francisco, for Taijiang Bridge
in Sanmin, Fujian Province, China
Penfield Smith Engineers for the Tepusquet Boundary Survey
in Santa Maria, Calif.
SHN Consulting Engineers & Geologists, Inc. for the
Remediation of Tuluwat Village: Phase 1, Indian Island, Humboldt Bay.
URS Corporation for the Los Vaqueros Reservoir Expansion in
Brentwood, Calif.
Mark Thomas & Company, Inc. for the Isabel Avenue (SR
84)/I-580 Interchange in Livermore, Calif.
Walter P. Moore for the Atrium Operable Roof at the
California Academy of Sciences at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.
Burns & McDonnell Engineering Co., Inc. for the Sunrise
Powerlink project in San Diego.
Merit
Awards are given to:
Degenkolb Engineers for its research on Environmental and
Financial Impact Seismic Analysis (EnvISA)
RRM Design Group for Pinnacles National Monument - West Side
Entrance in Paicines, Calif.
CDM Smith for City of Stockton Delta Water Supply in
Stockton, Calif.
CH2M HILL Engineers for Advanced Water Purification Facility
in Oxnard, Calif.
Mead & Hunt for St. Helena Comprehensive Flood
Protection in St. Helena, Calif.
AECOM Technology for Hageman Road/BNSF Railroad Grade
Separation in Bakersfield, Calif.
HDR Engineering Inc. for Magnolia Avenue Grade Separation in
Riverside, Calif.
Leighton Consulting, Inc. for its work on the Bay Model
Visitor’s Center in Sausalito, Calif.
RBF Consulting, a Michael Baker Company, for the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) La Jolla Laboratory Consolidation
Replacement in La Jolla, Calif.
In
addition, special Merit Awards are granted for projects completed by two small firms;
Nasland Engineering of San Diego and Auerbach Engineering of Tahoe City,
Calif.
Nasland
is recognized for its civil engineering consulting services on the Charles
David Keeling Apartments at UC San Diego in La Jolla, the
first LEED Platinum student housing in the University of California system. Auerbach is recognized for its
consulting and civil engineering services on the Tahoe City Lakeside Trail, a
multipurpose trail linking the commercial core of Tahoe City to the lake, the
Truckee River and other points of interest.
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