Congratulations to the Winning Projects!
The American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts (ACEC/MA) recently announced the winners of its annual Engineering Excellence Awards Competition. The competition recognizes engineering achievements that demonstrate the “highest degree of merit and ingenuity.” Any engineering or surveying firm is eligible to enter the awards program, whether or not the firm is a member of ACEC.
Catagories and awards are as follows:
Grand Conceptor
Firm: CDM
Project: Hydropower Tunnel Surge Tank
Client: Springfield Water and Sewer Commission
This pioneering project included the replacement of an 80 year old hydropower surge tank with a welded tank fabricated of lean duplex stainless steel; reuse and retrofitting of an existing foundation to meet modern standards; and construction staging more than 100 feet uphill from the tank site.
Gold Awards:
– Firm: Hatch Mott MacDonald – Project: North Dorchester Bay CSO Storage Tunnel
Client: Mass.Water Resources Authority
The North Dorchester Bay CSO Storage Tunnel, which was the largest single project in the Mass. Water Resources Authority’s combined sewer outfall control program, virtually eliminates combined sewer overflows and storm water discharges to the beaches in South Boston.
– Firm: TMP Consulting Engineers, Inc – Project: Weston Corporate Center, Clients: Boston Properties, Inc..Haley & Aldrich, Inc.
The Weston Corporate Center Deep Water Cooling System demonstrates how engineers can creatively use the natural environment to promote sustainability and save money.
– Firm: TranSystems – Project: Route 2 over Route 2A – Phillipston, Clients: Mass. Department of Transportation, SPS New England, Inc.
This groundbreaking “heavy move” project resulted in the replacement of the Route 2 bridge over Route 2A in Phillipston with a new bridge superstructure that featured greater vertical clearance. The new bridge represents a dramatic safety upgrade because of its taller clearance over Route 2A.
– Firm: Waterfield Design Group, Inc. – Project: Oasis of the Seas – Central Park
Client: Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
Oasis of the Seas is the world’s largest cruise ship. At 310 feet tall, and with 17 passenger decks, it is as long as the Empire State Building is tall. One of its most impressive features is Central Park, the first natural planted environment ever constructed on an ocean going vessel.
Silver Awards:
– Firm: Arup – Project: Fall River Justice Center, Clients: Commonwealth of Massachusetts – Division of Capital Asset Management, Finegold Alexander + Associates Inc., Commonwealth of Massachusetts – Administrative Office of the Trial Court – Court Capital Projects
– Firm: Design Consultants, Inc. – Project: Somerville Avenue Reconstruction,
Client: City of Somerville
– Firm: Environmental Partners Group, Inc. – Project: New Great Pond Water Treatment Plant, Weymouth, Client: Town of Weymouth
– Firm: Fay, Spofford, & Thorndike – Project: Bronx Parking Facilities at Yankee Stadium, Client: Bronx Parking Development Company, LLC
– Firm: Kleinfelder/S E A – Project: Orchard Street Transmission Repair Project
Client: Springfield Water and Sewer Commission
– Firm: Maguire Group Inc. – Project: The Oak Bluffs Ferry Terminal Expansion Project, Client: The Steamship Authority
– Firm: Parsons Brinckerhoff – Project: Dallas Cowboys Stadium Traffic Management Plan, Client: Dallas Cowboys Ownership
– Firm: Simon Design Engineering, LLC – Project: Yawkey Center for Cancer Care – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Client: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Firm: Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. – Project: Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Great Dome, Client: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
– Firm: Stantec – Project: New Bridge on the Charles Intergenerational Community
Client: Hebrew SeniorLife
– Firm: Stantec – Project: Logan International Airport Runway Status Lighting System,
Client: Capitol Programs, Mass. Port Authority
– Firm: Stantec – Project: East Bridgewater – Water Supply Improvement Project
Client: Town of East Bridgewater – Department of Public Works
– Firm: Symmes, Maini & McKee Associates – Project: University of Massachusetts Medical School Data Center, Client: University of Massachusetts Medical School
– Firm: Tetra Tech – Project: East End Housing Project, International Zone, Iraq,
Client: The Army Corps of Engineers
– Firm: Tighe & Bond, Inc. – Project: Windsor Reservoir Dam Reconstruction
Client: Dalton Fire District
– Firm: Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. – Project: Blue Hills Covered Storage Facility Design-Build Project, Client: Mass. Water Resources Authority