Northwest 2004 ACEC Awards

Engineers Honor Outstanding Design

W&H Pacific won an award for a report evaluating the condition of bridges throughout the state of Oregon.

The annual Engineering Excellence awards competition, presented by American Council of Engineering Companies was held in January. Separate events were held in for Oregon and Washington members.

The event recognizes engineering projects which demonstrate the highest degree of merit and ingenuity.

In Oregon the award winners were:

GRI Geotechnical & Environmental Consultants for Oregon Health & Science University Patient Care.

• Parsons Brinckerhoff and David Evans and Associates, Inc. for Interstate Max Light Rail Extension.

Grand Awards

• Degenkolb Engineers for University of Oregon Lillis Business Complex
  
• GRI Geotechnical & Environmental Consultants for Oregon Health & Science University Patient Care Facility
  
• Harper Houf Peterson Righellis, Inc. for Sunnyside Road Improvements, Phase 1 (I-205 to 122nd Avenue)
  
• HDR Engineering for I-84 Quarry Bridges Design/Build, La Grande, KPFF Consulting Engineers for Clean Water Services Administration Building Complex, Hillsboro.
  
  

KPFF Consulting Engineers for Clean Water Services Administration Building

Honor Awards

• Brown and Caldwell for City of Florence Water Treatment Plant Expansion with Biological Iron Removal;
  
• CH2M Hill, Inc. for Martin-Cornelius-Schefflin Road Roundabout Project, Washington County;
  
• Cornforth Consultants, Inc. for Depoe Bay Shear Pile Wall;
  
• Interface Engineering, Inc. for Saving Energy in Office Buildings Report;
• Kleinfelder, Inc. for Clackamas County Brownfields Program;
  
• KPFF Consulting Engineers for Portland State University Stephen Epler Hall;
• Otak, Inc. for South Waterfront (SoWa) Stream Bank Restoration, Sunnyside Village Green Park and West Main Street Improvements;
  
• W&H Pacific, Inc. for Oregon Bridge Assessment Engineering Baseline Report.

CH2M Hill, Cedar Water Treatment Facility

The Washington ACEC chapter also announced its award winners recently. Twenty-nine projects were recognized. Four of those winners will go onto the national competition.

Platinum Awards

• MKA Seattle Central Library
  

Gold Award

• Sparling Seattle Central Library
  CH2M Hill, Cedar Water Treatment Facility
  Sparling, Tecnology Study for Children's Hospital
  

Statewide Engineering Excellence Awards

Gold Award for Original or Innovative Application of new or existing Techniques

• GeoEngineers Inc., Frozen Soil Shoring for Tunnel the Union Pacific Railroad.

When grouting failed to stabilize the soils enough to jack a steel tunnel liner under the Union Pacific Rail Road tracks near The Dalles, Ore., soil freezing was identified as the practical solution. GeoEngineers designed a frozen soil arch shoring system to enable construction to proceed.

Gold Award for Future Value to the Engineering Profession

• The Hoh Engineered Logjam Highway 101 Protection Project is the largest engineered logjam in the Pacific Northwest. The design represents a cost effective and sustainable means of roadway infrastructure protection.

The Edmonds mid-walkway and bulkhead improvement project in Edmonds, Wash., designed by Reid Middleton, Everett, changed the entire atmosphere of the Marine Life Sanctuary along in Puget Sound.

Gold Award for Social, Economic and Sustainable Design Consideration

• Reid Middleton, Inc. Edmonds Mid-Waterfront Walkway and Bulkhead

The city of Edmonds accomplished a vision laid out in its 1991 comprehensive plan by with the Edmonds Mid-Waterfront Walkway and Bulkhead Replacement project, a necklace or waterfront parks linked by a nearly continuous walkway.

Gold Award for Complexity

• Reid Middleton - University of Alaska, Anchorage Consortium Library. The new 126,000-sq.-ft. library has become an icon on campus known for its utilitarian structure.

Gold Award for Exceeding Owner Client Needs

• The North Creek Storage Facility is designed to store 6 million gallons of sewage during storm periods.