Engineering Excellence Award Recipients

2019 Grand Awards February 7, 2019 Grand Award Winners: These projects showcase engineering excellence through innovation, creativity and exceptional social, economic and environmental benefits. HDR for the Bridge Street Pump Station in Hampton Roads, which can pump 16.56 million gallons per day. The Bridge Street Pump Station is the largest pump station in the Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) system.…

2019 Honor Awards February 7, 2019 Honor Awards: These projects demonstrate outstanding  engineering design, delivery, function & cost effectiveness. A Morton Thomas and Associates Inc. (AMT) for reimagining the Southgate Drive / US 460 Bypass Interchange. This road is the gateway to Virginia Tech’s campus and hosts 40,000 vehicles per day. AMT’s innovative solution eliminated significant backups during the morning…

2019 Merit Awards February 7, 2019 Merit Awards: These projects show good design, professionalism, and engineering excellence. Burns & McDonnell for designing the two-story, 40,000 sq. ft, Atlantic Shores Christian School in Chesapeake, VA. Burns & McDonnell developed this project only seven weeks after the Atlantic Shores Christian School was informed that they would not be able to continue…

2018 Grand Awards February 5, 2018 The following Grand Award recipients were chosen to compete for the coveted Pinnacle Award. These firms have shown excellence in innovation and creativity, as well as exceptional social, economic and environmental benefits through their work on the following projects. Clark Nexsen’s design-build of the 287,000-square-foot Davis Barracks at West Point, U.S. Military…

2018 Honor Awards February 5, 2018 Four engineering received Honor Awards for outstanding design, delivery, function and cost effectiveness for their participation on the following projects: A. Morton Thomas and Associates Inc. (AMT) was the lead engineer and designer for a major realignment of a 3.68 mile stretch of U.S. Route 1 from Telegraph Road to…

2018 Merit Awards February 5, 2018 Six engineering firms received Merit Awards for displaying design professionalism and engineering excellence on the following projects: AECOM provided the engineering design services for a $16.3 million Replacement Bridge across the James River and CSX Railroad at the intersection of Route 501 and Route 130 in Amherst and Bedford Counties.…

2017 Grand Awards February 6, 2017 The following Grand Award recipients were chosen to compete for the coveted Pinnacle Award. These firms have shown excellence in innovation and creativity, as well as exceptional social, economic and environmental benefits through their work on the following projects. Dunbar Milby Williams Pittman & Vaughan and Schnabel Engineering Dunbar Milby Williams Pittman…

2017 Honor Awards February 6, 2017 Two engineering received Honor Awards for outstanding design, delivery, function and cost effectiveness for their participation on the following projects: A. Morton Thomas & Associates and Atkins AMT and Atkins completed the 10.5 mile New Market Heights portion of the trail running through Henrico and Charles City Counties. This…

2017 Merit Awards February 6, 2017 Three engineering firms received Merit Awards for displaying design professionalism and engineering excellence on the following projects: AECOM Technical Services, Inc. The new State Route 35 bridge was completed in October 2015 as the culmination of a $9.476-million design-and-build project for which AECOM Technical Services was the prime consultant…