Thornton Tomasetti Principal Chukwuma Ekwueme Presented with The Masonry Society’s 2017 Haller Award
Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, announces that Principal Chukwuma Ekwueme, Ph.D., P.E., S.E., LEED AP of the Los Angeles office, has been presented with The Masonry Society’s (TMS) 2017 Paul Haller Structural Design Award. Ekwueme was selected by the organization’s Design Practices Committee for his outstanding contributions to structural masonry design and education. He accepted the award during a ceremony at the society’s annual meeting in La Jolla, California. The M...
ACEC California Announces 2018 Engineering Excellence Awards
SACRAMENTO, Calif.- Today the American Council of Engineering Companies of California (ACEC California) unveiled the 2018 recipients of its prestigious Engineering Excellence Awards. In all, 39 California firms representing 55 projects were recognized. 19 Honor Awards were granted to 18 firms. 26 Merit Awards were granted to 20 firms and 10 Commendation Awards were granted to 9 firms. “The heart of civil engineering is to solve complex challenges to help make people’s lives better,” said Brad...
Precast/Prestressed Concrete Industry Awards 21 Projects Across U.S. for Design Excellence
CHICAGO, Ill. – Today, the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute announced the winners of their annual Design Awards program. This year the program, which is in its 55th year, recognized 21 projects with awards of excellence in design out of more than 100 project entries from producers, engineers, and architects across the U.S. “Our annual awards program is meant to challenge our industry to continue to push the envelope and to innovate in the design and production of precast concrete syst...
Paving Awards Are Big Win for North Idaho Projects and Drivers
COEUR D'ALENE - Three north Idaho projects received recognition from the National Asphalt and Paving Association just before Christmas for high-quality paving, signifying a big win for the Idaho Transportation Department, the contractor (Poe Asphalt and Paving), and most importantly, the region’s drivers. Paving for the second stage of US-95 near Sheep Creek, US-95 near Cougar Creek, and Sherman Avenue to Blue Creek Bay Bridge on Interstate 90 earned Quality in Construction awards. “Our...
Arizona State University Professor Ram Pendyala Honored with ARTBA’s Research & Education Award
WASHINGTON - Dr. Ram M. Pendyala, a professor of transportation systems in the civil, environmental, and sustainable engineering program at Arizona State University in Tempe, is the 2018 recipient of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) prestigious S.S. Steinberg Award. He was honored Jan. 8 during the association’s annual Research & Education Division (RED) meeting, held in the Nation’s Capital. Named after the founding president of RED, the award recognizes “...
Council of University Transportation Centers Honors Leaders & Students for Advancing Transportation Research
WASHINGTON - A long-time director of the Texas Transportation Institute, a 40-year public and private sector California transportation leader, an assistant professor at New York University, a program manager at North Carolina A&T State University, and five exceptional students will be honored Jan. 6 by the Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) for their outstanding contributions to transportation research and education. The ceremony takes place at the annual CUTC Awards Banquet, h...
USDOT Announces Winners of 2017 Road Safety Student Art Contest
The USDOT is delighted to announce the 2017 Road Safety Student Art Contest winners. Top honors go to 2nd grader Avni Choudepally of Morrisville, North Carolina, and 4th grader Lynn Sun of Livingston, New Jersey. The contest was open to all students in kindergarten through sixth grade. Previously known as the Be Ready, Be Buckled Safety Belt Art Contest, this year’s contest expanded from emphasizing the importance of seat belt use to educating passenger vehicle drivers, bicyclists, and pedes...
Bechtel Wins Award for Digital Innovation
HOUSTON - Bechtel, a global engineering, procurement, and construction leader, has been awarded the prestigious 2018 Digital Edge 50 Award in recognition of its new Pipeline Integrity Management (PIM) tool. With support from Bechtel's Future Fund, an internal incubator which finances development of disruptive technologies, innovators from the Bechtel pipeline business designed the tool to help customers prioritize critical pipeline integrity work and improve overall safety. The tool integrates p...
Vectorworks Customers Win Several Categories in Two Prestigious Award Competitions
Columbia, MD —Global design and BIM software developer Vectorworks, Inc. congratulates Lindauer Schreinerei & Küchen AG, Adrian Streich Architekten AG, Fontana Landschaftsarchitektur and Maurus Schifferli for winning several accolades in two major Swiss award competitions. “I am deeply impressed by many of the projects our users are planning with Vectorworks,” said Andreas Kling, CEO of ComputerWorks AG. “I am particularly pleased when so many of these architecture and landscape projects are...
Dewberry Among Team Awarded Intermediate School Design Award
Novus Architects, Inc. was recently recognized with an Outstanding Design award for Elementary Schools by SchoolDesigns.com for the design of Enka Intermediate School in Candler, North Carolina. Dewberry provided engineering design services as a subconsultant to Novus Architects. The school, designed for fifth- and sixth-grade students, was completed for Buncombe County Schools. Dewberry's engineering services included fire protection, plumbing, mechanical, and electrical. The 110,000-square-...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
