Architectural Awards Program Highlights Top Copper Projects From This Year and the Past Decade
NEW YORK – It is impossible to miss the stunning Staten Island Courthouse that stands resolutely overlooking the New York harbor. The building’s four copper-clad towers catch the morning light, acting as a beacon for those arriving by ferry. The facility’s contemporary use of copper earned it a spot among the top 15 magnificent building projects receiving a 2017 North American Copper in Architecture Award (NACIA). The NACIA program recognizes and promotes North American building projects...
Two U.S. Universities Selected as Finalists of 2017 Schindler Global Award Design Competition
MORRISTOWN, NJ – Today, Schindler announced the winners of the 14th annual Schindler Global Award, a one-of-a-kind urban design competition open to university students from around the world, at an awards ceremony in São Paulo, Brazil. The competition, which awards more than a total of $100,000 to the winning teams, challenges students to examine how cities could provide better quality of life to their inhabitants in the 21st century. Through the lens of a common project site in São Paulo...
Main Street Project Wins National Transportation Infrastructure Award
The Main Street Project is cleaning up when it comes to infrastructure awards. It won its latest prize last week, beating out transportation projects nationwide in cities with populations less than 75,000 people, City Engineer Ed Roberge said. The redesign of Main Street ranked No. 1 in transportation projects in its category, according to the American Public Works Association, which will formally deliver the award in Orlando, Fla., in August. “It’s quite a recognition,” Roberge said. “...
Three Gannett Fleming Projects Win ACEC New York Awards
The American Council of Engineering Companies of New York (ACEC New York) honored three Gannett Fleming projects in the 2017 Engineering Excellence Awards. The awards were presented at a black-tie gala on April 1 in New York City. The Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Brooklyn, N.Y., received a Diamond Award in the waste and stormwater category. The Diamond Award is the top award presented by ACEC New York. Gannett Fleming, CB&I, and Michael Baker formed a joint venture team for con...
Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards Finalists Announced
Chicago, IL: The Structural Engineers Association of Illinois (SEAOI) is pleased to announce the projects that have been selected as finalists in the 2017 Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards. This illustrious design competition takes place each year to recognize excellence in structural engineering. The projects selected are: - Chicago Riverwalk, Alfred Benesch & Co - Duke University Chapel, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. - Hancher Auditorium Replacement Facility, Univer...
Shanghai Village Shopping Center Wins International Award
Shanghai Village, a pedestrian-friendly shopping center with more than 220 storefronts, was recently awarded the gold award for Development and Design by the International Council of Shopping Centers China. The project was designed by Stantec’s Boulder office, JRDV Urban International, and PLAT Studio Inc. The development, which opened in 2016, captures a unique historic vision of Art Deco-inspired design and features multiple “neighborhoods.” The Village’s eight neighborhoods include four fa...
GWI Announces Winners of the 2017 Global Water Awards
Global Water Intelligence (GWI) today announced the winners of the 2017 Global Water Awards, which were presented on Monday 24 April at the Palacio de Cibeles, Madrid. The winners were announced in a ceremony presented by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Mr Nassim Nicholas Taleb Former Trader, Risk Specialist and Author, delivered an informative speech on the subject of antifragile, stressing the importance of "evolution, adaption and improvement from small mistakes". Drawing from his experience as a t...
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation Announces Pacesetter Award Winners for 2016 Navigation Season
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC) today announced that six U.S. ports in the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System received the agency’s Robert J. Lewis Pacesetter Award for registering increases in international cargo tonnage shipped through their ports during the 2016 navigation season. Established in 1992, the SLSDC Pacesetter Award annually recognizes the economic development achievements of those U.S. Great Lakes Seaway System ports that increas...
The International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association Launches the 3rd edition of the ITA Tunnelling Awards
As the saying goes, “all good things come in threes” and that is particularly apt knowing the upcoming edition of the ITA Awards will be the 3rd to be launched since the ITA decided to create the event in 2015 and, for this edition, to create 3 new categories! In 2017, the event will take place in Paris, on 15th November, during the AFTES (French Association of Tunnelling and Underground Space) congress. A world-class Tunnelling event: After two successful editions in Switzerland and Singa...
San Diego Water Resilience Project Wins Top Global Civil Engineering Award
A project to increase water system resilience for San Diego County residents has won the prestigious 2017 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Black & Veatch delivered construction project management and design service on two of the four key facilities of the Emergency and Carryover Storage Project (E&CSP), which provides the region with up to six months of emergency water storage. San Diego County Water Authority’s...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
