Photo courtesy of Transportation Investment Corp. The Port Mann Bridge is a 10-lane cable-stayed bridge over the Fraser River near Vancouver, British Columbia. T.Y. Lin International won ACEC Washington’s platinum award for its work as the lead design engineer and project design manager. DJC special section team Section editor: Jon Silver Section design: Jeffrey Miller Web design: Lisa Lannigan Advertising: Matt Brown

T.Y. Lin wins platinum
for Port Mann Bridge

T .Y. Lin International won top honors in Washington’s 49th annual Engineering Excellence Awards on Jan. 22 for its design and project leadership role in the construction of the Port Mann Bridge near Vancouver, British Columbia.

The awards are sponsored by the Washington state chapter of the American Council of Engineering Companies.

Jan. 25, 2016 A Special Section of DJC.COM

This year, ACEC Washington honored 42 projects representing a wide range of engineering achievements and demonstrating the highest degree of skill and ingenuity.

The top five award winners — one platinum and four gold — will go on to compete in the ACEC national competition in Washington, D.C., in April.

Members of the three-judge panel were Walter Schacht, principal of Schact Aslani Architects; Linea Laird, chief engineer at the Washington State Department of Transportation; and Steve Johnston, engineer emeritus.

The American Council of Engineering Companies of Washington is a professional trade association representing consulting engineering, land surveying and affiliated scientific and planning firms statewide.