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The San Ysidro Land Port of Entry in San Diego is the busiest land border crossing in the Western Hemisphere. Magnusson Klemencic Associates won ACEC Washington’s platinum award for its work on a modernization project there.



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MKA takes top prize
for border crossing

Magnusson Klemencic Associates captured the top honor at the American Council of Engineering Companies of Washington’s 2015 Engineering Excellence Awards ceremony on Jan. 23.


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The ceremony honored 35 engineering projects, excelling in a wide range of engineering skill and ingenuity.

Magnusson Klemencic Associates was presented with the platinum award for its part in the $434 million San Ysidro Land Port of Entry modernization project.

The six national winners (1 platinum and 5 gold) will go on to compete in the ACEC national competition in Washington, D.C., in April.

Members of the six-judge panel were Nadine Post, ENR; Steve Johnston, engineer emeritus; Mike Slater, president of AIA of Washington; Bob Adams, AGC; Brian Ziegler, public works director for Pierce County; and Matt Rosauer, Pine Street Group.

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.



ACEC 2015 Engineering Excellence Awards

NATIONAL FINALISTS
Platinum Award
Magnusson Klemencic Associates
Project: San Ysidro Land Port of Entry modernization
Client:U.S. General Services Administration
Gold Award: Structural Systems
Hart Crowser
Project: King Street Station restoration
Client: ZGF Architects
Gold Award: Structural Systems
Buckland & Taylor
Project: Milton-Madison Bridge replacement project
Client: Indiana Department of Transportation
Gold Award: Structural Systems
HNTB Corp.
Project: South Park Bascule Bridge replacement
Client: King County Department of Transportation
Gold Award: Structural Systems
CKC Structural Engineers
Project: Viktoria
Client: Weber Thompson
Gold Award: Transportation
Jacobs/GeoEngineers
Project: SR 530 emergency roadway reconstruction
Client: Washington State Department of Transportation
BEST IN STATE
Gold Awards
Originality/Innovation
Tetra Tech
Project: Ballard Siphon replacement project
Client: King County Department of Natural Resources Wastewater Treatment Division
Future Value to Engineering Profession
David Evans and Associates
Project: Bear Creek rehabilitation
Client: City of Redmond
Future Value to Engineering Profession
Herrera Environmental
Project: Port of Olympia Stormwater Treatment System feasibility and design
Client: Port of Olympia
Social/Economic Sustainability
Hart Crowser
Project: Custom Plywood Mill site cleanup
Client: Washington State Department of Ecology
Complexity
Parametrix
Project: Interbay Pump Station
Client: King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks Wastewater Treatment Division
Exceeds Owner/Client Needs
Hart Crowser
Project: Seattle Children’s Hospital Building Hope
Client: Seneca Group
BEST IN STATE
Silver Awards
Originality/Innovation

Exeltech
Project: Anderson/LaVenture road extension
Client: Skagit County
Originality/Innovation

Exeltech
Project: Lauridsen Boulevard Bridge replacement
Client: City of Port Angeles
Originality/Innovation

Transpo Group
Project: Next Generation ITS implementation
Client: Seattle Department of Transportation
Future Value To Engineering Profession

Tetra Tech
Project: Kirkland Pump Station upgrade
Client: King County Department of Natural Resources Wastewater Treatment Division
Social/Economic Sustainability

RH2 Engineering
Project: Cashmere Wastewater Treatment Facility
Client: City of Cashmere
Social/Economic Sustainability

Otak
Project: Northeast Redevelopment Area regional infiltration facilities and Miller Creek enhancements
Client: City of Burien
Social/Economic Sustainability

Reid Middleton
Project: Pioneer Highway and Fir Island roundabout
Client: Skagit County
Complexity

Landau Associates
Project: Bay Vista Redevelopment Landfill Gas Mitigation Feasibility Study
Client: Bremerton Housing Authority
Exceeds Owner/Client Needs

Wood Harbinger
Project: North Seattle College Allied Health and Technology Building Renewal
Client: Schacht Aslani Architects

(Editor’s note: This project had been incorrectly listed
as a Best in State Bronze Award winner.)

Exceeds Owner/Client Needs

FSi
Project: Northwest Wine Academy at South Seattle College
Client: Boxwood

(Editor’s note: The information has been changed
to correct the name of the project.)

Judge’s Award
Future Value To Engineering Profession


Notkin Mechanical Engineers
Project: Norton Sound Regional Hospital
Client: Kumin Associates/Norton Sound Hospital Corporation
BEST IN STATE
Bronze Awards
David Evans and Associates
Project: 56th Street Northwest/Point Fosdick Drive Northwest
Client: City of Gig Harbor
Parsons Brinckerhoff
Project: Ballard to Downtown Seattle Transit Expansion Study
Client: Sound Transit/Seattle Department of Transportation
Berger ABAM
Project: Commercial dock replacement
Client: Makah Tribe/Port of Neah Bay
Wood Harbinger
Project: Health and Science Building
Client: Leavengood/Rovelstad Architects

(Editor's note: This project had been incorrectly listed
as a Best in State Silver Award winner.)

Osborn Consulting
Project: Northshore Summit Park Design and Construction
Client: City of Kenmore
Parametrix
Project: Pacific Avenue improvements
Client: City of Bremerton
Berger ABAM
Project: Pendleton Avenue widening and multiway boulevard
Client: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Berger ABAM
Project: Port of Tacoma’s Pier 3 upgrade
Client: Port of Tacoma
Reid Middleton
Project: Renton Taxiway B rehabilitation
Client: City of Renton
David Evans and Associates
Project: SR 20/Cook Road realignment and extension
Client: City of Sedro-Woolley
HDR
Project: Swamp Creek Bridge No. 546 replacement
Client: Snohomish County
Parsons Brinckerhoff
Project: Washington State Ferries 2013 Origin-Destination Travel Survey
Client: Washington State Department of Transportation, Ferries Division



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