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Magnusson Klemencic Associates won ACEC Washington’s platinum award for its structural design of the 61-story Salesforce Tower in San Francisco. It’s anchored by a foundation system that reaches more than 300 feet deep.



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MKA takes platinum
for Salesforce Tower

Magnusson Klemencic Associates was once again the top winner in the American Council of Engineering Companies of Washington's annual Engineering Excellence Awards program. MKA took home the top honor — the platinum award — for the 1,070-foot-tall Salesforce Tower in San Francisco.


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Sponsored by ACEC's Washington state chapter, the awards program recognizes projects that represent a wide range of engineering achievements and demonstrate the highest degree of skill and ingenuity.

Twenty-nine projects were honored in this year's program (including one that won in both the national and Washington state competitions.) The top national awards will go on to compete in the ACEC national competition in Washington, D.C., in May.

John D. Hooper, director of earthquake engineering at MKA, was named Engineer of the Year.

Project entries were evaluated by a six-judge panel: Bob Axley, engineer emeritus at Wood Harbinger; Bill Bender, chair of the University of Washington Department of Construction Management; Amy Haugerud, engineer emeritus at RoseWater Advisors; Steve Johnston, engineer emeritus at Landau Associates; Supriya Kelkar, Sound Transit; and Benjamin Minnick, construction editor at the Daily Journal of Commerce.

ACEC Washington is a professional trade association representing consulting engineering, land surveying and affiliated scientific and planning firms statewide.



ACEC 2019 Engineering Excellence Awards

NATIONAL FINALISTS
PLATINUM AWARD
Structural Systems

MAGNUSSON KLEMENCIC ASSOCIATES
Project: Salesforce Tower
Client: Boston Properties/Hines
GOLD AWARD
Structural Systems

BERGERABAM
Project: Vancouver Waterfront Park
Client: City of Vancouver
GOLD AWARD
Special Projects

DAVID EVANS AND ASSOCIATES
Project: Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias restoration
Client: U.S. government/Yosemite National Park
GOLD AWARD
Structural Systems

HDR/SHANNON & WILSON
Project: SR 520 West Approach Bridge North
Client: Washington State Department of Transportation
GOLD AWARD
Transportation

WSP
Project: Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Program
Client: Washington State Department of Transportation
BEST IN STATE
Gold Awards
Social, economic and sustainable design
BERGERABAM
Project: Vancouver Waterfront Park
Client: City of Vancouver
Successful fulfillment of client/owner needs
CARY KOPCZYNSKI & CO.
Project: Lincoln Square South
Client: Kemper Development Co.
Successful fulfillment of client/owner needs
GOLDER ASSOCIATES
Project: I-90 Snoqualmie Pass snowshed replacement
Client: Washington State Department of Transportation/Jacobs
Future value to engineering profession
LANDAU ASSOCIATES
Project: Columbia Pulp mill
Client: Columbia Pulp
Complexity
REID MIDDLETON
Project: Naval Medical Center San Diego seismic upgrades
Client: Vasquez Marshall Architects/U.S. Navy
Unique or innovative applications
STANTEC CONSULTING SERVICES
Project: U.S. 12 Wildcat Creek Bridge replacement
Client: Graham Contracting/Washington State Department of Transportation
ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
JOHN D. HOOPER
Magnusson Klemencic Associates
NATIONAL SILVER AWARDS
Studies, research and consulting
DAVID EVANS AND ASSOCIATES
Project: East Link (E335 segment), the Spring District
Client: Sound Transit

Transportation
DAVID EVANS AND ASSOCIATES
Project: Tacoma trestle track and signal project
Client: Sound Transit/Mark Johnson

Studies, research and consulting
HDR
Project: Wildfire transmission line risk assessment
Client: Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County

Water resources
HDR
Project: Murray wet weather facility
Client: King County Wastewater Treatment Division

Structural systems
HDR
Project: Yesler Way Bridge reconstruction
Client: Seattle Department of Transportation

Water resources
HDR
Project: Henderson CSO reduction
Client: Seattle Public Utilities

BEST IN STATE
Silver Awards
Successful fulfillment of client/owner needs
GEOENGINEERS
Project: Point Defiance Waterfront Phase 1 redevelopment
Client: Metro Parks Tacoma

Unique or innovative applications
GEOENGINEERS
Project: Hoa Mai Gardens and hillclimb at Yesler Terrace
Client: Seattle Housing Authority

Unique or innovative applications
WOOD HARBINGER
Project: Isla Grande Terminal upgrades
Client: Crowley Puerto Rico Services

Future value to the engineering profession
GOLDER ASSOCIATES
Project: Blackbird Mine instream stabilization project
Client: Blackbird Mine Group

Complexity
HART CROWSER
Project: Port of Tacoma Pier 4 reconfiguration
Client: Port of Tacoma/KPFF Consulting Engineers

Complexity
STANTEC
Project: PRMCE Colby A-Wing switchboard replacement
Client: Providence Heath & Services

Social, economic and sustainable design
OTAK
Project: Main Avenue and Downtown Commons improvements
Client: City of Twin Falls/Twin Falls Urban Renewal Agency

BEST IN STATE
Bronze Awards
Successful fulfillment of client/owner needs
BHC CONSULTANTS
Project: North City/Denny Clouse Pump Station
Client: North City Water District

Successful fulfillment of client/owner needs
OTAK
Project: Smith Island estuary restoration
Client: Snohomish County

Social, economic and sustainable design
OTAK
Project: Yellowstone National Park Inspiration Point
Client: Yellowstone Forever/National Park Service

Future value to engineering profession
RH2 ENGINEERING
Project: ShakeAlert pilot program implementation
Client: Northeast Sammamish Sewer and Water District

Complexity
STANTEC CONSULTING
Project: Lift Station No. 46 regional conveyance system
Client: Soos Creek Water & Sewer District

Unique or innovative application
WHPACIFIC
Project: Interstate 5 Emerald Queen Casino roundabout
Client: Puyallup Tribe of Indians




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