ACEC-CA

Engineering Excellence

2011 Engineering Excellence Awards Program

ACEC California’s Engineering Excellence Awards competition has grown in stature and size. Indeed, the competition has become an effective tool for engineering and surveying firms to gain much-deserved recognition for projects that benefit local communities and California as a whole.

Intent to Enter Form: Please click here to download the form.

Official Entry Form: Please click here to download the form

Once completed, please return to the ACEC California office to the attention of Jenny Devine or Monica Laplander

ACEC California

1303 J St, Suite 450, Sacramento, CA 95814

Fax: 916-441-6312

Emails: jdevine@acec-ca.org or mlaplander@acec-ca.org

Timeline

July 12, 2010	“Intent to Enter” Forms mailed out
August 13, 2010	Selection of Judges begins
August 20, 2010	“Intent to Enter” Form due to ACEC California
August 23, 2010	Official Entry Applications sent to interested participants
July/Aug/Sep, 2010	Written reminders and reminders in Chapter Talking Points, E-Update, Chapter Officers Call, Action Report
September 20, 2010	Oral reminder to all members & to chapter presidents on deadline
October 8, 2010	Completed project notebooks due to the ACEC California office
October 11, 2010	Copies of all entries sent to judges
November 5, 2010	Judging in Sacramento, CA
November 12, 2010	EEA winners and non-winners officially notified (NO later than 11/12)
November 15, 2010	Send EEA project notebooks back to the winners in the Golden State & Honor category to get ready for the ACEC competition
December 20, 2010	Deadline to submit EEA project notebooks to ACEC California for entry in the ACEC competition (before holidays)
January 7, 2011	ACEC California EEA entries are due at ACEC
January 12, 2011	A company representative must be available by phone for the ACEC National competition
February 1, 2011	EEA Awards Banquet in Sacramento
February 4 – 6, 2011	Judging for ACEC Competition
April 1, 2011	ACEC Awards Banquet in Washington, DC

Past Winners

To view past winners, please click on the links below.

To order additional plaques, please click here.

Congratulations to HDR & Gills Onions for winning the Grand Conceptor Award!

On Tuesday evening, the American Council of Engineering Companies awarded Omaha, Neb.-based HDR Engineering, Inc. its coveted Grand Conceptor Award for the Gills Onions Advanced Energy Recovery System Project in Oxnard, Calif.

HDR was selected by Gills Onions, the largest fresh-cut onion processor in the nation, as the lead engineering firm on this breakthrough $9.5 million facility that converts onion waste to power. In the facility, juice is extracted from onion peels and treated in a high-rate anaerobic reactor to produce methane-rich biogas. The biogas is then treated and used to power two fuel cells that provide electricity for the processing plant. As a result of this project, the owner has achieved increased energy independence, elimination of a waste stream, reduced operational cost, and a smaller carbon footprint. The combination of the energy produced, cost savings generated, and grant funding achieved by the project will result in a full payback in less than six years. Please click on the links below to view the award winning project submission and video.

Entry Form

Owner Letter

Project Description

Project Video

2010 Engineering Excellence Award Winners

2009 Engineering Excellence Award Winners

2008 Engineering Excellence Award Winners

2007 Engineering Excellence Award Winners

2006 Engineering Excellence Award Winners

For more information about this awards program call Jenny Devine at
(916) 340-6304 or e-mail jdevine@acec-ca.org.

Tel.:
(916) 441-7991
E-mail:
staff@acec-ca.org

Address:
1303 J Street, Suite 450
Sacramento, CA 95814