INNOVATION May-June 2017

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ACEC-BC Awards for Engineering Excellence

The Association of Consulting Engineering Companies – BC hosted its 28 th Annual Awards for Engineering Excellence Gala, on April 8, 2017, to honour member firms’ innovation and technical excellence. Awards of Excellence and Merit were given in the following categories: Buildings; Municipal & Civil Infrastructure; Transportation & Bridges; Energy & Industry; Natural Resource & Habitat; and Soft Engineering. For a complete list of awards, visit acec-bc.ca/awards/2017-award-winners.

Awards of Excellence

MUNICIPAL & CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE Preserving Historic Cemetery through Trenchless Rehabilitation, Victoria, BC Consultant: AECOM Canada Ltd.; Owner/Client: City of Victoria BUILDINGS Lord Strathcona Elementary School Heritage Classroom Building Base Isolation Seismic Upgrade, Vancouver, BC Consultant: Ausenco Engineering Canada Inc.; Owner: The Board of Education of School District #39; Client: The Colborne Architectural Group Pacific Inc. This project also won the ACEC-BC Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Engineering Excellence.

Port Mann Main Water Supply Tunnel, Coquitlam and Surrey, BC Consultant: Ausenco Engineering Canada Inc.; Owner/Client: Metro Vancouver

TRANSPORTATION Atal Setu – Basohli Bridge, Jammu and Kashmir, India Consultant: McElhanney Consulting Services Ltd.; Owner: Border Roads Organization, Ministry of Defense, India; Client: IRCON/SP Singla Joint Venture

ENERGY & INDUSTRY Jimmie Creek Hydroelectric Project, Toba Valley, north of Powell River, BC Consultant: SNC-Lavalin; Owner: Alterra Power Corp and Axium Infrastructure; Client: Alterra Power Corp

NATURAL RESOURCE & HABITAT BC Hydro Rock Bay Remediation Project, Victoria, BC Consultant: SNC-Lavalin; Owner/Client: BC Hydro and Power Authority

SOFT ENGINEERING Millennium Line Evergreen Extension Operational Readiness Program, Burnaby, Coquitlam and Port Moody, BC Consultant: CH2M HILL Canada Limited; Owner/Client: TransLink/BC Rapid Transit Company

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