2013 Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards

2013 Call For Entries

The National Council of Structural Engineers Associations (NCSEA) announces the Call for Entries for the 2011 NCSEA Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards Program. The purpose of the program is to recognize creative achievement and innovation in structural engineering.

All entries must be received at the NCSEA office by 4:00 p.m. CDT on Friday, July 12, 2013. For further details (Eligibility, Judging criteria, Submission requirements, etc), please download the Entry Form.

2013 NCSEA Awards program related Downloads:
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2013 Call for Entries Flyer (pdf)9/12/2012
2013 Call for Entries (Rules & Entry form) (Microsoft Word)9/12/2012

2012 Finalist List

CATEGORY 1. NEW BUILDINGS UNDER $10M

  • Outstanding Project
    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Proton Therapy Vault - New Brunswick, NJ
    O'Donnell & Naccarao, Inc.
  • Award Winner
    Killam Oil Company, Ltd. - Hollywood Park, TX
    Beicker Martinez Engineering
  • Award Winner
    Buckner Companies Home Office - Graham, NC
    Stewart Engineering, Inc.

CATEGORY 2. NEW BUILDINGS $10M TO $30M

  • Outstanding Project
    Salvador Dali Museum - St. Petersburg, FL
    Walter P. Moore
  • Award Winner
    CENTRA - Iselin, NJ
    DeSimone Consulting Engineers
  • Award Winner
    VanDusen Botanical Gardens Visitor Centre - Vancouver, British Columbia
    Fast + Epp

CATEGORY 3. NEW BUILDINGS $30M TO $100M

  • Outstanding Project
    Milstein Hall, Cornell University - Ithaca, NY
    Robert Silman Associates
  • Award Winner
    Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability - Vancouver, British Columbia
    Fast + Epp
  • Award Winner
    Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine - La Jolla, CA
    Hope Engineering, Inc.
  • CATEGORY 4. NEW BUILDINGS OVER $100M

    • Outstanding Project
      Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art - Bentonville, AR
      Buro Happold Consulting Engineers, PC
    • Award Winner
      8 Spruce Street - Beekman Tower - New York, NY
      WSP Cantor Seinuk
    • Award Winner
      Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts - Kansas City, MO
      Arup
    • CATEGORY 5. BRIDGES AND TRANSPORTATION STRUCTURES

      • Outstanding Project
        Harbor Drive Pedestrain Bridge - San Diego, CA
        T.Y. Lin International
      • Award Winner
        Lake Champlain Bridge Replacement - Crown Point, NY - Chimney Point, VT
        HNTB Corporation
    • Award Winner
      Tempe Town Lake Pedestrian Bridge - Tempe, AZ
      T.Y. Lin International

    CATEGORY 6. INTERNATIONAL STRUCTURES

    • Outstanding Project
      Regent Emirate Pearl Hotel - Abu Dhabi, UAE
      DeSimone Consulting Engineers
    • Award Winner
      Marina Bay Sands - Singapore
      Arup
    • Award Winner
      Al Hamra Tower - Kuwait City, Kuwait
      Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

    CATEGORY 7. FORENSIC / RENOVATION / RETROFIT / REHABILITATION STRUCTURES

    • Outstanding Project
      BC Place Revitalization - Vancouver, British Columbia
      Geiger Gossen Campbell Engineers, PC
    • Award Winner
      J. Paul Leonard and Sutro Library - San Francisco, CA
      Simpson Gumpertz and Heger
    • Award Winner
      Chelsea Piers, Connecticut - Stamford, CT
      WSP Cantor Seinuk

    CATEGORY 8. OTHER STRUCTURES

    • Outstanding Project
      Van Alen Books - New York, NY
      Robert Silman Associates
    • Award Winner
      Atrium Operable Roof at the California Academy of Sciences - San Francisco, CA
      Walter P. Moore
    • Award Winner
      Miami Beach Soundscape - Miami Beach, FL
      Douglas Wood Associates, Inc.

    2011 Finalist List

    CATEGORY 1. NEW BUILDINGS UNDER $10M

    • Outstanding Project
      Fishers Island Residence - Fishers Island, NY
      Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, LLP
    • Award Winner
      A. Zahner Company Facility - Kansas City, MO
      Wallace Engineering Structural Consultants, Inc
    • Award Winner
      Raymond and Susan Brochstein Pavilion - Houston, TX
      Haynes Whaley Associates

    CATEGORY 2. NEW BUILDINGS $10M TO $30M

    • Outstanding Project
      HL 23 - New York, NY
      DeSimone Consulting Engineers
    • Award Winner
      Airport Traffic Control Tower - Dayton, OH
      AECOM
    • Award Winner
      Pasadena Department of Water & Power Building - Pasadena, CA
      Brandow & Johnston, Inc.

    CATEGORY 3. NEW BUILDINGS $30M TO $100M

    • Outstanding Project
      Shriners Hospitals for Children - Portland, OR
      Catena Consulting Engineers
    • Award Winner
      Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas - Irving, TX
      Datum Engineers, Inc.
  • Award Winner
    Gateway Center, Westchester Community College - Valhalla, NY
    Leslie E. Robertson Associates, RLLP
  • CATEGORY 4. NEW BUILDINGS OVER $100M

    • Outstanding Project
      University of California, San Francisco, Ray and Dagmar Dolby Regeneration Medicine - San Francisco, CA
      Nabih Youssef & Associates
    • Award Winner
      Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater - Washington, DC
      Fast + Epp
    • Award Winner
      Bank of Oklahoma Center (BOK) - Tulsa, OK
      Thornton Tomasetti
    • CATEGORY 5. BRIDGES AND TRANSPORTATION STRUCTURES

      • Outstanding Project
        Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge – Nevada / Arizona
        T.Y. Lin International
      • Award Winner
        Mexicantown Bagley Street Pedestrian Bridge - Detroit, MI
        HNTB Michigan, Inc.
    • Award Winner
      Washington Bypass - Washington, NC
      Flatiron with AECOM of North Carolina

    CATEGORY 6. INTERNATIONAL STRUCTURES

    • Outstanding Project
      Bitexco Financial Tower - Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
      Leslie E. Robertson Associates, RLLP
    • Award Winner
      U.S. Embassy, Beijing
      Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
    • Award Winner
      Altra Sede Regione Lombardia - Milan, Italy
      Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.

    CATEGORY 7. FORENSIC / RENOVATION / RETROFIT / REHABILITATION STRUCTURES

    • Outstanding Project
      Warner Drive - Culver City, CA
      Structural Focus
    • Award Winner
      The Carquinez Senior Apartments - Richmond, CA
      Tipping Mar
    • Award Winner
      Pier Stabilization and Partial Demolition - Chester, PA
      William J. Castle & Associates

    CATEGORY 8. OTHER STRUCTURES

    • Outstanding Project
      Left Coast Lifter - San Francisco Bay, CA
      Liftech Consultants
    • Award Winner
      Staring Lake Observatory - Eden Prairie, MN
      Larson Engineering, Inc.
    • Award Winner
      Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe Exhibit, Inopportune: Stage One - New York, NY
      Gilsanz Murray Steficek
    Awards Program related Downloads:
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    STRUCTURE Article on the 2010 Project Award Winners (Adobe PDF)12/07/2010

    2010 Finalist List

    CATEGORY 1. NEW BUILDINGS UNDER $10M

    • Outstanding Project
      The Wild Beast Music Pavilion at the California Institute of Arts (CalArts) - Valencia, CA
      Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.

    CATEGORY 2. NEW BUILDINGS $10M TO $30M

    • Outstanding Project
      300 New Jersey Avenue - Washington, DC
      Smislova, Kehnemui & Associates, P.A.
    • Award Winner
      University of Illinois at Chicago, UIC Forum - Chicago, IL
      Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.
    • Award Winner
      Seton Women's Center - Austin, TX
      Datum Engineers, Inc.

    CATEGORY 3. NEW BUILDINGS $30M TO $100M

    • Outstanding Project
      San Joaquin Administration Building - Stockton, CA
      Crosby Group
    • Award Winner
      Clinical and Translational Building - Louisville, KY
      Rangaswamy & Associates, Inc.

    CATEGORY 4. NEW BUILDINGS OVER $100M

    • Outstanding Project
      Cowboys Stadium - Arlington, TX
      Walter P. Moore
    • Award Winner
      Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center at Rensselaer - Troy, NY
      Buro Happold
    • Award Winner
      Sutardja Dai Hall, University of California, Berkeley - Berkeley, CA
      Forell/Elsesser Engineers, Inc.
    • Award Winner
      Escala - Seattle, WA
      Kopczynski & Company, Inc.

    CATEGORY 5. BRIDGES AND TRANSPORTATION STRUCTURES

    • Outstanding Project
      David Kreitzer Lake Hodges Bicycle Pedestrian Bridge - San Diego, CA
      T.Y. Lin International
    • Award Winner
      Hillhouse Pedestrian Bridges - New Haven, CT
      Guy Nordenson and Associates

    CATEGORY 6. INTERNATIONAL STRUCTURES

    • Outstanding Project
      Burj Khalifa - Dubai, UAE
      Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
    • Award Winner
      UAE Pavilion at Shanghai World Expo - Shanghai, China
      Halvorson and Partners
    • Award Winner
      YAS Marina Link Bridge - Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, UAS
      Arup

    CATEGORY 7. FORENSIC / RENOVATION / RETROFIT / REHABILITATION STRUCTURES

    • Outstanding Project
      UCSF Medical Sciences Buildings and Moffitt Hospital Separation Project - San Francisco, CA
      Degenkolb Engineers
    • Award Winner
      Bonner Pedestrian Bridge Rehabilitation - Bonner, MT
      HDR
    • Award Winner
      Glendale Municipal Services Building Seismic Retrofit - Glendale, CA
      Nabih Youssef Associates
    • Award Winner
      Fox Oakland Theater Seismic Retrofit - Oakland, CA
      The KPA Group
    • Award Winner
      Historic DC Courthouse Modernization & Expansion - Washington, DC
      Robert Silman Associates

    CATEGORY 8. OTHER STRUCTURES

    • Outstanding Project
      The Ledge at Skydeck Chicago - Chicago, IL
      Halcrow Yolles
    • Award Winner
      An 'Oasis' Structural Art - Various Cruise Ships
      Martin/Martin, Inc.
    • Award Winner
      Pomona Skyspace - Claremont, CA
      Gilsanz Murray Steficek
    Awards Program related Downloads:
    TitleDate Uploaded
    STRUCTURE Article on the 2009 Project Award Winners (Adobe PDF)11/16/2009
    2009 NCSEA Awards Presentation (Adobe PDF)12/15/2009

    2009 Finalist List

    CATEGORY 1. NEW BUILDINGS UNDER $30M

    • Outstanding Project
      Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center
      Beaudette Consulting Engineers, Inc.
    • Award Winner
      Project Frog Modular Unit
      Degenkolb Engieneers
    • Award Winner
      Congregation Beth Sholom
      Forell Elsesser Engineers, Inc.

    CATEGORY 2. NEW BUILDINGS $30M TO $100M

    • Outstanding Project
      The Ritz Carlton Club & Residences
      Middlebrook + Louie
    • Award Winner
      Schermerhorn House
      Robert Silman Associates
    • Award Winner
      New Museum of Contemporary Art
      Guy Nordenson and Associates with
      Simpson Gumpertz & Heger and
      SAPS-Sasaki Associates

    CATEGORY 3. NEW BUILDINGS OVER $100M

    • Outstanding Project
      The Cathedral of Christ the Light
      Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, LLP
    • Award Winner
      Shanghai World Financial Center
      Leslie E. Robertson Associates, R.L.L.P.
    • Award Winner
      Richmond Olympic Oval Roof
      Fast + Epp

    CATEGORY 4. BRIDGES AND TRANSPORTATION STRUCTURES

    • Outstanding Project
      Kingsway Bridge
      Fast + Epp
    • Award Winner
      The New I-35 Bridge
      FIGG
    • Award Winner
      Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge
      HNTB Corporation

    CATEGORY 5. OTHER STRUCTURES

    • Outstanding Project
      The University of Illinois Memorial Stadium Phased Development
      HNTB Corporation
    • Award Winner
      Utah State Capitol Seismic Base Isolation and Restoration
      Reaveley Engineers & Associates
    • Award Winner
      Marriott Marquis Atrium Ballroom Addition and Renovation
      Uzun & Case Engineers, LLC
    Awards Program related Downloads:
    TitleDate Uploaded
    STRUCTURE Awards Article (Adobe PDF)12/11/2008
    2008 NCSEA Awards Presentation (Adobe PDF)04/07/2009

    2008 Finalist List

    CATEGORY 1. NEW BUILDINGS UNDER $30M

    • Outstanding Project
      Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion
      Toledo, Ohio
      Guy Nordenson and Associates
    • Award Winner
      School of Architecture and Planning
      University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
      Chavez-Grieves Consulting Engineers, Inc.
    • Award Winner
      School of Art and Art History
      University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
      Guy Nordenson and Associates

    CATEGORY 2. NEW BUILDINGS $30M TO $100M

    • Outstanding Project
      State Renaissance Court
      Brooklyn, New York
      Wexler & Associates Structural Engineers
    • Award Winner
      Akron Art Museum
      Akron, Ohio
      DeSimone Consulting Engineers
    • Award Winner
      Tempe Center for the Arts
      Tempe, Arizona
      Arup

    CATEGORY 3. NEW BUILDINGS OVER $100M

    • Outstanding Project
      Intermountain Healthcare Intermountain Medical Center
      Murray, Utah
      Reaveley Engineers & Associates
    • Award Winner
      D/FW Airport International Terminal D and Sky Bridges
      Dallas / Ft. Worth, Texas
      L. A. Fuess & Partners, Inc.
    • Award Winner
      IAC / InterActive Corp Headquarters
      New York, New York
      DeSimone Consulting Engineers

    CATEGORY 4. BRIDGES AND TRANSPORTATION STRUCTURES

    • Outstanding Project
      I-280 Veterans’ Glass City Skyway
      Toledo, Ohio
      Figg Bridge Engineering, Inc.
    • Award Winner
      New Benicia-Martinez Bridge
      Benecia, California
      T. Y. Lin International
    • Award Winner
      SR55 (US19) over Coachman Road & Sunset Point Road
      Clearwater, Florida
      T. Y. Lin International

    CATEGORY 5. OTHER STRUCTURES

    • Outstanding Project
      The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Tabernacle Seismic Upgrade and Renovation
      Salt Lake City, Utah
      Reaveley Engineers & Associates
    • Award Winner
      Metro 417
      Los Angeles, California
      Nabih Youssef & Associates
    • Award Winner
      The Addition at 185 Berry Street
      San Francisco, California
      Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, Inc.

    2007 Project Award Winners

    For photos or further project descriptions please call 312-649-4600 x203.

    New Buildings under $30 million

    Outstanding Project Award Winner:

    Awards of Merit:

    • South Orange Performing Arts Center in South Orange, NJ - Gace Consulting Engineers PC
    • Clyde Companies Corporate Office in Orem, UT - J.M. Williams & Associates, Inc.

    New Buildings $30 million to $100 million:

    Outstanding Project Award Winner:

    Awards of Merit:

    • Austin City Hall in Austin, TX - Datum Engineers Inc., in association with P.E. Structural Consultants
    • The Cosmopolitan in Seattle, WA - Cary Kopczynski & Company, Inc.

    New Buildings over $100 million:

    Outstanding Project Award Winner:

    Awards of Merit:

    • The New Beijing Poly Plaza in Beijing, P.R. China - Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
    • University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, AZ - Walter P. Moore

    Bridges and Transportation Structures

    Outstanding Project Award Winner:

    Awards of Merit:

    • Rattlesnake Creek Pedestrian Bridge in Missoula, MT - HDR
    • Lee Roy Selmon Crosstown Expressway Expansion linking Brandon and Tampa, FL - FIGG

    Other Structures

    Outstanding Project Award Winner:

    Awards of Merit:

    • Portland Aerial Tramway in Portland, OR - Arup
    • United States Air Force Memorial in Arlington, VA – Arup
    • The API Gateway Project in Mexicali, Mexico and Calexico, CA – RBF Consulting

    2007 Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards Finalists

    CATEGORY 1. NEW BUILDINGS UNDER $30M

    • Clyde Companies Corporate Office
      Orem, Utah
      J. M. Williams & Associates, Inc. - Salt Lake City, Utah
    • The Estate "Suncatch"
      Rancho Santa Fe, California
      SDSE Structural Engineers - San Diego, California
    • South Orange Performing Arts Center
      South Orange, New Jersey
      Gace Consulting Engineers PC - New York, New York

    CATEGORY 2. NEW BUILDINGS $30M TO $100M

    • Austin City Hall
      Austin, Texas
      Datum Engineers, Inc. in association with P.E. Structural Consultants - Austin, Texas
    • The Cosmopolitan
      Seattle, Washington
      Cary Kopczynski & Company, Inc. P.S. - Bellevue, Washington
    • Kansas City Convention Center – Bartle Hall Ballroom Addition
      Kansas City, Missouri
      HNTB Architecture Inc., in association with Tapan Am Associates, KHEG and Thornton-Tomasetti - Kansas City, Missouri

    CATEGORY 3. NEW BUILDINGS OVER $100M

    • Denver Art Museum – Frederic C. Hamilton Building
      Denver, Colorado
      Arup - Los Angeles, California
    • The New Beijing Poly Plaza
      Beijing, P.R. China
      Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP - San Francisco, California
    • University of Phoenix Stadium
      Glendale, Arizona
      Walter P. Moore - Austin, Texas

    CATEGORY 4. BRIDGES AND TRANSPORTATION STRUCTURES

    • Lee Roy Selmon Crosstown Expressway Expansion
      Linking Brandon and Tampa, Florida
      FIGG- Tallahassee, Florida
    • Penobscot Narrows Bridge & Observatory
      Linking Waldo and Hancock Counties, Maine
      FIGG - Tallahassee, Florida
    • Rattlesnake Creek Pedestrian Bridge
      Missoula, Montana
      HDR - Missoula, Montana

    CATEGORY 5. OTHER STRUCTURES

    • The API Gateway Project
      Mexicali, Mexico and Calexico, California
      RBF Consulting - Irvine, California
    • Portland Aerial Tramway
      Portland, Oregon
      Arup - Los Angeles, California
    • Quigg Newton Auditorium Theater & Ellie Caulkins Opera House
      Denver, Colorado
      Martin/Martin, Inc. - Lakewood, Colorado
    • United States Air Force Memorial
      Arlington, Virginia
      Arup - New York, New York