Engineering Excellence Awards- 2009 (EEA 2009)

The American Council of Engineering Companies - Delaware Chapter (ACEC Delaware) Engineering Excellence Awards Program recognizes those engineering achievements that demonstrate the highest degree of skill and ingenuity, while providing a significant benefit to the public welfare and the practice of consulting engineering.

We are pleased to announce the 2009 award-winning projects.We had eight (8) entries for the EEA 2009. The judging was on November 14, 2009.

The judges were:
*Mr. Lawrence R. Carson, P.E.
City Engineer, City of Wilmington
* Dr. Douglas C. Hicks, PH.D.
Department Chair, Engineering Technologies
Delaware Technical & Community College
Jack F. Owens Campus, Georgetown
*Scott D. Koenig, P.E.
Director of Public Works, City of Dover

The judges used the following rating guidelines:
30% New Application of Existing Techniques/Originality/Innovation
20% Technical Value to Engineering Profession
20% Social/Economic Considerations
15% Complexity
15% Meeting and Exceeding Owner's/Client's Needs

Grand Conceptor Award

Howard H. Seymour Water Reclamation Plant Membrane and BNR Upgrade and Expansion
George, Miles & Buhr, LLC Seaford, Delaware

Conceptor Award

Membranes for Surface Water Treatment: A Maryland First
URS Corporation, Inc Wilmington, Delaware

Honor Awards

Eden Hill Master Plan Drainage Study
Becker, Morgan Group, Inc., Dover, Delaware

Water Resources Protection You Can Bank On
Duffield Associates, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware

 

The following projects were also entered into the awards program:

• Fatigue Retrofit of Chesapeake City Bridge
  Pennoni Associates Inc. - Wilmington, Delaware

• Historic Phillips Mill Restoration and Age-Restricted Condominium Redevelopment Project
  Landmark Engineering, Inc. - New castle, Delaware

• Laurel Enhanced Nutrient Removal Wastewater Treatment Facility Upgrade and Expansion
  George, Miles & Buhr, LLC - Georgetown, Delaware

• No Bank Failure Here
  Duffield Associates, Inc. – Wilmington, Delaware