Central Link Section 710 - Beacon Hill Station and Tunnels - 2010 Platinum Award Winner, Hatch Mott MacDonald/Jacobs Engineering Joint Venture
ENGINEER OF THE YEARACEC 2010 ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE
Engineering Excellence is an annual design competition that recognizes engineering achievements that demonstrate the highest degree of merit and ingenuity. For more than thirty years, ACEC Washington member firms have competed in the state competition and the finalists have gone on to compete against the finest examples of engineering excellence in the world.
Platinum Award Winner
Hatch Mott MacDonald/Jacobs Engineering took top honors for its deep tunneling design at the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Washington’s 42nd annual Engineering Excellence Awards ceremony on Friday, January 22, 2010. The ceremony honored 42 projects representing a wide range of engineering achievements and demonstrating the highest degree of skill and ingenuity.
The Platinum Award was presented to Hatch Mott MacDonald/Jacobs Joint Venture (HMMJ) for Structural Systems Engineering for Seattle’s Beacon Hill Station and Tunnels, Sound Transit Central Link Light Rail Section 710. The new Beacon Hill station is positioned in a neighborhood that previously was a somewhat isolated urban environment, but now provides residents fast, efficient access to both Seattle and SeaTac Airport. The depth and dimension of these tunnels far exceeded anything done previously in soft ground in North America. Read More
The 2010 Engineering Excellence Awards
National Gold Winners
Gold Award – Structural Systems
Cary Kopczynski & Company – Escala
Client: Mulvanny G2 Architecture
Gold Award – Water and Wastewater
HWA GeoSciences, Inc. (HWA) – Brightwater Marine Outfall
Client: Dayton & Knight Ltd.
Gold Award – Structural Systems
Magnusson Klemencic Associates (MKA) – Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre
Client: Kendall/Heaton Associates
Gold Award – Water Resources
Magnusson Klemencic Associates (MKA) – Magnuson Park Wetlands and Athletic Fields
Client: Berger Partnership
Gold Award – Special Projects
Parametrix – Hood Canal Bridge Program Management
Client: Washington State Department of Transportation
Gold Award – Building/Technology Systems
Wood Harbinger – ShoWare Center
Client: City of Kent, WA
Local Gold Winners
Gold Award – Category 1 Original or Innovative Application of New or Existing Techniques
GeoEngineers, Inc. – 1918 Eighth Avenue Shoring System Design
Client: Schnitzer West, LLC
Gold Award – Category 2 – Future Value to the Engineering Profession
HWA GeoSciences, Inc. (HWA) – Savery Hall Renovation
Client: University of Washington, Central Projects Group
Gold Award – Category 3– Social, Economic, and Sustainable Design Considerations
Golder Associates – Rich Passage Passenger Only Fast Ferry Study
Client: Pacific International Engineering
Gold Award – Category 4 - Complexity
Tetra Tech, Inc. – King County South Plant Administration Building and Water Quality Laboratory
Client: King County Department of Natural Resources, Wastewater Division
Gold Award – Category 5 – Exceeding Client/Owner Needs
Reid Middleton, Inc. – Alaska Airlines Maintenance & Engineering Building Seismic Upgrade
Client: Alaska Airlines
