2013 Engineer of the Year

Chris Robertson (r)
The American Council of Engineering Companies of Washington honored Chris Robertson, vice president of Shannon & Wilson, with the prestigious Engineer of the Year Award during ACEC’s annual Engineering Excellence Awards presentation on January 18, 2013.

Chris Robertson has truly climbed to new heights both inside and outside his 31-year career as a geologist and geotechnical engineer.  Professionally, he has helped solve stability problems for some of the world’s largest high-rise structures, but he also is a proficient mountain climber, becoming the 34th person to successfully climb 100 of Washington’s highest Peaks.

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2013 Engineering Excellence Awards

2013 Platinum Winner

Magnusson Klemencic Associates (MKA) has earned the top honor in the 45th annual Engineering Excellence Awards, sponsored by the Washington State chapter of the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC), for helping transform and re-energize Salt Lake City’s center.

MKA earned its top prize for providing structural engineering expertise to Salt Lake City’s downtown center renovation.  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (operating as City Creek Reserve) and its equity development partner, Taubman, wanted to halt urban decline and reinvigorate Utah’s capitol city. They wanted a walkable and sustainable community where live/work/shop/play would be a critical component, and where tourism would flourish.   MKA, as the sole structural engineering firm for the 23-acre, 5.5-million-square-foot City Creek Center project in the heart of downtown Salt Lake City, worked with three architectural teams (comprised of 50 consultants)  to renovate & preserve some older buildings and to build several new buildings, then tie them all together with pedestrian and transportation options.

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