A&P was awarded an Honor Award from Florida Institute of Consulting Engineers (FICE) EEA competition for the Design-Build of a 54-inchRedundant Force Main Utilizing Horizontal Directional Drill (HDD). Thirty projects were submitted and six projects were selected for GRAND firm/projects and five projects were selected as HONOR awards. The awards will be distributed at the 102nd Annual Conference FICE Banquet held August 3rd, 2018 at the JW Marriot Marco Island Beach Resort.
The FICE Public Relations Committee selected the distinguished panel of judges representing government, media, transportation, education, environmental/water resources, public works, geotechnical and electrical design. Assembled in Orlando mid-November were Shannon LaRocque, PE, Village of Wellington; Curtis Brown, Esq., Wright, Fulford, Moorhead, & Brown Attorneys; Jim Flynt, PE, Orange County Utilities; Terry Puckett, PE, Florida Department of Transportation District I and VII; Michael Moorhead, EI, 2016-17 FES Student Board Rep.; and Troy Attaway, PE, City of Winter Park.
The judges rated projects and studies on the basis of uniqueness and innovative applications; future value to the engineering profession; perception by the public; social, economic, and sustainable development considerations; complexity; and successful fulfillment of client/owners’ needs, including schedule and budget. A special thank you to FICE Public Relations Chair Marcia Feldman of Kimley-Horn for facilitating this competition and to Curtis Brown and Wright, Fulford, Moorhead, & Brown for graciously hosting the judging at their Altamonte office.
The winners in alphabetical order are:
GRAND firm/projects
1. DRMP, Inc.
Ascension Island Auxiliary Airfield Surveying and Mapping Services
Client: United States Air Force
Category D: Surveying and Mapping Technology
2.Envisors, A Division of Pennoni
Bok Tower Gardens Expansion
Client: Bok Towers Garden
Category I: Special Projects
3.FIGG Bridge Engineers, Inc.
Bridge 9, Brattleboro, "A Bridge to Nature"
Client: Vermont Agency of Transportation
Category C: Structural Systems
4.HDR
I-75 at University Parkway Interchange
Client: FDOT District 1
Category H: Transportation
5.Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
Ballpark of the Palm Beaches Stadium and Park
Client: HKS Architects, Inc.
Category I: Special Projects
6.University of Miami (Civil, Architecture, and Environmental Engineering Department)
Innovation Bridge
Client: University of Miami
Category J: Small Projects
HONOR
1.A&P Engineers, Corp. / Brierley Associates
Design-Build of a 54 inch Redundant Force Main Utilizing
Horizontal Directional Drill (HDD)
Client: City of Miami Beach
Category I: Special Projects
2.CDM Smith Inc.
Progressive-Design-Build for an Ion Exchange Resin Plant and East WTP Improvements
Client: City of Boynton Beach
Category F: Waste and Storm Water
3.Horizon Engineering Group, Inc.
I-95 at SR 202: Duval County
Client: FDOT District 2
Category H: Transportation
4.RS&H, Inc. and Archer Western
Sister's Creek Bridge Replacement
Client: FDOT District 2
Category C: Structural Systems
5.Wade Trim, Inc.
Sunset Harbors Neighborhood Improvements
Client: City of Miami Beach
Category F: Waste and Storm Water