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HDR Earns State 2021 ACEC Engineering Excellence Awards

February 23, 2021

Several HDR projects received 2021 Engineering Excellence Awards from multiple state chapters of the American Council of Engineering Companies. The state chapters each recognize the winning project teams and clients at local awards ceremonies throughout the fall, winter and spring.

The state-winning projects advanced to the national ACEC Engineering Excellence Awards competition, which culminates with the announcement of national award winners at the Engineering Excellence Awards Gala on June 17. The gala, which recognizes the year’s most remarkable engineering achievements, is part of the 2021 ACEC Annual Conference.

The winning projects include:

California

*Southport Levee Improvement Project – Honor Award
Pinole-Hercules Water Pollution Control Plant Upgrade – Merit Award

Colorado

*Chatfield Reservoir Reallocation Project – Excellence Award
*Pine Creek Channel Improvements – Excellence Award

Iowa

I-29 Improvements in Sioux City – Grand Place Award
I-80 / I-380 BIM Bridges – Honor Award
Iowa City to North Liberty Rail Study – Engineering Excellence Award

Kentucky

*Rowan Deep Tunnel Submersible Pump Station – Grand Award
*Transforming Dixie Highway – Grand Award

Nebraska

*City of Columbus Wastewater Treatment Plant Facility Design – Honor Award
*Platte River Recovery Program Cottonwood Ranch Broad-Scale Recharge Project – Honor Award
*Metropolitan Utilities District Florence Water Treatment Plant Chemical Building Rehabilitation – Honor Award
*Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Expansion and Renovation – Honor Award
(building/technology systems category)
*Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Expansion and Renovation – Honor Award
(structural systems category)
*Union Pacific Railroad Falls City Emergency Bridge Repair – Honor Award
26^th & Q Street Bridges – Merit Award