The Awards for Engineering Excellence demonstrate the value ACEC-BC member firms offer to clients as they celebrate technical excellence and recognize innovation in consulting engineering that is simply a cut above the rest.
New Bridge for the Saint Lawrence Corridor Project
SNC-Lavalin
The new Champlain Bridge over the St. Lawrence River comprises 2044 m long west approach, a 528 m long cable-stayed section and 762 m long east approach. The Signature on the Saint-Lawrence Group (SSLC)…
Client of the Year Award Winner: City of Burnaby
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Award: Mott MacDonald
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Award: Chunpreet Sahota
Young Professionals Award Winner: Siobhan Robinson
Tsleil-Waututh Administration and Health Centre
Fast+Epp
The architect developed a captivating wave-like roof design and challenged Fast + Epp to provide a main gathering space free of vertical supports, was aesthetically pleasing, and could maximize the sunlight entering the building. Finally, there was desire from the client…
Dawson City Water Treatment Plant
Associated Engineering
Dawson City provides residents with drinking water from four wells situated nearby the confluence of the Yukon and Klondike Rivers. The City’s aging water treatment plant did not meet the Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality for well water…
A Balancing Act – Bringing the Bayonne Bridge into the modern age
McElhanney
By the new millennium, the size of modern shipping vessels was only increasing, and the 151ft (46m) clearance height of the Bayonne Bridge became a significant bottleneck to access for the busiest port district on the Eastern Seaboard. The bridge, constructed in 1931, spans the Kill Van Kull strait connecting Staten Island, New York, with Bayonne, New Jersey…
LNGC Offsite Habitat Offsets – Anderson Creek Fishway
McElhanney
Kitimat is the Pacific terminus for LNG Canada’s proposed export pipeline. One of the environmental conditions required for Federal approval was to restore access for migrating pink and coho salmon to spawning grounds in Anderson Creek which had not been available to the fish for more than 65 years…
A Tight Squeeze – Comox Valley Watermain Leak Drama
McElhanney
Less than four months before the beginning of peak water demand season, the Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) discovered a massive leak in the 900mm diameter steel transmission main providing 83% of its water. CVRD’s ability to provide drinking water…
Transportation Trade Network Analysis Study
Parsons
Parsons was the prime consultant and technical lead for the Transportation Trade Network Analysis Study (TTN), undertaken from 2016 to 2019. TTN was a BC-wide comprehensive multi-modal goods movement study…
Charter Telecom Headquarters Passive Building
Morrison Hershfield
Charter Telecom’s new national headquarters in Langford, BC, demonstrates how non-residential projects can apply Passive House principles to optimize occupant comfort and increase building resilience while lowering maintenance and operational costs…
North Thompson Emergency Water Intake
WSP
Potable water supply for the entire City of Kamloops had always relied on a single raw water supply intake located in the South Thompson River. The City was extremely concerned that they were vulnerable to a city-wide loss of water supply in the…
Design of the Replacement and Repairs of the White Rock Pier
Westmar Advisors
In late December of 2018, a powerful storm swept over British Columbia’s Lower Mainland. The City of White Rock (the City) was particularly hard-hit and suffered extensive damage to its waterfront, including the iconic White Rock Pier…
Qualicum Beach Waterfront – Beach Creek Estuary Enhancement
SNC-Lavalin
The Town of Qualicum Beach has developed a comprehensive Waterfront Master Plan (WMP) that will help the town achieve a long-term goal of environmental, economic, social, and cultural sustainability…
Integrated Provincial Flood and Steep Creek Assessments
BGC Engineering
Mountainous regions and valleys of British Columbia suffer from damaging floods, debris floods (a flood with very high sediment transport) and debris flows (a liquid landslide) that often result in property damage, sometimes in loss of life and frequently in the interruption of crucial transportation corridors…
Urban Stream Rehabilitation – When the Toolbox Doesn’t Apply
AECOM
Like many major urban streams, Bowker Creek in the District of Saanich is partially contained within pipes and culverts with numerous open stream stretches confined within banks to accommodate residential and commercial development…
Seymour River Suspension Bridge
Associated Engineering
A rockslide in 2014 caused the flooding of the Fisherman’s Trail network, and overtopping of Twin Bridge further upstream. Due to safety concerns, this section of the popular trail had to be closed, and the bridge removed – disrupting local trail users…
Automated Avalanche Detection System
PBX Engineering
Bear Pass is a 62 km stretch of Highway 37A connecting the District of Stewart and Canada’s northernmost ice-free port
with the rest of BC. The corridor is highly susceptible to frequent avalanche activity, causing significant traffic delays due to
highway closures…