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Project Awards
2024 Awards
Awards for Engineering Excellence
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.
The Kicking Horse Canyon Phase 4 project improved 4.8 km of Trans-Canada Highway 1 to a high speed four-lane divided standard in steep mountainous terrain in an environment subject to significant rockfall, avalanche, and debris flow hazards.
The 10-storey Limberlost Place holds the distinction of being Ontario’s first tall timber institutional building, showcasing a harmonious blend of sustainable design, structural innovation, and an advanced refabricated envelope system.
Collaboration was the guiding principle for BGC, Stantec, Thurber and WSP to work side-by-side to help design and construct one of Canada’s largest pipeline projects, the Trans Mountain Expansion Project resulting in efficiency and innovation.
Stantec designed the restoration of 320-metres of Penticton Creek to create a quality fish habitat while providing flood resiliency. The restoration also supports vital ecosystem functions and provides the community with an attractive outdoor space.
The Galloping Goose Regional Trail Bridge Improvement project includes replacement and repair of 4 existing bridges to provide safe, resilient, and accessible new infrastructure for the community with the ability to meet anticipated future demands.
McElhanney’s Culvert Vulnerability tool allowed MoTI to determine the vulnerability to climate change of their culverts, tracking assets that have been upgraded or replaced, with the new asset resilient to predicted effects of climate change.
Jacobs’ New Westminster Interceptor Columbia Section Rehabilitation project is the longest and largest-diameter instance of live sliplining completed in the Lower Mainland and for Metro Vancouver.
UVic’s New Student Housing complex is one of Canada’s largest projects designed to meet International Passive House standards. WSP’s Electrical team balanced energy reduction strategies with practical functionality to support this impressive feat.
The $96M, 550m long LNG Canada Material Offloading Facility wharf enables Canada’s largest private capital investment project and largest LNG export facility by receiving construction materials and 8,000 tonne plant modules.
This Project is a pioneering approach to flood protection by restoring & enhancing salt marsh. It experiments with nature-based flood protection in a phased approach, advancing collective knowledge in the field. A first of its kind in Canada.
Ecora was engaged by BC MoTI for an emergency response to and develop short-term repairs for an embankment slope failure on Big White Rd which comprised a hybrid soil nail and mechanically stabilized ear.
Leveraging the innovative use of artificial intelligence, through an in-house developed AI tool, the AI LiDAR project for the City of Vancouver was able to provide an increased level accuracy, efficiency, and detail in its final deliverable.
Adorned with vertical façade panels, Indigenous artwork, advanced exterior LED lighting system, and a green roof, the Golden Ears Pump Station and SSO tank meets its functional objectives of mitigating wet weather impacts to the sewer system.
The Highway 5 (3 bridges) project was executed via an Alliance contract and included the design and construction of six new permanent bridge structures, two temporary bridges and associated 4.5 km of highway reconstruction of the Coquihalla Highway.
Darryl Matson, P.Eng., PE, a Senior Vice President and Senior Project Director with COWI, is a recognized leader in heavy civil design and construction.
In 2016, ACEC-BC introduced the Client of the Year award to recognize clients whose people and practices support strong partnership between client and consultant. Clients selected for this award encourage positive collaboration with consulting engineering companies through effective communication, fair and transparent processes, and respectful working conditions.
After 7 years of design and construction, the project moved 2.4 km of a radial transmission line out of the path of the Bulbous Toe Landslide to increase reliability and reduce safety risks of a line that serves a large region in northwest BC.
VAFFC, with RAM acting as the Project Delivery Consultant, completed a new fuel receiving, storage and delivery system for the Vancouver Airport Authority which features a marine terminal, 6 fuel storage tanks, and an underground pipeline to YVR.
An innovative new pathway to clean energy and circular water – utilizing existing wastewater treatment plants to produce feasible, viable, sustainable and very low carbon hydrogen.