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The Awards for Engineering Excellence demonstrate the value ACEC-BC member firms offer to clients as they celebrate technical excellence and recognize innovation in engineering that is simply a cut above the rest.

Project awards are presented in the following categories:

🌉 Bridges

Engineering related to the design, construction, or rehabilitation of bridges.

🏢 Buildings

Engineering related to buildings such as electrical, mechanical, structural, foundations and related systems engineering including systems to control heating, lighting, and energy management.

⚡ Energy & Industry

Engineering related to mining, metallurgy, petrochemical, geology, geophysics, forestry, agriculture, fisheries, power and transmission, industrial and related systems engineering.

🏡 Municipal & Civil Infrastructure

Engineering related to water supply, wastewater, drainage, solid waste, municipal and systems engineering related to municipal infrastructure, but excludes transportation related projects.

🌲 Natural Resource & Habitat

Engineering related to the protection or enhancement of natural resources and habitat.

💡 Small Firm Projects

This category celebrates outstanding engineering projects delivered by Small Firms. These are privately owned companies with fewer than 100 employees, as defined by the ACEC-BC Small Firms Council.

💻 Soft Engineering

Engineering for non-construction projects such as training projects, computer software, research and development, geomatics, pilot projects, development of instrumentation, studies, and reports.

🚝 Transportation

Engineering related to transportation projects including roads, rail, tunnels, airports, transit systems, ports and marine engineering.