116 engineering projects recognized.The American Council of Engineering Companies of New York recently honored its own by presenting 116 engineering excellence awards in nine categories to member firms for studies and designs of outstanding projects in the United States and abroad. The presentations of 23 Diamond Awards, the highest award at the state level, and 93 Platinum, Gold and Silver Awards were made at the Council's annual black tie dinner dance in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. In congratulating the winning firms, Andrew J. Ciancia, president of ACEC ACEC American Council of Engineering Companies (formerly American Consulting Engineers Council) ACEC American Consulting Engineers Council (now American Council of Engineering Companies) New York, said, "Each year we challenge ourselves to meet the needs of our communities in transportation systems and facilities, water quality, indoor and outdoor environments and other areas of engineering that improve the safety and quality of life for our citizens. Once again, you've met that challenge. Our member firms have prepared more panels than any other state council and we have sent the most panels to the national competition. Congratulations!" The 23 Diamond Award projects are: A multi-site Environmental Impact Statement for a new Croton croton, in botany croton (krō`tən), any of several species of Codiaeum that are widely cultivated as ornamentals and houseplants. The most popular species is C. filtration plant; A groundwater management plan for Brooklyn and Queens; Technical advice to the financiers of the Rion-Antirion Bridge in Greece; The Hudson Yards EIS (1) (Executive Information System) An information system that consolidates and summarizes ongoing transactions within the organization. It provides top management with all the information it requires at all times from internal and external sources. for Manhattan's West Side; A technology business model for the Time Warner Center The Time Warner Center is a mixed-use skyscraper developed by The Related Companies in New York City. Its design, by David Childs and Mustafa Kemal Abadan of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, consists of two 229 m (750 ft) towers bridged by a multi-story atrium containing upscale retail ; Innovative MEP MEP maximum expiratory pressure. MEP, n muscle energy procedure; diagnostic and therapeutic technique. Pulsed muscle energy techniques (MET) and integrated neuromuscular inhibition technique (INIT) are two examples. engineering solutions for the Maria Fareri Children's Hospital in Valhalla, N.Y.; Renovation of the Infotonics Technology Center in Canandaigua, N.Y.; FDR Drive's Outboard Detour Roadway; Support systems for historic buildings over a new transitway tunnel in Boston; A post-9/11 office building design known as 300 Madison Ave.; The Second Avenue Subway; The proposed Cross-Harbor Rail Freight Tunnel from New York to New Jersey; Topographic surveying and mapping of I-190 N6.1 Interchange Lane Expansion of the New York State Thruway The New York State Thruway (officially the Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway) is a limited-access toll highway in the U.S. state of New York. Built in the 1950s by the State of New York in order to connect the major cities of New York, it is the longest toll road in the ; Refuse collection plan for the city of Buffalo, N.Y.; Bethlehem Commerce Center Brownfields Redevelopment in Pennsylvania; Multiple engineering services to transform waterfront Stuyvesant Cove Park in Manhattan; Wastewater reclamation at The Helena residential building in Manhattan; An ammonia and phosphorus removal project for the Metropolitan Syracuse Wastewater Treatment Plant Wastewater treatment plant also called wastewater treatment works
Stormwater management related to reconstruction of I-684/Route 22 Interchange in Westchester county; Design of the St. George, Staten Island St. George is a neighborhood located at the northeastern tip of Staten Island in New York City, USA, at the location where the Kill Van Kull enters Upper New York Bay. It is the most densely developed neighborhood on Staten Island, and the location of the administrative center for Intermodal Terminal renovation; Route 29 South Riverwalk Park in Trenton, N.J.; Port of Rochester Harbor and Ferry Terminal Improvements; Replacement of chiller system in New York's MetLife Building. |
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