April 6, 2009

Consulting Engineers of British Columbia

CEBC honours its own at 20th Annual Gala for Engineering Excellence

BRADLEY FEHR

Editor

British Columbia’s consulting engineers gathered earlier this month to honour their own at the 20th Annual Gala for Engineering Excellence.

The Consulting Engineers of B.C. (CEBC) announced a number of award winners at the awards ceremony.

“The most prestigious award, the Lieutenant-Governor’s Award of Engineering Excellence, is given to the project that excels among the Awards of Excellence from five categories,” said Angus English, CEBC president.

“This year, Hatch Mott MacDonald was granted this award for its work on the Sea to Sky Highway Improvement Project, from West Vancouver to Function Junction, near Whistler, B.C.”

CEBC’s Meritorious Achievement Award recognizes an individual, who demonstrates significant contributions to engineering, the development of the industry and the community.

Terry McQuillan, founder of Urban Systems Limited, won the award.

An Award of Excellence and at least one Award of Merit were handed out in five categories: buildings, municipal, transportation, natural resource, energy and industry, and soft engineering.

MCW Consultants Ltd. took home the top prize in the buildings category for their work on the BCIT Aerospace Technology Centre.

Similarly, Dayton & Knight Ltd. were the Award of Excellence winner in the municipal category for the design and construction of the Brightwater Marine Outfall.

In the transportation category, two different companies earned Awards of Excellence.

The Kingsway Pedestrian Bridge garnered Fast Epp Structural Engineers the award, as did the Sea-to-Sky Highway Improvement Project for Hatch Mott MacDonald Ltd.

Sandwell Engineering Inc. was named top dog in the natural resource, energy and industry division for the NaiKun Meteorological Station.

The last Award of Excellence was presented to Associated Engineering (B.C.) Ltd. for their work on getting clean energy from biosolids.

The 2009 awards gala was held at the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre on March 7.

The Consulting Engineers of B.C. represents 80 firms in the province and more than 7,000 individual members.

The 2009 CEBC award winners are:

Award of Excellence:

BCIT Aerospace Technology Centre, Mechanical and Electrical Systems
Consultant: MCW Consultants Ltd.
Owner/Client: British Columbia Institute of Technology

Award of Merit:

Richmond Olympic Oval, Base Structure
Consultant: Glotman Simpson Consulting Engineers
Owner: City of Richmond
Client: Cannon Design

Municipal

Award of Excellence:

Design, construction of Brightwater Marine Outfall
Consultant: Dayton & Knight Ltd.
Owner: King County Wastewater Treatment Division
Client: Triton Marine Construction Corporation

Awards of Merit:

Columbia Street Pump Station Upgrade
Consultant: Associated Engineering (B.C.) Ltd.
Owner/Client: Metro Vancouver

Trent I&I Pump Station
Consultant: Kerr Wood Leidal Associates Ltd.
Owner/Client: Capital Regional District

Transportation

Award of Excellence:

Kingsway Pedestrian Bridge
Consultant: Fast Epp Structural Engineers
Owner: City of Burnaby
Client: Busby Perkins Will Architects

Award of Excellence:

Sea-to-Sky Highway Improvement Project
Consultant: Hatch Mott MacDonald Ltd.
Owner: Province of British Columbia
Client: Peter Kiewit Sons Co.

Awards of Merit:

Design, construction of W.R. Bennett Bridge
Consultant: Buckland & Taylor Ltd.
Owner: BC Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure
Concessionaire: SNC-Lavalin
Client: WRB Bridge Group – Joint Venture of SNC-Lavalin and CMIR OKB Holdings (Vancouver Pile Driving)

Beacon Hill Station and Tunnels
Consultant: Hatch Mott MacDonald Ltd.
Owner/Client: Sound Transit
Natural Resource, Energy and Industry

Natural Resource, Energy and Industry

Award of Excellence:

NaiKun Meteorological Station
Consultant: Sandwell Engineering Inc.
Owner: NaiKun Wind Energy Group Inc.
Client: NaiKun Wind Development Inc.

Award of Merit:

Upper Baker Downstream Fish Passage
Consultant: WorleyParsons Westmar
Owner/client: Puget Sound Energy

Soft Engineering

Award of Excellence:

Clean energy from Biosolids
Consultant: Associated Engineering (B.C.) Ltd.
Owner/Client: Metro Vancouver

Award of Merit:

China Western Roads Project
Consultant: MMM Group
Owner: Ministry of Communications and various Provinces of People's Republic of China
Client: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)

Lieutenant-Governor’s Award of Engineering Excellence:

Hatch Mott MacDonald Ltd. for the Sea-to-Sky Highway Improvement Project

CEBC’s Meritorious Achievement Award:

Terry McQuillan, founder of Urban Systems Limited

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