CEA hosts 23rd Alberta Showcase Awards Gala

Over 400 people were in attendance, and Stantec was a big winner, taking home the most hardware–collecting four Awards of Excellence and an Award of Merit– at the 23rd Annual Consulting Engineers of Alberta Showcase Awards Gala held February 8 in Calgary.

The theme for this year’s awards was “Ignite – Fueling the Next Generation,” and in total 11 Awards of Excellence and 11 Awards of Merit were handed out at the event.

“Forty-seven projects were submitted this year from a cross section of Alberta’s consulting engineering firms,” said CEA president Derek Ciezki in a release following the Gala. “These awards recognize the best-of-the best in engineering design and innovation.”

There were 16 award-winning companies this year across the 11 categories, including a number of joint submissions.

Category: Building Engineering – Commercial:

• Award of Excellence: Stantec Consulting Ltd. – Edmonton Tower
• Award of Merit: MCW Hemisphere Ltd. – Blending Engineering & Science with Nature: Rocky Mountain Marijuana Inc.

Category: Building Engineering – Institutional

• Award of Excellence: (joint) Fast + Epp, KFR Engineering and SMP Engineering – NAIT Productivity and Innovation Centre
• Award of Merit: SMP Engineering – Bethany Riverview

Category: Community Development

• Award of Excellence: Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions – North Lateral Realignment Syphon
• Award of Merit: DIALOG – Mechanized River Valley Access

Category: Environmental

• Award of Excellence: AECOM – Tundra Mine Remediation

Category: Project Management

• Award of Excellence: Hatch – Calgary Transit Operations Control Centre: Mission Critical Facility
• Award of Excellence: Stantec Consulting Ltd. – Trans-Canada Hwy/Bowfort Rd. Interchange
• Award of Merit: (joint) Associated Engineering & ISL Engineering and Land Services – Calgary Zoo Flood Mitigation

Category: Small Firm – Big Impact

• Award of Excellence: M2 Engineering – Horse Lake First Nation Water Treatment Plant Upgrades
• Award of Merit: Arrow Engineering Inc. – CASA Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health Facility

Category: Studies, Software and Special Services

• Award of Excellence: Stantec Consulting Ltd. – Landslides: an Agent-Based Simulation
• Award of Merit: Associated Engineering – NU Girder Bridge Design and Detailing Manual

Category: Sustainable Design

• Award of Merit: Jacobs – 12 Street SE Bridge Replacement
• Award of Merit: Stantec Consulting Ltd. – Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre

Category: Transportation Infrastructure – Roads, interchanges, airports, mass transit

• Award of Excellence: Stantec Consulting Ltd. –Trans-Canada Highway/Bowfort Road Interchange
• Award of Merit: Tetra Tech Canada Inc. – Highway 762 – Landslide and Road Remediation Using Innovative Technologies

Category: Transportation Infrastructure – Transportation Structures

• Award of Excellence: (joint) DIALOG & ISL Engineering and Land Services Ltd. – Walterdale Bridge
• Award of Merit: Jacobs – 12 Street SE Bridge Replacement

Category: Transportation Infrastructure – Water Resources

• Award of Excellence: (joint) Associated Engineering and ISL Engineering and Land Services Ltd.
• Calgary Zoo Flood Mitigation Project
• Award of Merit: Morrison Hershfield Limited – Kaliti Wastewater Treatment Plant and Sanitary Sewer Trunk Mains

In addition, the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for distinguished service was presented to Art Washuta, P. Eng., a past president of CEA and also a member on the ACEC Canada board

“We are very proud to recognize Art for his long and distinguished career as a consulting engineer,” said Ciezki.

And the Harold L. Morrison Award honouring a rising young professional was presented to Diana Smith, P. Eng., a mechanical engineer with DIALOG. Smith was selected from among four other highly qualified individuals who were also nominated for the award.

More complete descriptions and photos of the Award-winning people and projects can be found in the Spring 2019 issue of CEA’s Alberta Innovators Magazine