2024 Engineering Excellence Awards

Wednesday, May 15, 2024
6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

The engineering industry’s top awards event for project excellence will once again present a dazzling live celebration at the upcoming Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA) Dinner and Gala awards show, to be held Wednesday, May 15, 2024, at the Grand Hyatt in downtown Washington, D.C.

The black-tie Gala, being held as part of the 2024 ACEC Annual Convention, is the nation’s most prestigious celebration of engineering excellence.

This year’s Gala will honor projects from throughout the nation and the world and reveal winner of the 2024 Grand Conceptor Award, which is bestowed upon the year’s top engineering achievement.

The winner of the 2024 Grand Conceptor Award will remain a secret until Gala night.

For more information on the upcoming Gala, contact Theresia Christanti, tchrist@acec.org. Interested in Sponsoring the 2024 EEA Gala, please contact Erin Wander, ewander@acec.org.

Winner of the 2023 Grand Conceptor: LA's Sixth Street Viaduct Project from HNTB.

At the 2023 Engineering Excellence Awards Gala in June, ACEC recognized outstanding engineering achievements worldwide, including the Grand Conceptor Award for the year’s best overall engineering accomplishment.

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2023 Engineering Excellence Awards

At the 2023 Engineering Excellence Awards Gala in June, ACEC recognized outstanding engineering achievements worldwide, including the Grand Conceptor Award for the year’s best overall engineering accomplishment.

2023 GRAND CONCEPTOR AWARD

2023 GRAND AWARDS 

  • Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge Project, Washington, DC, AECOM
  • I-74 Corridor over the Mississippi River, Bettendorf and Davenport, IA and Moline and Rock Island, IL,  Benesch & Modjeski and Masters
  • Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal, North Charleston, SC, HDR
  • Clear Creek Canyon Park, Gateway Segment; Golden, CO; Muller Engineering
  • PAE Living Building, Portland, OR, PAE
  • Delta's New Terminal C at LaGuardia Airport, Queens, NY, STV/Satterfield & Pontikes (Joint Venture)
  • Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, WA, Thornton Tomasetti

2023 HONOR AWARDS

  • NASA Langley Measurement Systems Laboratory, Hampton, VA, AECOM
  • Jane Byrne Interchange, Chicago, IL, AECOM & TranSystems (Joint Venture)
  • City Walk BHAM, Birmingham, AL, Barge Design Solutions
  • Towerside District Stormwater Management System, Minneapolis, MN, Barr Engineering
  • I-295 over Veranda Street Bridge Replacement, Portland, ME, HNTB
  • Reconstruction and Rehabilitation at the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, Brooklyn to Staten Island, NY, HNTB, WSP USA (Joint Venture)
  • City of Billings Nutrient Improvements, Billings, MT, HDR
  • I-579 Urban Open Space Cap, Pittsburgh, PA, HDR
  • SEA International Arrivals Facility, Seattle, WA, KPFF
  • Chatham Park Water Recovery Center, Pittsboro, NC, McKim & Creed
  • 100 Vandam Street, New York, NY, Severud Associates
  • Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project, Councelor, NM, Souder, Miller & Associates
  • Bridging Kentucky, Frankfort, KY, Stantec, Qk4 and AECOM
  • Seapoint Industrial Terminal Complex, Savannah, GA, Terracon
  • Merchants Bridge Main Span Trusses & East Approach, St. Louis, MO,TranSystems
  • 66 Hudson Boulevard - The Spiral, New York, NY, WSP USA
Stage at the 2022 EEA Awards Gala

Congratulations to All EEA Winners

Watch the Red Carpet Coverage

Watch interviews with ACEC member firms and EEA winners on the red carpet.

Red Carpet hallway with barriers and red ropes for Cinema and Fa

Interested in sponsoring the 2024 EEA Gala?

Contact Erin Wander for more information.

Stage at the 2022 EEA Awards Gala

2023 Engineering Excellence Awards Gala Sponsors

Diamond Sponsors

Welcome Reception Sponsor

Afterparty Sponsor

Emerald Sponsors