Infrastructure and sustainable design projects receive top honors at annual ACEC NY gala
On April 4, ACEC New York held its annual gala dinner dance at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.
Twenty-five member engineering firms won the Diamond Award, the council's highest honor, for the development of studies and for the design of outstanding projects around the world. The Diamond Award recipients featured on this page span a broad array of categories including building/technology systems, energy, structural systems, studies, surveying and mapping technology, water and wastewater, water resources, transportation and special projects. For further information on the awards program, please visit www.acecny.org and click on "Engineering Excellence."
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