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Posted: April 13, 2016
Sam Schwartz wins three ACEC New York Engineering Excellence Awards; Includes a Diamond Award in the Transportation category
Rockefeller University River Building - New York, NYNew York, NY Sam Schwartz was honored at ACEC New York's 49th Annual Engineering Excellence Awards Gala at the Waldorf Astoria on March 19th for three projects.
Sam Schwartz won a Diamond Award under the Transportation category for the Rockefeller University River Building. The Sam Schwartz team is the lead traffic engineering consultant during the construction of the new River Building over the FDR Dr. spanning between East 64th St. and East 68th St. The construction of the building is complex due to numerous construction and site logistics constraints.
The firm’s second win for the evening was a Platinum award under the Special Projects Category for The World Trade Center (WTC) Transportation and Logistics Planning. Working with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the WTC Office of Program Logistics, the Sam Schwartz team conducted an intensive, daily effort to manage all logistics for the WTC site.
Sam Schwartz’s third win was a Gold for Transit Systems and Impacts of Shared Mobility. The firm is performing a national study on behalf of the Transit Center. The Study’s purpose is to better understand the evolving relationship between fixed route transit systems and emerging forms of shared mobility such as ridesourcing, bikeshare, carshare, and dynamic shuttles.
Sam Schwartz congratulates all of this year’s recipients. The Sam Schwartz team is honored to
share this achievement with so many deserving firms, clients and agencies.
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