The document summarizes engineering award winners from the 2009 ACEC/South Dakota Engineering Excellence Awards. It recognizes several water, wastewater, and transportation projects in South Dakota communities. These include upgrades to Milbank's water supply system, laser scanning of the historic Mead Building in Yankton, replacing pumps at Sioux Falls' Water Reclamation Facility, extending a runway at the Black Hills Airport in Spearfish, and reconstructing 57th Street in Sioux Falls which included a railroad overpass. It congratulates several individual engineers and announces the next year's awards event.
Civil Engineering Technical Project for an existing T intersection needing to be updated. Plans submitted to NCDOT, City of Asheville, and to Wilbur Smith Engineering company over the Wilma Dykeman Riverway Project in Asheville North Carolina. This was submitted by the Senior Project Class Spring 2011
Civil Engineering Technical Project for an existing T intersection needing to be updated. Plans submitted to NCDOT, City of Asheville, and to Wilbur Smith Engineering company over the Wilma Dykeman Riverway Project in Asheville North Carolina. This was submitted by the Senior Project Class Spring 2011
Walton Boulevard Reconstruction, APWA Project of the YearOHM Advisors
http://www.ohm-advisors.com. An APWA award-winning project, reconstructing Walton Boulevard, in the City of Auburn Hills, was no easy task. Start with 1.5 miles of road, an old bridge over a major freeway, and three government owners. Then, throw in high priority federal and state funding deadlines and a five month schedule to complete. No problem. If you're OHM, and you're committed to Advancing Communities!
Okeechobee Road (US 27/SR 25) from Krome Avenue (SR 997) to NW 79 Avenue PD&E Study presentation to the Citizens Transportation Advisory Committee (CTAC), July 23, 2014.
The Meadow Run (0273DP) dry pond is located within the Bull Neck Run Watershed. The project replaced a deteriorating control structure and primary spillway, increased the storage volume and incorporated water quality improvements through the use of extended detention, wetland plantings and increased travel time. The project also upgraded the maintenance access.
Accotink Tributary at Oakford Drive Stream RestorationFairfax County
The Accotink Tributary at Oakford Drive Stream Restoration project included restoration of approximately 1,538 linear feet of stream using natural channel design for restoration, enhancing and stabilizing the degraded stream channel, bed and bank to stabilize, enhance and provide water quality benefits, aesthetics, and prevent further erosion.
Walton Boulevard Reconstruction, APWA Project of the YearOHM Advisors
http://www.ohm-advisors.com. An APWA award-winning project, reconstructing Walton Boulevard, in the City of Auburn Hills, was no easy task. Start with 1.5 miles of road, an old bridge over a major freeway, and three government owners. Then, throw in high priority federal and state funding deadlines and a five month schedule to complete. No problem. If you're OHM, and you're committed to Advancing Communities!
Okeechobee Road (US 27/SR 25) from Krome Avenue (SR 997) to NW 79 Avenue PD&E Study presentation to the Citizens Transportation Advisory Committee (CTAC), July 23, 2014.
The Meadow Run (0273DP) dry pond is located within the Bull Neck Run Watershed. The project replaced a deteriorating control structure and primary spillway, increased the storage volume and incorporated water quality improvements through the use of extended detention, wetland plantings and increased travel time. The project also upgraded the maintenance access.
Accotink Tributary at Oakford Drive Stream RestorationFairfax County
The Accotink Tributary at Oakford Drive Stream Restoration project included restoration of approximately 1,538 linear feet of stream using natural channel design for restoration, enhancing and stabilizing the degraded stream channel, bed and bank to stabilize, enhance and provide water quality benefits, aesthetics, and prevent further erosion.
Colfax Ave Emergency Sewer Rehabilitation ProjectFairfax County
This project rehabilitated 1,200 feet of failing 10-inch cast iron sewer pipe. Work included acquisition of land access rights from citizens, installation of a bypass pumping system, extensive cleaning of the wastewater sewer pipe, rehabilitation of the wastewater sewer pipe, and site restoration.
The primary goals of this project were to address public safety concerns, mitigate the potential for structural flooding to homes along Kaywood Place and improve the hydraulic capacity of the storm drainage system. The project scope included the installation of 350 linear feet of 24-inch diameter and 30-inch diameter polypropylene pipe and the construction of an overland relief swale to divert excess flows during the heavier rain events, which potentially could overwhelm the storm sewer system.
Accotink Creek at Wakefield Park Stream Restoration ProjectFairfax County
Accotink Creek at Wakefield Park Stream Restoration project was substantially completed on November 23, 2021. This project consists of restoring, enhancing, and stabilizing of approximately 4,900 linear feet of stream channel through the installation of four Newbury Riffles within the main channel of Accotink Creek and one Newbury Riffle within a side channel to provide aquatic benefits, grade control, improve water quality and prevent further erosion.
Citizens Vision - Cleveland OH Scranton Peninsula River JewelR Ray Saikus
Proposal for a channel along the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland Ohio at the base of the Scranton Peninsula to improve commercial navigation and free up 1 mile of river for continuous public use and more public access time all along the length of the river. An infrastructure shovel ready project with many short and long term benefits for Cleveland and the region. Reduced dredging benefits the environment.
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6. About the Project The City of Milbank owned and operated a water supply system consisting of three shallow spring galleries/collector wells, three deep vertical wells, several miles of water transmission pipeline, a pump station with chemical feed capabilities, and two ground storage reservoirs. After several decades of operation, the City of Milbank began to experience problems with line breakage and had concerns with the existing systems ability to meet future flow demands. As a result, the City of Milbank began in 1998 the first of a multi-phase project to upgrade their water supply, transmission and treatment systems. The first phase was to replace an original spring gallery with a new radial collector well, construction on Phase 2 began in 2006 with the replacement of the aging 8-inch cast iron and the 10 inch asbestos cement transmission lines with new parallel 12 inch transmission lines stretching 8.5 miles from the water sources to the Milbank treatment facility; Phase 3 consists of a new 2,900 square foot building that houses the chemical feed equipment and high service pumps. This facility has the capacity to treat and pump 1.5 MGD.
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12. David Odens, PE, Project Manager (left) and Daryl Englund, PE, President of Banner Inc. (right) accept the Merit Award for the Milbank Water Supply and Treatment Improvements in Milbank, SD. Jason Kettwig, City of Milbank (center) accepts the award on behalf of the city.
13. The Mead Building High Definition Laser Scanning Project Yankton, SD
14. About the Project The historic Mead Building on the Human Services Center campus in Yankton carries a story that should not be lost to future generations. Built over a hundred years ago, it was sentenced to be demolished until the Yankton Co. Historical Society embraced it as a possible regional museum and cultural center. Eisenbraun and Associates offered the use of their High Definition Survey 3D laser scanning technology to survey the exterior and portion of the interior of the 45,100 square foot structure. Capturing over 70 million survey points in five days would be an impossible task by any other method, but the futuristic laser scanning technology enabled a two-person survey crew to capture copious amounts of accurate spatial data, creating a dense “point cloud” from which rich detail of the building could be extracted. The Mead Building has since received national attention, having been designated to the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 2009 List of America’s Most Endangered Historic Places.
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24. DerekWestenberg, PE, Dan Eisenbraun, PE/LS, President,and Chris Gadeken, PE (l to r) of Eisenbraun and Associates, Inc. accept the Merit Award for The Mead Building High Definition Laser Scanning Project in Yankton, SD.
25. Water Reclamation Facility Transfer Pump Replacement Sioux Falls, SD
26. About the Project This project alleviated a critical hydraulic constraint within the Sioux Falls Water Reclamation Facility (WRF), preparing the facility for the City’s ongoing growth while decreasing the facility’s energy consumption. The project replaced four pumps at the WRF’s Process Pump Station with a more efficient pumping regime. The Process Pump Station transfers wastewater from intermediate to tertiary treatment. The project also involved major structural modifications and expansion of the wet well that precedes the pumps. Thus, the project exemplified the sustainable design concepts of energy conservation and adaptive reuse. Already the project is benefitting the 150,000 residents of Sioux Falls by reducing energy costs at the WRD. City maintenance personnel have observed a 21% reduction in pumping energy thus far.
32. A new sluice gate structure allows isolation of flow into either half of the newly divided wet well.
33. Dawn Horner, PE, Project Manager at Howard R. Green Company received the Merit Award for the Water Reclamation Facility Transfer Pump Replacement in Sioux Falls, SD.
36. About the Project In the late 1990s, the Lawrence County Airport Board in cooperation with the Federal Aviation Administration began efforts to enhance the utility and safety of the Black Hills Airport/Clyde Ice Field to accommodate the current and projected levels of aviation activity and provide improved approach capabilities. The primary goal of the project was to comply with FAA standards for the design aircraft family, particularly in the areas of runway length and instrument approaches. The project faced numerous challenges including a tenuous environmental assessment process, land acquisition, geotechncial considerations including deep earth embankments and excavations, coordination with the Federal Emergency Management Agency in crossing a floodplain with the runway, obstacle removal and the relocation of roadways.
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46. Rod Senn, PE, Project Manager at Kadrmas, Lee and Jackson, Inc. received the Honor Award for the Black Hills Airport/Clyde Ice Field Runway 12-30 Extension, Spearfish, SD.
49. About the Project In 2005, traffic volumes on 57th Street ranged from 4,000 to 12,000 vehicles per day. Year 2025 traffic volumes were predicted to be 25,000 vehicles per day. Long backups were already developing at intersections during peak periods, the pavement had deteriorated to a very rough condition, and BNSF trains were causing traffic to cut through residential neighborhood streets to avoid the long delays at the at-grade railroad crossing. The City of Sioux Falls announced its decision to expand 57th Street from two lanes to four lanes from Cliff Avenue to Sycamore Avenue (approximately 2 miles) and hired HDR as the design consultant. The $10.5 million project also included an overpass of the BNSF railroad tracks and a new alignment and widening of Sycamore Avenue. This was the largest roadway project ever undertaken by the City of Sioux Falls.
57. Bill Brinker, PE, and James Unruh, PE, from HDR, Inc. accept the 2009 Engineering Excellence Awards Grand Award for the 57th Reconstruction Project in Sioux Falls, SD.
58. Congratulations! It is our honor to recognize the following for their outstanding achievement as Professional Engineers
59. Mike Heiberger, PE, is a Project Engineer at Schmucker, Paul, Nohr and Associates in Mitchell.
60. Mike Johnson, PE, Mike is a water/wastewater design engineer at HDR, Inc. in Sioux Falls.
61. Lance Weatherly, PE/LSIT is a staff engineer in the Municipal Engineering services in the Sioux Falls office of Banner, Inc.
62. MARK YOUR CALENDARS! 2010 ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE AWARDS NOVEMBER 6 , 2010