Call for Entries2023 Engineering Excellence Awards
The ACEC-CT Engineering Excellence Awards program offers firms an opportunity to earn national recognition and showcase their talent and expertise. Eligibility The competition is open to any firm or individual engaged in the practice of consulting engineering in Connecticut, whether or not the firm or individual is an ACEC/CT member. Eligible projects (a) must have been built in Connecticut or (b) the majority of the design work must have been performed in Connecticut, although the project may have been built anywhere. Constructed projects must have been substantially completed and ready for use between November 1, 2019 and October 31, 2022. Studies must have been publicly disclosed by the client between November 1, 2019 and October 31, 2022. There is a $500 entry fee for ACEC-CT members entering the state competition; entries from nonmember firms is an $900 entry fee. The fee for ACEC members who go on to the national competition will pay $1,200, nonmembers will pay $3,600. How to Enter Your entry must be submitted to ACEC-CT by November 9, 2022 via email. Do not submit hard copies. Note: the panel and notebook requirements detailed in the national ACEC application are not required for the ACEC-CT competition. Entries must include the following:
Each participating firm must submit an endorsement/release letter or email from the owner granting permission to enter the project in the ACEC-CT Engineering Excellence Awards Competition. Each participating firm must submit a Microsoft Excel file listing the key participants in the project. Key participants include owners, design team, contractors, construction managers, and major subcontractors. Information for each key participant should include: organization name, contact person, mailing address, email and phone number. Entrants are strongly encouraged to participate in a webinar briefing on submission requirements and how projects are judged to be held at 3:30 PM, November 17, 2022. An oral presentation of not more than fifteen minutes will be made to the judges’ panel by each participating firm on December 1, 2022. Along with the oral presentation, firms may use a PowerPoint presentation, display boards, slides, videos or photos. CT Award winners will be notified by e-mail on or before December 12, 2022. The winning firms will be honored at the ACEC-CT Engineering Excellence Awards Dinner in June. Winning firms will also be eligible to enter the ACEC National Competition and must submit their entry by January 13, 2023. How Projects are Judged Projects will be judged by the following factors:
ACEC-CT Engineering Excellence Award Timetable
ACEC National Engineering Excellence Award Timetable
We recommend that participants begin selecting their entries as soon as possible. Our Executive Directors, Tricia Dinneen Priebe or Lisa Winkler, will be happy to answer questions about submitting your firm’s entry. 203-464-3793 or tricia@grassrootsct.com |
“This year’s submissions demonstrated excellent engineering projects completed by your firms and reflected a diversity of project types, clients, and engineering disciplines,” said Rob Yirigian, EEA Committee Chair. “The number of Merit and Engineering Excellence Awards issued by the judges reflects this diversity,” Yirigian concluded. |