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HONOR AWARDS are given for those projects which are recognized for exceptional engineering that meet the needs of the client and benefit the public welfare.
STUDIES, RESEARCH, CONSULTING ENGINEERING SERVICES
EDWARDS AND KELCEY
South Lake Shore Drive Preliminary Engineering Design
Client: Illinois Department of Transportation
Partner Agencies: Chicago Department of Transportation; Chicago Park District
Consultants: Baird & Company, Lockport; Christopher
B. Burke Engineering, Ltd., Rosemont; EJM Engineering, P.C., Chicago; Mann, Gin, Dubin and
Frazier, Ltd., Chicago; Vlecides-Schroeder Associates, Inc.; Huff & Huff, Inc.,
LaGrange
 South Lake Shore Drive, located within historic Jackson and Burnham Parks has
constraints and issues far beyond a normal highway project. An Advisory Group of over 30
interest groups, agencies and elected officials closely watched every project phase.
Success resulted from: 1) An intense outreach program including ten Advisory Group
meetings and many individual meetings turned opposition into unqualified support; 2)
Shoulder elimination, lane narrowing, and reconfiguration will return over 14 acres to
parks; 3) Aesthetically pleasing barriers and landscape plantings will replace guardrail
and unsightly barriers that have angered the community; 4) Improved pedestrian access to
the lakefront results from: five pedestrian underpasses, a beach boardwalk, new walkways
on an historic bridge, and parkways to separate pedestrians from traffic; 5) Drastic
reduction of pollution discharges to Lake Michigan and restricting peak flows into the
combined system satisfied environmentalists, neighbors and agencies; and 6) Improving
safety and operational efficiency rather than increasing roadway capacity were the focus.
STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS
EDWARDS AND KELCEY
Pells Street Bridge Reconstruction
Owner/Client: City of Paxton, Illinois
Consultants: Moore Surveying and Mapping, Paxton;
Midwest Testing Services, Peru; Halverson Construction Co., Springfield
 Throughout our communities, bridges built in the early 20th century are in need of
rehabilitation since they no longer meet criteria for strength or serviceability. The
Pells Street Bridge, built in 1924 in the City of Paxton, was a prime example. Edwards and
Kelcey's objective was to design a bridge which would meet modem standards, but also
maintain a link to the past through aesthetics.
Completed on time, at a cost of $1,200,000, the project consisted of demolition of two
structures, and replacement with a three-span (136 feet long), variable depth reinforced
concrete bridge. The structure crosses the Illinois Central Railroad, which divides the
town. The bridge required improvement to both the vertical clearance and roadway sight
distance, and an unusually shallow superstructure was needed. A decorative concrete rail
and replicas of the historical light fixtures were incorporated into the new structure,
which was completed in January, 2000.
STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS
TENG & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Old Plank Road Trail Bridge
Owner: Village of Frankfort, Illinois
Client: Illinois Department of Transportation
 The Old Plank Road Trail Bridge in Frankfort, Illinois represents an original and
innovative solution to the familiar problems posed by skewed crossings.
The bridge carries a bicycle path and pedestrian walkway across U.S. Route 45 at a very
sharp skew. The defining structural and architectural feature of the bridge is an A-frame
pylon with its legs straddling U.S. 45 at right angles, thus spanning the shortest
distance across the highway and eliminating the main source of structural inefficiency in
skewed crossings. The skewed deck structure is supported by cables from the top of the
pylon.
The bridge was completed in 1999 at a cost comparable to that of a conventional bridge
with a pier in the median of the highway below. The striking appearance and the safety
benefits of eliminating the pier were achieved at no additional cost.
STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS
TENG & ASSOCIATES, INC. / TENG CONSTRUCTION, L.L.C.
North Grant Park Garage Reconstruction Project
Owner/Client: Chicago Park District / Public Building Commission of Chicago
Consultants: Ground Engineering Consultants, Inc.,
Northbrook; Walker Parking Consultants, Elgin
 For nearly 50 years, the North Grant Park Garage served Chicago. Located beneath
Michigan Avenue and the northwest comer of Grant Park, the underground structure provided
much needed parking to the downtown area, and supported Michigan Avenue and open park
space above.
With ambitious plans for redevelopment of the park, the City needed to address concerns
over the aging garage structure below. The companies of Teng proposed a design-build,
complete reconstruction of the garage. On an accelerated schedule, the existing structure
was demolished, and a new structure was designed and constructed in under two years (12/98
- 10/31/00).
The new structure met numerous challenges of building in a congested area, maintaining
traffic flow, and coordinating with other evolving city projects in the area. The new
North Grant Park Garage provided the city with an improved Michigan Avenue, a foundation
for redeveloped, expanded public park spaces, and modernized parking for vehicles.
WATER & WASTEWATER
CRAWFORD, MURPHY & TILLY, INC.
Series/Parallel UV Design a First
Owner/Client: Sanitary District of Decatur
 A two-reactor ultraviolet (LfV) disinfection system at the Sanitary District of Decatur
is the first in the nation with a sophisticated, flexible option that allows operation in
either series or parallel. Designed by Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Inc., this is the
largest UV wastewater disinfection installation in Illinois.
UV replaced chlorine disinfection, which thousands of water
and wastewater treatment facilities across the country have traditionally relied upon. UV
disinfection meets mandates of the Clean Air Act to evaluate and reduce the possibility of
accidental injuries at facilities using or storing certain chemicals such as chlorine.
This flexible system also provides a solution for districts such as Decatur that confront
wide variations in flow and in the complex treatment parameter known as low percent
ultraviolet transmittance, which exists in some industrial waste streams.
WATER & WASTEWATER
GREELEY AND HANSEN
Richmond's Double Duty CSO System
Owner/Client: City of Richmond, Virginia
Consultants: Wallace Roberts and Todd, PA; Advanced
Engineering P.C., VA/Wash., DC;
Klein & Hoffman, Inc., Chicago; Limno-Tech, Inc., Wash., DC
 Richmond, Virginia, teamed with Greeley and Hansen engineers to plan,
design and oversee construction of an exemplary multifaceted program to improve its
combined sewer overflow (CSO) treatment system. One phase teamed efforts with the Richmond
Riverfront Development Project to re-create a historic downtown canal. The CSO system fit
in among canals, roads, bridges, sewers, a railway and highway piers.
Engineers designed innovative flow regulating structures used for the first time to
divert combined wastewater flows to the new CSO conveyance system and control floatables
and solids. The regulators are self-cleaning and have no mechanical parts, minimizing
maintenance. When tested by hurricanes, one dropping more than 6.5 inches of rain, it
performed as designed.
This program, a premier example of local initiative and commitment to improving water
quality and public benefit, has reduced overflows and unsightly debris in the canal, while
assisting with economic development, recreation and education opportunities, and historic
and cultural enhancements.
WATER & WASTEWATER
GREELEY AND HANSEN
Roseland Pumping Station - Pump No. 5 Variable Frequency Drive
Owner/Client: City of Chicago, Department of Water
Consultants: Klein & Hoffman, Chicago; TRH
Engineering, Chicago; Terry Glenn, PE, Chicago
 The largest potable water pumping application of variable frequency drive (VFD)
technology is now operational on a 75-million-gallon-per-day high-service water pump at
the Chicago Department of Water's Roseland Pumping Station.
Greeley and Hansen engineers addressed complex issues of harmonic distortion, heat
rejection and pump location when designing this application of solid-state technology. The
switching by solid state devices in a VFD to provide conversion from AC to DC power can
generate harmonic distortion. For this project, Greeley and Hansen researched current
industry standards, concluded that a VFD system could be manufactured to operate within
these standards and prepared performance-based bid specifications.
Pump installation also required removing 14,000 cubic feet of concrete
from a pump suction shaft removed from service decades ago. Throughout construction, the
existing five high service pumps remained operational. Based on this successful project,
the utility can proceed with a series of planned pump conversions at this and four other
stations.
WATER RESOURCES
CONSOER TOWNSEND ENVIRODYNE
ENGINEERS, INC.
Chicago Inner Harbor Turning Basin Cutoff Wall
Owner/Client: IL Dept. of Natural Resources, Office of Water Resources
Consultants: Ground Engineering Consultants, Inc.,
Northbrook; Ocean Surveys, Inc., CT
 The water quality and quantity of Lake Michigan, as part of
the Great Lakes system, is carefully monitored by local and state agencies. Illinois'
diversion of water from Lake Michigan is limited to 3,200 cubic feet per second. A number
of factors, including above average precipitation, high lake water levels, Chicago Lock
operation for navigation, and uncontrolled leakage through the old structures separating
the Chicago River from the lake resulted in Illinois' diversion exceeding the limit. In
order to stop and control the leakage of lake-water into the river, the Illinois
Department of Natural Resources hired Consoer Townsend Envirodyne Engineers, Inc., to
design and monitor construction of a new watertight cutoff wall, pump station and four
sluice gates. The project area, known as the Chicago River Turning Basin, located on the
south side of the Chicago River near the Chicago River Lock was a serious area of
uncontrolled leakage.
SPECIAL PROJECTS
ALVORD, BURDICK & HOWSON, L.L.C.
Galvanic Cathodic Protection for Existing Transmission Mains
Owner/Client: Northwest Suburban Municipal Joint Action Water Agency
The Northwest Suburban Municipal Joint Action Water Agency (NSMJAWA) had a dilemma.
Their water transmission system, although only a few years old, was known to be suffering
accelerated corrosion. This transmission system is the sole source of water for seven
communities in northwest Cook County, Illinois. To solve this problem the Agency
determined to utilize cathodic protection and selected Alvord, Burdick & Howson,
L.L.C. (AB&H) to aid them in this endeavor.
The principles of cathodic protection are well established, but their application in
this circumstance was challenging. The pipelines and their appurtenances were constructed
of several different materials with differing protective requirements. Much of the
transmission system was located in restrictive common rights-of-way, with little room for
installation of cathodic protection anodes. Finally, protection must be achieved without
damaging or adversely affecting the facilities of the client communities or other
neighboring utilities.
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