2002 MERIT AWARDS
MERIT AWARDS are given for those projects worthy of recognition for the engineer and the owner/client. 19 Projects were awarded Merit Awards in this year's competition, as follows:
STUDIES, RESEARCH, CONSULTING ENGINEERING SERVICES
ALFRED BENESCH & COMPANY
North Central Service Expansion Preliminary Engineering
Owner: Metra
Subconsultants: Louis Jones Enterprises; TECHKNOW Engineering, LLC, Chicago;
Ground Engineering Consultants, Inc., Northbrook, Thomas K. Dyer, Chicago
WILBUR SMITH ASSOCIATES
Tri-state Tollway Commercial Vehicle Dedicated Lanes
Owner: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Subconsultants: Consoer Townsend Envirodyne
BUILDING / TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS
WOODARD & CURRAN
Municipal Utility Control System Upgrade
Owner: Town of Cortland
Subconsultants: Simmons & Associates, Rochelle, IL
STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS
MODJESKI AND MASTERS, INC.
McNaughton Bridge Rehabilitation
Owner: IL Dept. of Transportation, District Four
Subconsultants: Boyer Engineering, Ltd., Springfield; Roman Wolchuk
Consulting Engineers, Jersey City, NJ; R.A. Cullinan & Son, Inc., Tremont
WENDLER ENGINEERING & SURVEYING,
INC.
Blackhawk Road (Section 18-Z BR) over Mill Creek
Owner: IL Dept. of Transportation, District 2
SURVEYING & MAPPING TECHNOLOGY
HANSON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, INC.
Making Illinois Safer - one track at a time
Owner: Illinois Commerce Commission
Subconsultants: Aero-Metric, Chicago; GIS Solutions, Springfield;
URS Corporation, Decatur; Coombe-Bloxdorf, PC., Springfield, IL
WATER AND WASTEWATER
CONSOER TOWNSEND ENVIRODYNE
ENGINEERS, INC.
Stickney Post-Digestion Centrifuge Facility Expansion
Owner: Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
Subconsultants: Hazen & Sawyer, PC, New York, NY; Shah Engineering, Chicago;
O'Brien & Associates, Arlington Heights; EJM Engineering, PC, Chicago
WATER RESOURCES
URS CORPORATION
Gompers Park Lagoon Rehabilitation Project
Owner: Chicago Park District
Subconsultants: Wolff Clements and Assoc. Ltd., Chicago; Integrated Lakes Management,
Gurnee;
Environmental Design Int'l., Inc., Chicago; O'Brien & Associates, Inc., Arlington
Heights; Hey & Assoc, Inc.,
Libertyville; Barbara Geiger, M.A.L.A., Glenview
TRANSPORTATION
CIORBA GROUP, INC.
Front Street Reconstruction and Streetscape
Owner: Village of Mokena, Illinois
Subconsultants: Smith Group, JJR, Chicago
COLLINS ENGINEERS, INC.
Repairs to Waterfront Facilities at the U.S. Naval Academy
Owner: United States Naval Academy - Public Works Department
Client: Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center - East Coast Detachment
MCDONOUGH ASSOCIATES INC. AND THE LAKOTA GROUP
Waukegan Road Commercial Corridor
Owner: Village of Morton Grove
Subconsultants: S.B. Friedman & Company
STV INCORPORATED
Metra Interconnected Crossings Project
Owner: Metra
V3 INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES, LTD.
Schaumburg Commuter Station Parking Lot Reconstruction Project
Owner: Village of Schaumburg
Subconsultants: Terracon Consultants, Inc.; Sunjoy, Inc.
V3 INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES, LTD.
Fremont-Laird’s Subdivision Area Project
Owner: City of Naperville
Subconsultants: Terracon Consultants, Inc.
SPECIAL PROJECTS
BAKER ENGINEERING, INC.
Chicago / State Subway Rehabilitation
Owner: Chicago Dept. of Transportation
Subconsultants: Walsh/Weis; Ross Barney & Jankowski, DeLeuw, Cather & Co.;
Singh and Associates; Wiss, Janney, Elstner & Associates, Inc.
EDWARDS AND KELCEY
Metra 93rd Street Station
Owner: Northern Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation (Metra)
Subconsultants: Primera Engineering; Graef Anhalt Schloemer & Associates; Ross Barney
+ Jankowski; LTK Engineering
FARNSWORTH GROUP, INC.
Savannah Green Normal
Owner: St. Agnes Company
Client: Construx Design Group
Subconsultants: Construx Design Group, Springfield, IL
STV INCORPORATED
City of Chicago Urban Heat Reduction Prototype Project
Owner: City of Chicago, Department of the Environment
