2005 Eminent Conceptor | 2005 Honor | 2005 Special Achievment | 2005 Merit

MERIT AWARDS are given for those projects worthy of recognition for the engineer and the owner/client. This year, 22 Projects in eight categories were awarded Merit Awards, as follows:

STUDIES, RESEARCH, CONSULTING ENGINEERING SERVICES

PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF
CTA Station / Extension Study
Owner: Village of Skokie
Consultants: DLK, Inc., Chicago

STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS

CLARK DIETZ, INC.
The Mount Carroll Bridge
Owner: Illinois Department of Transportation

STV INCORPORATED
Jefferson Street Bridge
Owner: IL Dept. of Transportation - Bureau of Bridges & Structures

WATER AND WASTEWATER

BAXTER & WOODMAN, INC.
Elwood - Water & Wastewater Facilities Improvements
Owner: Village of Elwood

CLARK DIETZ, INC.
Water Line Replacement and Rehabilitation
Owner: Town of Normal

DONOHUE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Headworks Study and Design
Owner: Sanitary District of Decatur
Consultants: Michael E. Rapier Surveying, Springfield

ENGINEERING ENTERPRISES, INC.
Water System Improvements
Owner: Village of Montgomery
Consultants: Engineering Consultants, Inc., Joliet; Hanson Professional Services, Oak Brook;
Terracon Consultants, Inc.; Ream Hauser Architects, Alarm Detection Systems, Inc., Aurora;
Land Vision, Inc., St. Charles; Michael Fagel, PhD, CEM

GREELEY AND HANSEN
Moline Water Treatment Plant Improvements
Owner: City of Moline
Consultants: Klein and Hoffman, Chicago; Stanley Consultants, Muscatine, IA; Indeco, Bettendorf, IA

WIGHT CONSULTING
4.2 MGD WPCF Expansion
Owner: Lake in the Hills Sanitary District
Consultants: Schleede - Hampton Assoc., McHenry; Miniscalco Arch., St. Charles; Barrett Engineering, Elgin; M.J. Engineering, Glenview; Controls Consulting, Rolling Meadows

WATER RESOURCES

BLACK & VEATCH
McCook Reservoir Grout Test
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Chicago District
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
Consultants: Donald Bruce, PhD, Geosystems LP, Venetia, PA

MACTEC ENGINEERING AND CONSULTING, INC.
Friendship Park Design Build
Owner: Village of Wheeling
Consultants: Wolff Clements, Chicago

TRANSPORTATION

BAXTER & WOODMAN, INC.
Beecher - Dixie Highway Improvements
Owner: Village of Beecher

CIORBA GROUP
Skokie Swift Transit Center
Owner: Village of Skokie
Consultants: Hayden Bulin Larson Design Group, Antunovich Associates, Chicago

HANSON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Stanford Avenue
Owner: City of Springfield, Illinois

HORNER & SHIFRIN, INC.
Illinois Route 169 Widening / Resurfacing
Owner: Illinois Department of Transportation - District 9
Consultants: Shawnee Survey and Consulting, Inc.

KNIGHT ENGINEERS & ARCHITECTS
US Route 45 (LaGrange Road)
Owner: Illinois Department of Transportation
Consultants: American Survey Consultants, Dixon; O'Brien and Associates, Naperville; Ghandi and Associates, Chicago; KAM Engineering, Elgin

OATES ASSOCIATES, INC.
IL 255 / Gateway Commerce Interchange
Owner: TriStar Business Communities, LLC
Client: Madison County Highway Department
Consultants: Stock Assoc., St. Louis; SCI Engineering, Fairview Heights; BRiC Partnership, Belleville; Sheppard, Morgan & Schwaab, Alton; Hanson Professional Svcs., Chicago

OATES ASSOCIATES, INC.
Poplar Street Reconstruction
Owner: City of Highland
Consultants: SCI Engineering, Inc., Fairview Heights

PATRICK ENGINEERING INC.
Illinois Route 22
Owner: Illinois Dept. of Transportation - Region 1
Consultants: KAM Engineering, Elgin

TRANSYSTEMS CORPORATION
North Central Avenue Viaduct
Owner: City of Chicago, Department of Transportation
Consultants: DLK Architecture, Delta Engineering, Chicago; O'Brien & Assoc., Arlington Heights; URS Corporation, Rolling Meadows

URS CORPORATION
CSX Capacity Improvement Project, Blue Island, Illinois
Owner: CSX Transportation
Consultants: Applied GeoScience, Schaumburg

SPECIAL PROJECTS

URS CORPORATION
Canal Origins Park
Owner: Chicago Park District
Consultants: Conservation Design Forum, Environmental Design Int'l, O'Brien and Associates, Chicago