2006 Eminent Conceptor | 2006 Honor | 2006 Special Achievment | 2006 Merit

MERIT AWARDS are given for those projects worthy of recognition for the engineer and the owner/client. This year, 21 Projects in nine categories were awarded Merit Awards, as follows:

STUDIES, RESEARCH, CONSULTING ENGINEERING SERVICES

CLARK DIETZ, INC.
Stormwater Planning - Open Channel Rehabilitation
Owner: City of Peoria
Consultants: Hanson Professional Services, Peoria

ENGINEERING ENTERPRISES, INC.
Transportation Planning and Roadway Improvement Cost Analysis
Owner: Village of Hampshire

HORNER & SHIFRIN, INC.
Alternative Solutions Study to Eliminate Flooding on Interstate 55
Owner: Illinois Department of Transportation, Region 4, District 6
Consultants: Coombe-Bloxdorf, PC, Springfield

T.Y. LIN INTERNATIONAL
Rockford Area Year 2035 Long-Range Transportation Plan
Owner: Rockford Area Transportation Study
Consultants: The al Chalabi Group, Ltd., Chicago

BUILDING/TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS

BURNS & MCDONNELL ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC.
Wheaton College Central Heating and Cooling Plant
Owner: Wheaton College

STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS

MCDONOUGH ASSOCIATES INC.
Deerfield Bridge Pedestrian Bridge
Owner: Village of Deerfield

SURVEYING / MAPPING TECHNOLOGY

PATRICK ENGINEERING INC.
Interactive Plan Storage and Retrieval System
Owner: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority

ENVIRONMENTAL

CAMP DRESSER & MCKEE, INC.
University of Illinois at Chicago South Campus Development
Owner: University of Illinois at Chicago
Consultants: Del Mar; Grace Analytical; STAT Analysis; Wight Engineering;
Brandenburg Industrial Services Group; Chicago

WATER & WASTEWATER

BAXTER & WOODMAN, INC.
UV Disinfection of the Manteno Groundwater Supply
Owner: Village of Manteno

CAMP DRESSER & MCKEE, INC.
Paul M. Neal Water Treatment Facility Phase 2 Improvements
Owner: Central Lake County Joint Action Water Agency
Consultants: CH2M Hill, Chicago; GKC/EME LLC, Chicago

CTE
Biosolids Consolidation and Energy Management
Owner: Urbana & Champaign Sanitary District
Consultants: Sodemann & Associates, Urbana; Midwest Engineering Services, Inc., Urbana

MAURER-STUTZ, INC.
Vinton Highlands Trunk Sewer Design-Build
Owner: The Greater Peoria Sanitary and Sewage Disposal District
Consultants: Wiegand & Storrer, Inc.

SMITH ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS INC.
Radionuclide Compliance
Owner: Village of Oswego
Consultants: PHN Architects, Wheaton

WATER RESOURCES

BENTON & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Eagle Creek Resort's Boat Docks
Owner: Illinois Department of Natural Resources

BONESTROO & ASSOCIATES
Salt Creek Stream Bank Stabilization
Owner: Village of Palatine

CHRISTOPHER B. BURKE ENGINEERING, LTD.
Parkside Park - Recreation and Stormwater Enhancement Project
Owner: Village of Roselle
Consultants: Cardinal Excavation; A and A Contractors; Neri Brothers; Burke Construction; Northern Contracting; Northwestern Landscape; Sportsfield, Inc.

TRANSPORTATION

COLLINS ENGINEERS, INC.
Rehabilitation of the Fuel Pier at the Reagan Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll
Owner: Defense Energy Support Center - Pacific

PATRICK ENGINEERING INC.
Metra Union Pacific West Line - College Avenue Station
Owner: Metra
Consultants: Shah Engineering, Chicago

SPECIAL PROJECTS

HOMER L. CHASTAIN & ASSOCIATES, LLP
Fast Track to Progress: The Design of Progress City USA
Owner: Brush College LLC -- Richland Community College
Consultants: BLDD Architects, Bainbridge, Gee, Milanski & Assoc., SKS Engineers, Decatur; Architectural Expressions, LLP, Forsyth; Ponder Solutions, Rochester

KNIGHT E/A, INC.
Oases Redevelopment Program
Owner: Illinois Tollway
Consultants: Construction Cost Systems, Inc., Oakbrook Terrace; Cotter Consulting, Inc., Chicago; Delta Engineering, Inc., Chicago; Geo Services, Inc., Naperville; Wolff Clements and Associates, Ltd., Chicago

SPACECO, INC.
The Brickyard Mall Redevelopment
Owner: Mid-America Asset Management, Inc.
Consultants: O'Brien Associates, Inc., Dallas, TX; Camburas & Theodore Ltd., Des Plaines;
Brockette Davis Drake, Dallas, TX; Pepper Construction, Chicago