2007 Eminent Conceptor | 2007 Honor | 2007 Special Achievment | 2007 Merit

MERIT AWARDS are given for those projects worthy of recognition for the engineer and the owner/client. This Year twenty-five Merit Awards were given in seven categories:

BUILDING / TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS

EDWARDS AND KELCEY DESIGN SERVICES, INC.
IDOT District 8 Traffic Management Center
Owner: Illinois Department of Transportation
Consultants: MGN Consulting Engineers, Chicago

SHIVE-HATTERY, INC.
Building 340 Warehouse Remodel, Rock Island Arsenal
Owner: Rock Island Area Development Group

STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS

ALFRED BENESCH & COMPANY
CN over I-190
Owner: Canadian National Railroad
Consultants: STS Consultants

FARNSWORTH GROUP, INC.
Historic Division Street Bridge
Owner: City of Pontiac
Client: Livingston County Highway Department
Consultants: Midwest Testing

HAMPTON, LENZINI AND RENWICK, INC.
Kelsey Road over Flint Creek
Owner: Lake County Division of Transportation
Consultants: ENCAP.; Testing Service Corporation; Alfred Benesch & Company; Albin Carlson

HAMPTON LENZINI AND RENWICK, INC.
Sullivan Road over the Fox River
Owner: City of Aurora
Consultants: Testing Service Corporation; ENCAP; Huff & Huff

SURVEYING / MAPPING TECHNOLOGY

HNTB CORPORATION
GeoSOURCE
Owner: Illinois Tollway
Consultants: Project Management & Control Services

PATRICK ENGINEERING INC.
Illinois Tollway Lane Closure Application
Owner: Illinois Tollway

WATER AND WASTEWATER

BAXTER & WOODMAN, INC. CONSULTING ENGINEERS
Downers Grove Sanitary District Sodium
Hypochlorite Generation System
Owner: Downers Grove Sanitary District

ENGINEERING ENTERPRISES, INC.
Settlers Ridge Water System Improvements
Owner: Village of Sugar Grove
Consultants: Layne Geosciences, WI; Terracon Consultants; Hutter Trankina Engineering; Engineering Consultants, Inc.; Pizzo & Associates; Ream Hauser Architects

ENGINEERING ENTERPRISES, INC.
Yorkville Water System Improvements
Owner: United City of Yorkville
Consultants: Engineering Consultants; Terracon Consultants; Hutter Trankina Engineering Co.; Ream Hauser Architects

FARNSWORTH GROUP, INC.
Southeast Wastewater Treatment Plant
Owner: Bloomington and Normal Water Reclamation District
Consultants: Testing Service Corporation

WATER RESOURCES

CHRISTOPHER B. BURKE ENGINEERING, LTD.
Storm Sewer & Water Main Improvements
Owner: Village of Orland Park
Consultants: Burke, LLC; Airy's; Neri Brothers Construction; George Kennedy Construction Co.

TRANSPORTATION

CIVILTECH ENGINEERING, INC.
Rollins Road Extension
Owner: Lake County Division of Transportation
Consultants: Hey & Associates; Jorgensen & Associates; Midland Standard Engineering & Testing; TFW Surveying & Mapping

KLINGNER & ASSOCIATES, P.C.
FAP 310 (US 67) - Four Lane Expressway
Owner: Illinois Department of Transportation
Consultants: Lin Engineering, Ltd.

T.Y. LIN INTERNATIONAL
Replacement of Moffett Road Bridge Phases I, II, and III
Owner: Village of Lake Bluff
Consultants: American Surveying Consultants; AppliedEcological Services, WI; Altamanu; Dynasty Group; Geo Services; O'Brien & Associates

MCCLURE ENGINEERING ASSOCIATES, INC.
Springfield Avenue Re-location Economic Development Project
Owner: City of Rockford, Illinois

OATES ASSOCIATES, INC.
Schoolhouse Trail Bikeway System
Owner: Madison County Transit
Consultants: SCI Engineering

PATRICK ENGINEERING INC.
Reconstruction & Widening of Ronald Reagan
Memorial Tollway (I-88)
Owner: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Consultants: Kam Engineering; Gandhi and Associates

SPECIAL PROJECTS

CIVILTECH ENGINEERING, INC.
Open Road Tolling Plaza One - South Beloit
Owner: Illinois Tollway
Consultants: Apex Consulting Engineers; Infrastructure Engineering; H.W. Lochner; Nakawatase, Wyns & Associates; Singh & Associates; S.T.A.T.E. Testing; TesTech

HDR / PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF / T.Y. LIN INTERNATIONAL
2005 CDOT Engineering, Aldermanic Menu Program
Owner: City of Chicago Department of Transportation
Consultants: Ardmore Associates; Tecma Associates; Omega & Associates; MTL; SPAAN Tech; Inftastructure Engineering; Dynasty Group; McKissack & McKissack

K-PLUS ENGINEERING, LTD.
Wacker Drive Riverwalk Wabash Plaza - Vietnam Veterans' Memorial
Owner: City of Chicago Department of Transportation
Consultants: Shah Engineering; Jacobs/Ryan Associates; Ross, Barney & Jankowski

REZEK, HENRY, MEISENHEIMER AND GENDE, INC.
Ryerson Visitor's Center Site Improvements
Owner: Lake County Forest Preserve District

SHIVE-HATTERY, INC.
Homeland Security Fire Training Facility, Rock Island Arsenal
Owner: Rock Island Area Development Group
Consultants: Frauenhoffer and Associates; Contracting Corporation Midwest

V3 COMPANIES OF ILLINOIS
Algonquin Road Reconstruction
Owner: McHenry County Division of Transportation
Consultants: State Testing