2007 Engineering Excellence Award Winners

The Palmetto award is given to the firm that scored highest by our judges.  This project is an ACEC finalist.  S&ME, Inc. was awarded the Palmetto Award for the project in Structural Systems over $10 million Category for the Vought - Global Aeronautica Aircraft Facility.  The facility will build the fuselage section of Boeing Aircraft's revolutionary new 787 Dreamliner passenger jet.

The following are ACEC-SC Finalist that have a chance to compete in the national competition:

• Dennis Corporation, Fairfield County Road Improvement Program
• EnSafe Inc. , Macalloy NPL Site Remediation
• GWA, Inc., High Voltage Power Station Replacement
• THE LPA GROUP INCORPORATED/TranSystems , SPUI-The Single Point for Reducing Traffic
• TranSystems, I-385/ Max Heller Gateway

The following won Engineering Excellence Awards:

• American Engineering Consultants, Inc., Effluent Diffuser-Dilution is the Solution
• Civil Engineering Consulting Services, Carolina Bays Parkway Extension Feasibility Study
• Davis & Floyd, Inc., Daniel Island School
• S&ME, Inc. , Geotechnical Services, Grant Forest Products
• URS Corporation, Mulberry Street
• Wilbur Smith Associates, U.S. 521 Design-Build Bridge Project
• Wilbur Smith Associates, South Carolina Aviation Economic Impact Study

These firms were given an Honor Award for their Entries:

• Civil Engineering Consulting Services, SC-101 Widening From S-63 to US-221
• Earth Tech, Inc., Summerville CPW Cannibal Sludge Project
• Florence & Hutcheson, Inc., SC-45 Bridge Replacement
• Wilbur Smith Associates, New Access for Eastman Chemical/Voridian
• Wilbur Smith Associates, I-85 Access Improvements Design-Build