Engineering Excellence
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What is Engineering Excellence?
Engineering Excellence is an annual design competition that recognizes engineering achievements which demonstrate the highest degree of merit and ingenuity. For more than 42 years, hundreds of consulting engineering firms have entered their most innovative designs in state competitions. |
Engineering Excellence Awards 2010
PAE Consulting Engineers earns “Project of the Year”
for Shattuck Hall at Portland State University
PROJECT OF THE YEAR: PAE Consulting Engineers, Shattuck Hall for Portland State University. Pictured, from left, are Skip Stanaway, SRG Partnership; Jennifer Sharp and Barbara Sestak, Portland State University; Nick Collins, PAE Consulting Engineers and ACEC Oregon President Gayle Harley.
Originally constructed in 1915 as an elementary school, Shattuck Hall is a three story
building that now houses Portland State University’s departments of Architecture and Fine and Performing Arts. The challenge was to create learning spaces that are highly functional, healthy and energy-efficient while preserving the building’s historic character.
The result is a huge success: AIA Portland recognized it with a top design award as well as its only Sustainability Award. Shattuck Hall is on track to achieve a LEED Gold rating. The building’s MEP systems are exposed, as are its structural components and finishes, all helping students better understand the role such elements play in the building’s function.
Heated and chilled water are circulated through radiant ceiling panels to maintain comfortable conditions in each space. Direct and indirect lighting is automatically controlled to supplement varying amounts of daylight entering through windows, skylights and light wells. Operable windows and ceiling fans give occupants some direct control over their comfort levels, maintain more uniform conditions, increase the radiant panels capacity, and save energy by extending the comfort range. Metering and instrumentation allows students to monitor the building’s energy use and also outside climatic conditions.
Shattuck Hall today is the result of an integrated design process that allows designers of the future to learn more about construction, architecture and sustainability, all within a building constructed 85 years ago.
“An extremely complex project that
effectively utilized original features of an old building
into a modern facility; high level of ingenuity.”
--Judge’s comment
Click here for the Winter 2010 newsletter announcing
all the Engineering Excellence Award winners, with stories and photos.
Entire list (one page) of 2010 Engineering Excellence Winners
as announced in the Daily Journal of Commerce newspaper, January 14, 2010 edition.
Slideshow of all the entries featuring each project's photographic display panel.
(Different) Slideshow of the entries in order of awards presentation.
PEOPLE's CHOICE AWARD
goes to KPFF Consulting Engineers for Renovation of Paradise Inn
The firm's board won the popular vote during the awards dinner as most favorite display panel.
ENTER YOUR PROJECT FOR 2011
The "Call for Entries" rules and official entry form for the
2011 Engineering Excellence Awards competition will become available late summer.
Bring public attention to the outstanding engineering services provided by Oregon (or Clark County, Washington) consulting engineering firms through services to clients, state and society by entering ACEC Oregon's Engineering Excellence Awards competition.
ELIGIBILITY: Any engineering or surveying firm with an office in Oregon (or Clark County, Washington), is eligible to enter the awards program, whether or not the firm is a member of ACEC Oregon.
DATES for 2011 ENTRIES: Projects entered in the competition may have been executed anywhere in the world. Studies and Research (Category A) or Surveying and Mapping (Category D) must have been publicly disclosed by the client between November 1, 2008 and October 31, 20010. Construction of projects (Categories B through K, with the exception of D) must have been substantially completed and ready for use between November 1, 2008 and October 31, 2010.
DATES to REMEMBER (approximate):
- Phase 1 "Intent to Enter" Deadline - on or around October 26, 2010
- Phase 2 Q&A Session (optional) - on or around October 26, 2010 @ ACEC Oregon, 4 - 5 p.m.
- ACEC Oregon Phase 2 Final Deadline - on or around November 16, 2010
- ACEC Oregon Judging of Entries - on or around December 2, 2010
- ACEC Oregon Awards Dinner - Wednesday, January 12, 2011
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Link to ACEC National 2010 EEA information & 2009 EEA winners.
- For questions on ACEC National entry materials, please contact Daisy Nappier at
(202) 347-7474 or dnappier@acec.org.
- For questions on ACEC Oregon entry materials, please contact Merideth Webber at
(503) 292-2348 or mwebber@acecOregon.org.
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