ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE

WHAT IS ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE?
ACEC Oregon's annual Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA) competition recognizes engineering firms for projects that demonstrate an exceptional degree of innovation, complexity, achievement and value.
JUDGING CRITERIA
Projects from all across the world are rated on the basis of: uniqueness and/or innovative application of new or existing techniques; future value to the engineering profession and enhanced public awareness/ enthusiasm of the role of engineering; social, economic and sustainable development considerations; complexity; and successful fulfillment of client/owner's needs, including schedule and budget.
ACEC Oregon EEA 2024 links:
- Call for Entries booklet with detailed instructions
- Intent to Enter form
- Online submission portal (submit all the required entry materials through the portal--except for the Intent to Enter form)
- EEA Checklist
- ACEC EEA logo (for electronic image of display panel)
- JPEG version
- PDF version - Award Form (fillable PDF to upload via submission portal)
Other helpful links:
- Photography, Graphic Design & Technical Writing Resources
- View display panels from last year
- VIDEOS of the 2023 Engineering Excellence Awards project entries
- Past EEA Project of the Year winners
2023
PROJECT OF THE YEAR
KPFF - Congressman Earl Blumenauer Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge for Portland Bureau of Transportation

More about KPFFs winning project (executive summary) - 2023 Engineering Excellence
DJC magazine - 2023 Engineering Excellence Awards
Winners list (one page) - 2023 Engineering Excellence Awards
Slideshow featuring each project's display panel - 2023 Engineering Excellence Awards
VIDEOS of the 2023 Engineering Excellence Awards project entries
2022
PROJECT OF THE YEAR
KPFF - PDXNext Portland International Airport Terminal Balancing and Concourse E Extension for Port of Portland

More about KPFFs winning project (executive summary) - 2022 Engineering Excellence
DJC magazine - 2022 Engineering Excellence Awards
Winners list (one page) - 2022 Engineering Excellence Awards
Slideshow featuring each project's display panel - 2022 Engineering Excellence Awards
2022 Engineering Excellence Awards program (video; about 61 minutes)
2021
PROJECT OF THE YEAR
GRI, KPFF and YGH Architecture - Marine Studies Inititiative Building for Oregon State University

More about GRI's & KPFFs winning project - 2021 Engineering Excellence
DJC magazine - 2021 Engineering Excellence Awards
Winners list (one page) - 2021 Engineering Excellence Awards
Slideshow featuring each project's display panel - 2021 Engineering Excellence Awards
2021 Engineering Excellence Awards program (video; about 55 minutes)
ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE
"We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, then,
is not an act,
but a habit."
--Aristotle
ENTER YOUR FIRM'S PROJECT FOR 2023!
Bring public attention to the outstanding work performed by engineering and land surveying firms through services to clients, state and society by entering ACEC Oregon's Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA) competition.
ELIGIBILITY: Any firm engaged in the private practice of consulting engineering or surveying is eligible to enter the awards program whether or not the firm is an ACEC or ACEC Oregon member.
Projects entered in the competition may have been executed anywhere in the world. Entries must have been substantially completed and ready for use between November 1, 2021 and October 31, 2023.
ACEC Oregon
ENTRY DEADLINES & DATES TO REMEMBER for EEA 2024
Mon, October 16, 2023
Intent to Enter deadline
Mon, November 13, 2023
Final Entry deadline
Thurs, November 16, 2023
Judging of Entries
Thurs, January 25, 2024
Awards Dinner
Embassy Suites
Washington Square
Portland
Entry Fees:
- $700 members
- $2,500 non-members
Questions?
Contact mwebber@acecOregon.org or call (503) 292-2348.
ACEC NATIONAL
EEA ENTRIES
For more info about the
ACEC National EEA competition,
click here.