Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA)
2025-2026 ACEC/MW Engineering Excellence Awards Winners
Our 2025-2026 judging panel has selected the winners. These top 18 projects are eligible to compete in the ACEC National Competition, and the firms will be recognized with Honor Awards at our upcoming Engineering Excellence Awards Gala on December 16, 2025. Congratulations to our winners!
Check out all of our projects here and vote for your favorite project at our Gala on the 16th.
From among the Honor Award winners 5 top projects will receive Grand Awards at our Gala. Register today and come to our Gala to see who the top Pinnacle Award winner will be...
Grand Award Winners
(listed alphabetically by firm)
Kimley-Horn – WMATA Better Bus Network Redesign
M.C. Dean – Washington Aqueduct SCADA Upgrades
Precision Systems, Inc. (PSI) – DDOT DC PLUG Feeders Engineering Design
Straughan Environmental, Inc. – Regional Blue-Green Infrastructure Community Engagement and Planning Study
TYLin International – Symphony Park Hotel UHPC Façade Panels
Honor Award Winners
(listed alphabetically by firm)
JMT / Mead & Hunt – MoveDC Multimodal Studies
Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc. (JMT) – Columbia Road NW Bus / Bike Project
Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc. (JMT) – Northstar Boulevard: Route 50 to Evergreen Mills Road
KCI Technologies, Inc. – Federal Aid Citywide Pavement Restoration STBG Contract
Nitsch Engineering – Castlewood Stormwater Infrastructure Improvement Project
Parsons Corporation – Gulfport Redevelopment Project at the Gulfport Job Corps Center
Precision Systems, Inc. (PSI) – DDOT Before-After Project Evaluations
SZ PM Consultants, Inc. – DC Clean Rivers CSO Tunnel Program - 3rd Party Permitting Support Program
TYLin International – Chimborazo Drop Shaft & Sewer Replacement - Phase 1
TYLin International – Mayo Island Park Design
Volkert, Inc., in partnership with KCI Technologies / CKI & Associates, Inc. / TB & A Inc. – Florida Ave, NE and New York Ave, NE Intersection - Mamie "Peanut" Johnson Plaza
Walter P Moore – Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center
Merit Award Recipients (Honorable Mention)
AGES, Inc. – Interstate 77 NB over Route 606 BridgeAGES, Inc. – Route 50 and Trailhead Drive Roundabout
Alpha Corporation – The Baltimore-Washington Parkway Bridge and Pavement Rehabilitation Project
Alpha Corporation – The I-270 Innovative Congestion Management Project
Bowman Consulting Group – Water Park at National Landing
Dewberry – Eastern Goochland Force Main Rehabilitation and Replacement
GFT – VRE Manassas Park Station Parking Expansion
HNTB & FOXXSTEM – S Street NW Revitalization Construction Management
Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc. (JMT) – Florida Ave, NE / New York Ave, NE Intersection
KCI Technologies, Inc. – DDOT Metropolitan Branch Trail: Fort Totten to Takoma Section
KCI Technologies, Inc. – MD 650 from Norbeck Road to MD 200 (ICC) Safety and Resurface
Precision Systems, Inc. (PSI) – DDOT New Jersey Ave NW Protected Bike Lane
Sheladia Associates, Inc. – Franklin Avenue Sidewalk Improvements
Somat Engineering, Inc. – CMI Services for Florida Ave, NE 2nd-H St NE
TYLin International – Penn Coach Yard (PCY) Heavy Maintenance Facility (HMF)
TYLin International – Rehabilitation of 16th Street Bridge over Piney Branch Parkway
TYLin International – Virginia General Assembly Building
VHB – DC Strategic Fleet Electrification Plan
WSP – Bladensburg Bus Garage - Owner's Representative
The ACEC/MW Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA) competition recognizes engineering firms for projects that demonstrate a high degree of achievement, value, and ingenuity and provides Metropolitan Washington area firms the opportunity to obtain regional – and possibly national – recognition.
Please note that the Regional ACEC/MW Competition mirrors the National Competition in terms of content and criteria so that our award winners are better prepared to submit to the National Competition.
2025-26 ACEC/MW Competition Forms
INTENTION TO SUBMIT FORM
OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM
ACEC/MW CRITERIA
SAMPLE Grand Award Winning Entry from the 2024-25 Competition
