2025 Engineering Excellence Awards Submissions for Judges

Instructions for Judging

Hello Judges,

Thank you for agreeing to serve as a judge in this year's competition - on behalf of our Board of Directors, we are grateful for your time and expertise.
 
Please make sure and familiarize yourself with the Judging Criteria and its corresponding Judging Spreadsheet.

Your mission: 

1) Download (See attached file) the Judging Spreadsheet and place your name at the top.  Save this locally to your computer until you are ready to submit all your scores into our office. 

2) Click on each project and open the corresponding file to make your review.  Once you have scored the project, close it out and move on to the next one.  This is meant to be done at your own pace, so if you get into a groove and knock them all out at once, please feel free to submit your scores when you are done.

​For those projects you might have knowledge of, please simply recuse yourself and skip scoring that project so that your scores will not be included in our judges scoring tally.
 
3) Return the spreadsheet back to us at info@acecmw.org by November 10th.

4) We will have a Judges meeting to discuss the scores, if needed.

Note that the Grand Award winners will not be made public until the night of the gala, which will be on December 16, 2025 at The Mayflower Hotel.

If at any time you have questions, please feel free to send a note and we can direct you.  
 
Thanks again for your time, and have at it!
 
+ Mac 
 
Hugh "Mac" Cannon, MPA, CAE
ACEC/MW President

 

 

Criteria

Max. Assigned Score is out of 20 for each category

1. Uniqueness and/or Innovative Application of New or Existing Techniques
  • Does the entry demonstrate the use of a new science or a breakthrough in the general knowledge of engineering?
  • Does the entry represent a unique application of new or existing technology, techniques, materials or equipment?

2. Future Value to the Engineering Profession and Perception by the Public
  • Will the entry redefine current engineering thinking?
  • Advance a positive public image of engineering excellence?

3. Social, Economic and Sustainable Development Considerations
  • Do the solutions identified produce secondary benefits of value to the community environment?
  • Does the entrant’s approach provide society with social, economic, or sustainable development benefits?
  • Does the entrant’s contribution to the project improve the health, safety or welfare of the public or affected environment?

4. Complexity
  • Did the entrant successfully address highly complex criteria or unique problems?
  • Were extraordinary problems of site, location, hazardous conditions, project requirements, or similar elements present?
  • Did the entry require the use of out-of-the-ordinary technology or ingenuity for achievement of the project’s goals?

5. Successful Fulfillment of Client/Owner Needs
  • Did the engineer or entrant successfully engage the client/owner in the overall project development process?
  • Was it an economical and cost-effective solution?
  • How did the final cost relate to the original budget estimate?
  • How closely does the entrant’s solution meet the total goals of the client/owner?
  • Did the entrant meet the client’s time schedule?
 

Judging Spreadsheet - Due November 10, 2025 - send to info@acecmw.org.
 

Submissions

Project Name Firm Design/Non-Design Complete File
Bladensburg Bus Garage - Owner's Representative WSP Non-Design File
Castlewood Stormwater Infrastructure Nitsch Engineering Design File
Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center
Walter P Moore Design File
Chimborazo Drop Shaft & Sewer Replacement - Phase 1 TYLin International Design File
CMI Services for Florida Ave, NE 2nd-H St NE
Somat Engineering, Inc. Design File
Columbia Road NW Bus / Bike Project
Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc. (JMT) Design File
DC Clean Rivers CSO Tunnel Program - 3rd Party Permitting Support Program SZ PM Consultants, Inc. Non-Design File
DC Strategic Fleet Electrification Plan VHB Non-Design File
DDOT Before-After Project Evaluations
Precision Systems, Inc. (PSI) Non-Design File
DDOT DC PLUG Feeders Engineering Design
Precision Systems, Inc. (PSI) Design File
DDOT Metropolitan Branch Trail: Fort Totten to Takoma Section KCI Technologies, Inc. Design File
DDOT New Jersey Ave NW Protected Bike Lane
Precision Systems, Inc. (PSI) Design File
Eastern Goochland Force Main Rehabilitation and Replacement
Dewberry Design File
Federal Aid Citywide Pavement Restoration STBG Contract
KCI Technologies, Inc. Design File
Florida Ave, NE / New York Ave, NE
Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc. (JMT) Design File
Florida Ave, NE and New York Ave, NE Intersection - Mamie "Peanut" Johnson Plaza
Volkert, Inc., in partnership with
KCI Technologies / CKI & Associates, Inc. / TB & A Inc.		 Non-Design File
Franklin Avenue Sidewalk Improvements
Sheladia Associates, Inc. Design File
Gulfport Redevelopment Project at the Gulfport Job Corps Center
Parsons Corporation Design File
I-64 Southside Widening and High Rise Bridge Phase 1
Parsons Corporation Design File
Interstate 77 NB over Route 606 Bridge
AGES, Inc. Design File
Mayo Island Park Design TYLin International Design File
MD 650 from Norbeck Road to MD 200 (ICC) Safety and Resurface KCI Technologies, Inc. Design File
MoveDC Multimodal Studies JMT / Mead & Hunt Non-Design File
Northstar Boulevard: Route 50 to Evergreen Mills Road
Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc. (JMT) Design File
Penn Coach Yard (PCY) Heavy Maintenance Facility (HMF)
TYLin International Design File
Regional Blue-Green Infrastructure Community Engagement and Planning Study Straughan Environmental, Inc. Non-Design File
Rehabilitation of 16th Street Bridge over Piney Branch Parkway TYLin International Design File
Route 50 and Trailhead Drive Roundabout AGES, Inc. Design File
S Street NW Revitalization Construction Management HNTB & FOXXSTEM Design File
Symphony Park Hotel UHPC Façade Panels TYLin International Design File
The Baltimore-Washington Parkway Bridge and Pavement Rehabilitation Project Alpha Corporation Non-Design File
The I-270 Innovative Congestion Management Project Alpha Corporation Non-Design File
Virginia General Assembly Building TYLin International Design File
VRE Manassas Park Station Parking Expansion GFT Non-Design File
Washington Aqueduct SCADA Upgrades M.C. Dean Design File
Water Park at National Landing Bowman Consulting Group Design File
WMATA Better Bus Network Redesign
Kimley-Horn Non-Design File
  


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