Ontario Construction News staff writer
The Association of Consulting Engineering Companies – Ontario (ACEC-Ontario) has recognized excellence with 12 awards at its 19th annual awards program for the Ontario engineering community, recently renamed to the Ontario Engineering Projects Awards (OEPA).
For the second straight year, due to the pandemic, the gala was hosted virtually, premiering on YouTube on May 21.
The program’s top award, the Willis Chipman award, went to Integral Group for the work they conducted at George Brown College, the Arbour. This structure is anticipated to become Toronto’s first tall wood, low carbon institutional building and the first Tall Wood Research Institute in the country, ACEC–Ontario said in a statement.
For the first time in the awards’ history, the Willis Chipman award also had a finalist; Blackwell for Shopper Drug Mart’s new flagship retail location in downtown Toronto.
Other Awards of Merit winners and finalists were presented in the categories of Building and Engineering Science Environment; Industry, Energy and Resources; Project Management; Studies and Research; and Transit.
| Building and Engineering Science | ||
| Winner: | Blackwell: Shoppers Drug Mart Flagship | |
| Finalist: | WSP: Re-cladding project at Richmond Adelaide Centre | |
| Environment | ||
| Winner: | GHD Limited: The Regional Municipality of York – Forcemain Twinning | |
| Finalist: | Jacobs Engineering Group: Hanlan Feedermain | |
| Industry, Energy & Resources | ||
| Winner: | BBA: 300MW Henvey Inlet Wind Project | |
| Finalist: | Hatch Ltd.: Kelso Dam – Urgent Repairs & Rehabilitation Project | |
| Project Management | ||
| Winner: | Parsons: Major MacKenzie Drive – Schedule `C’ Municipal Class Environmental Assessment and Preliminary Design; and Detail Design | |
| Finalist: | CIMA+: Early Works Transmission Project | |
| Studies & Research | ||
| Winner: | Morrison Hershfield: Mushkegowuk Council James Bay All Season Road Feasibility Study | |
| Finalist: | WSP: Climate Change Adaptation Approaches and Planning Considerations for York Region’s Water and Wastewater Systems | |
| Transit | ||
| Winner: | Dillon Consulting Limited: Dundas Place Flexible Street | |
| Finalist: | R.V. Anderson Associates Limited: Alton Village Streetscaping and Road Construction | |
Awards of Excellence were awarded to: Integral Group: George Brown College, the Arbour, Blackwell: Shoppers Drug Mart Flagship, Tulloch: Huntsville Storm Sewer Inventory and Management, and WSP: Re-cladding Project at Richmond Adelaide Centre.
| Award of Excellence | |
| Firms with 1 to 50 employees | |
| Winner: | Integral Group: George Brown College – The Arbour |
| Finalist: | BBA: 300 MW Henvey Inlet Wind project |
| Firms with 51 to 100 employees | |
| Winner: | Blackwell: Shoppers Drug Mart Flagship |
| Finalist: | Eramosa Engineering: City of Guelph Wastewater Services SCADA System Master Plan |
| Firms with 101 to 350 employees | |
| Winner: | Tulloch: Huntsville Storm Sewer Inventory and Management |
| Finalist: | R.V. Anderson Associates Limited: Alton Village Streetscaping and Road Construction |
| Firms with 351+ employees | |
| Winner: | WSP: Re-cladding project at Richmond Adelaide Centre |
| Finalist: | Parsons: Major Mackenzie Drive Schedule `C’ Municipal Class Environmental Assessment and Preliminary Design; and Detail Design |
“The judging panel was so impressed with one submission an additional category was created to showcase the project and give nod to its exemplary work,” the ACEC-Ontario statement said. “The newly created award was named “Impressive Engineering International Project performed by Ontario Consulting Engineering Firm” (International Award) and it was given to Hatch Ltd. For their Hell’s Kitchen Geothermal Study.
ACEC-Ontario represents the interests of more than 130 consulting engineering firms that employ over 21,000 Ontarians. Accumulated gross revenues of consulting engineering firms across the country contribute more than $28 billion to the Canadian economy annually.