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The ASCE
Bestows 10 Outstanding Projects With OCEA Honor
Awards
ASCE’s Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement
award – the OCEA – continues to be the Society’s
preeminent project honor.
Rather than announcing five project finalists,
ASCE is celebrating 10 stellar projects as this
year’s Honor Award recipients. These 10 projects
will be showcased at the OPAL Gala, March 13, in
Washington, D.C., with two runners-up and the
OCEA winner announced at the event.
Presenting the 2020 OCEA Honor Award projects:
Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Program -
https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/viaduct/
Seattle - The new State Route 99 tunnel provides the Puget Sound region
with a safer, more resilient transportation corridor.
Bayonne Bridge: Replacement of Main Span
Roadway and Approach Structures
https://www.hdrinc.com/portfolio/bayonne-bridge-navigational-clearance-project
Bayonne, New Jersey–Staten Island, New York
- Through a first-of-its-kind construction
sequence, the new Bayonne Bridge roadway was
built over the existing roadway and within the
arch structure – keeping both road and sea
traffic open.
The Big Lift: Macdonald Bridge
Superstructure Replacement
https://www.hdbc.ca/about-the-project/
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - The project
replaced the suspended superstructure segment by
segment, while keeping vehicle traffic flowing
during peak user periods.
Marc Basnight Bridge
https://www.hdrinc.com/portfolio/marc-basnight-bridge-bonner-bridge-replacement
Outer Banks, North Carolina - Spanning the
Atlantic Coast’s most dangerous channel, the new
$252 million, 2.8-mile-long bridge gives the
Outer Banks a safer, more reliable crossing for
the next century.
Olmsted Locks and Dam
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olmsted_Locks_and_Dam
Olmsted, Illinois - The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers megaproject replaced aging Locks and
Dams 52 and 53 on the lower Ohio River to
provide more efficient, reliable river
navigation.
Queensferry Crossing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensferry_Crossing
Edinburgh and Fife, Scotland - The 1.6-mile-long
cable-stayed bridge is the centerpiece of the
Forth Replacement Crossing Project, Scotland’s
largest infrastructure project in a generation.
Salesforce Tower
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salesforce_Tower
San Francisco - Standing 61 stories tall,
Salesforce Tower lays claim to be the tallest
office building in a severe seismic zone in the
Western Hemisphere.
Spillways, Oroville Emergency Recovery
https://water.ca.gov/What-We-Do/Emergency-Response/Oroville-Spillways
Oroville, California - The main spillway
required a nearly complete reconstruction – and
in less than six months – following
record-breaking rain and snowfall in February
2017.
West Vancouver Freight Access
https://www.hdrinc.com/portfolio/west-vancouver-freight-access-program-management
Vancouver, Washington - The largest project in
the Port of Vancouver’s history improved unit
train capabilities, rail access and overall rail
operations for the port.
Zoo Core and Adjacent Arterials
Interchange
https://www.acecwi.org/news/zoo-interchange-core-and-adjacent-arterials-reconstruction
Milwaukee - This megaproject reconfigured
Milwaukee’s busiest system interchange.
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