The American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts (ACEC/MA) has named Green International Affiliates, Inc. (Green) as a winner of their 2020 Bronze Engineering Excellence Award for work on the Bridge and Causeway over Bush Pond in Norfolk, MA.
The 2020 Engineering Excellence Awards were recently announced and will be celebrated at the 2021 ACEC/MA Engineering Excellence and Awards Gala. The awards celebrate innovation, ingenuity, and excellence in engineering achievement
Green served as the Prime Consultant, Project Manager, and Lead Designer on the project. They were responsible for all design components including the roadway, sheet pile wall and cantilevered walkway and the bridge superstructure replacement and substructure restoration. Green was also responsible for all permitting, traffic management planning, construction contract administration, and resident engineering.
Green faced many challenges on this project. The narrow causeway, immediately abutted by Bush Pond on both sides, needed to be widened to accommodate two traffic lanes and a separate pedestrian walkway. The bridge required major repair or replacement. Construction was limited to the confines of the roadway as there was no right-of-way and no filling of the pond allowed. The Town of Norfolk also wanted an aesthetically pleasing causeway consistent with the beauty of the surrounding area, although construction funds were limited. Green achieved these objectives with a creative design that improves public safety and protects the natural habitat.
Green is a multi-discipline civil and structural engineering firm headquartered in Westford, MA. Established in 1954, Green has grown substantially over the last decade under the current management team, which has instilled a client-focused approach throughout all levels of the company. Green maintains a strong position in the New England transportation and water resources industries, steadfastly serving state agencies and municipalities in the design of their infrastructure improvement projects. Green was recently ranked No. 37 by the Engineering News Record in its annual ranking of the New England Top Design Firms.
“The Engineering Excellence Awards program recognizes engineering firms for projects that demonstrate a high degree of achievement, value and ingenuity,” said Jenn Howe, President of the American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts and Principal and Vice President at SMMA, Symmes Maini & McKee Associates. “Entrants are rated by an independent panel of judges from the architectural community, the construction industry, academia, the media, and the public sector on the basis of uniqueness and originality; future value to the profession and perception by the public; social, economic and sustainable development considerations; complexity; and successful fulfillment of the client/owner’s need, including schedule and budget. We congratulate them and thank them for their contributions to improving the quality of our everyday lives.”
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The American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts (ACEC/MA) is the business association of the Massachusetts and Rhode Island engineering industry, representing over 120 independent engineering companies engaged in the development of transportation, environmental, industrial, and other infrastructure. Founded in 1960 and headquartered in Boston, MA, ACEC/MA is a member organization of the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) based in Washington, DC. ACEC is a national federation of 51 state and regional organizations. For more information on ACEC/MA, visit their website at www.acecma.org. ACEC/MA is undertaking an awareness campaign to educate the public on the many contributions engineers make (or the engineering innovations) in everyday life through their hash tag #EngineeringGoFigure. To Follow us on Twitter: @ACECMA
