The American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts (ACEC/MA) has named GPI as a winner of their 2020 Bronze Engineering Excellence Award for their work on the Faunce Corner Road Reconstruction project in Dartmouth, 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
The $20 million project was funded and constructed by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (Mass DOT). The Faunce Corner Road Reconstruction Project involved innovative design solutions that not only improved traffic flow in this highly congested area, but also enhanced safety and mobility to support the economic development for this region. The complexity of design on this project was immense and included the design of the first traffic signal system in the State utilizing Adaptive Signal Control Technology; an innovative bridge design; roadway design that provided a widened bridge and roadway, a shared use path, bicycle lanes, new stormwater BMPs; and development of a four-stage construction staging plan to minimize disruption to the public.
Since 1966, GPI has designed, managed and supported their clients on a wide array of projects. The firm is employee-owned, known for their technical knowledge and commitment to getting each job done well. Their widely-recognized quality of service rises from the talent and energy of their exceptional team. The work ethic and dedication of the men and women at GPI allow them to deliver consistent, quality service to government agencies, municipalities, architects, commercial developers, and property owners. Headquartered in Babylon NY the firm has Massachusetts offices in Southbridge and Wilmington.
“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.”
About ACEC/MA
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. Entry Forms are now available. For more information about the 2021 competition, go to: https://www.acecma.org/about/
