The 2022 Engineering Excellence Awards Gala Dinner and Awards Program, considered the greatest celebration of engineering excellence in the world, recently showcased 195 ACEC member firm achievements from throughout the nation and internationally.
A panel of 29 judges representing a wide spectrum of built environment disciplines selected 36 projects for top awards: 20 Honor Awards, 16 Grand Awards, and the Grand Conceptor Award for the year’s most outstanding engineering achievement.
Hosted by comedian and Emmy Award-winning television host Ross Shafer, the black-tie Gala drew more than 500 members and guests to witness nearly 200 examples of exceptional engineering innovation.
New York
Severud Associates
Client: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
More than five decades after demolition of the original Penn Station and almost 30 years after conception of a plan to augment it, the new Moynihan Train Hall now provides visitors with a breathtaking entrance and dignified sense of arrival to New York City. The 255,000-square-foot hall expands Penn Station across Eighth Avenue and into the landmarked James A. Farley building, the former main city post office. It includes a 30,000-square-foot main boarding concourse, formerly the mail sorting room, and a 92-foot-high roof featuring dramatically arched skylights supported by original but previously hidden and reinforced latticed steel trusses. Other Moynihan Train Hall enhancements include multiple new station entrances, an expanded West End Concourse, and the intermodal Midblock Hall. It restores a grand entrance to New York City, greatly improves access and interconnectivity, and provides many amenities to improve visitors’ experience.
Watch the 2022 EEA Grand Conceptor Award Winner video at https://visiondigital.box.com/s/glp2nppp4ho7yg9t4vq6q9rst75xfepx.