First Annual Public Agency Excellence Awards Announcement.

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ACEC-CA Sierra Chapter will recognize public agencies in the region for excellent performance on key issues that are important to ACEC-CA and its member firms.  The process of nomination, selection, and award is described below.

Award Categories

There will be 5 award categories:

  1. Best Practice of Qualifications Based Selection (QBS) for Engineering and Surveying Services
  2. Best Use of Consulting Engineers and Surveyors for Design and Construction
  3. Best Use of Tax Payer Dollars for Infrastructure Design/Construction/Maintenance
  4. Best Application of New Technology and Innovation for Design/Construction/Maintenance of Infrastructure and infrastructure projects.
  5. Best Practice for Conflict Resolution.

Nomination Rules

  • The public agency must be located in the geographical area of the Sierra Chapter – approximately from Chico to Modesto in the north-south direction and Fairfield to the State border in the east-west direction.
  • The public agency must be nominated by an ACEC-CA Sierra Chapter member firm.
  • An agency can be nominated for multiple award categories.

Selection Process

  • The ACEC-CA Sierra Chapter member firm fills out a simple nomination form and submit. Please send your submission to Debbie LoCicero (dlocicero@acec-ca-sierra.org) or Debanik Chaudhuri (dxc@shanwil.com).
  • A 4-person committee reviews and scores the applications for all categories. The committee will consist of 2 ACEC-CA Sierra Chapter members and 2 members of a public agency.
  • The award committee selects winners based on highest scores in each category.

Award Ceremony

  • Each ACEC-CA Sierra Chapter member firms who nominated a winning agency will be given 5 minutes to present the award and explain why the public agency was selected as a winner.
  • ACEC-CA Sierra Chapter member firms will have the opportunity to sponsor a table at the dinner.
  • Other sponsorship opportunities can be used to fund the scholarship/funding activities of the chapter.

We are requesting Sierra Chapter member firms to submit your nomination(s) by March 15, 2019.

Get your nomination form HERE!

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Author: Editorial Team