GPTQ AWARD WINNERS Recognizing the accomplishments of transportation planning and design BY JULIE ANN HOWLETT
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The annual Georgia Partnership for Transportation Quality (GPTQ) Awards represent an opportunity to feature outstanding areas of work across ten categories of transportation engineering. Done in partnership with the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), the American Council of Engineering Companies of Georgia (ACEC Georgia), and the Georgia Highway Contractors Association, nominators are able to acknowledge the work of their respective engineering firms. Ten categories are showcased, ranging from Innovative Solution to a Design Problem to Right of Way, with an overall Grand Prize winner selected from the ten category winners. Across a wide range of structural and civil engineering topics, project achievements were honored. From scouring trails for pre-Civil War artifacts to optimizing bus route performance on higher ridership corridors and a Georgia first of a twin hybrid roundabout intersection control at a diamond interchange, engineering firms designed, led, and achieved in endeavors statewide. This year the Grand Prize and Category 5 awards were won by WSP for its I-20 at Savannah River Bridge Replacement project. Read on to learn more about project wins across all categories and what those involved had to say about the experience. N
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