ESWP: International Bridge Conference®: Bridge Awards

Bridge Awards

CALL FOR AWARDS

The Call for Awards 2008 is now closed. These five Awards will be presented on Monday, June 2, 2008 during the International Bridge Conference®.

Projects may be eligible for more than one Medal. For all Project Medals, recent is defined as within two years of the Awards ceremony. For example, for the 2008 Conference, projects must have been completed between June 2006 and June 2008.

Questions: Contact Ryan Bock, IBC Manager at 412-261-0710 x11 or e-mail: r.bock@eswp.com

Sponsored by Roads and Bridges Magazine

• John A. Roebling Medal
  To be awarded for lifetime achievement in bridge engineering. Major achievements may include design, construction, research or educational endeavors. LIST OF PAST WINNERS
  
• George S. Richardson Medal
  For a single, recent outstanding achievement in bridge engineering. Fields of endeavor may include design, construction, research or education. LIST OF PAST WINNERS

Sponsored by Bayer Corporation

• Gustav Lindenthal Medal
  For a single, recent outstanding achievement in bridge engineering demonstrating, as appropriate, technical and material innovation, aesthetic merit, harmony with the environment or successful community participation. LIST OF PAST WINNERS

Sponsored by IBC

• Eugene C. Figg Medal
  For a single, recent outstanding achievement in bridge engineering that, through vision and innovation, provides an icon to the community for which it was designed. LIST OF PAST WINNERS

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• Arthur G. Hayden Medal
  For a single recent outstanding achievement in bridge engineering demonstrating innovation in special use bridges such as pedestrian, people-mover, or non-traditional structures. LIST OF PAST WINNERS

Sponsored by IBC

• James D. Cooper Student Award *NEW*
  An annual competition available to all graduate and undergraduate students attending an accredited college or university that offers a civil engineering major LIST OF PAST WINNERS
  
  Visit the James D. Cooper Student Competition Page to submit for this competition.

John A. Roebling Medal Winners

Award for lifetime achievement in bridge engineering

• 2007 William B. Conway, PE, Modjeski and Masters
• 2006 Charles Seim, PE, F. ASCE
• 2005 Dr. John E. Breen, The University of Texas at Austin
• 2004 William Brown, Brown Beech & Associates Ltd.
• 2003 Hiroyuk Fujikawa, President, Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Authority
• 2002 Jackson Durkee, Consulting Structural Engineer
• 2001 James Roberts, CALTRANS
• 2000 Gene Figg, Figg Engineering Group
• 1999 Abba G. Lichtenstein, P.E., Dr. Eng., A.G. Lichtenstein & Associates (retired)
• 1998 Dr. Man-Chung Tang, P.E., T.Y. Lin International
• 1997 Dr. Christian Menn, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
• 1996 Frank D. Sears, Modjeski and Masters, Inc.
• 1995 Dr. John W. Fisher, Lehigh University
• 1994 Dr. Jean M. Muller, J. Muller International
• 1993 Arthur L. Elliott, Consultant/California DOT (retired)
• 1992 Frank L. Stahl, Ammann & Whitney
• 1991 Herbert Rothman, Weidlinger Associates
• 1990 T.Y. Lin, T.Y. Lin International
• 1989 Blair Birdsall, Consultant/New York DOT (retired)
• 1988 Carl H. Gronquist, Steinman, Boynton, Gronquist & Birdsall

George S. Richardson Medal Winners

Award for a single, recent, outstanding achievement

• 2007 Maine Department of Transportation
  for the Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory, Waldo and Hancock Counties, ME
• 2006 Dr. Donald White, Dr. William Wright, Mr. Michael Grubb
  LRFD Unified Design Specifications
  for Steel Deck Girder Bridges
• 2005 GEFYRA S.A., Greece
  for the Rion - Antirion Bridge
• 2004 California Department of Transportation
  for the Al Zampa Memorial Bridge (New Carquinez Bridge)
• 2003 Massachusetts Turnpike Authority
  for the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge
• 2002 The British Columbia Ministry of Transportation
  for the Lions Gate Bridge, Vancouver, BC
• 2001 Luis do Canto Moiniz, Rede Ferroviaria, Nacional EP, Portugal
  for the Tagus River Suspension Bridge Rail Addition Project
• 2000 Ray McCabe, HNTB Corporation
  for the Storrow Drive Bridge
• 1999 Gerard Sauvageot, J. Muller International
  for the Confederation Bridge, Northumberland Strait, Canada
• 1998 Honshu Shikoku Bridge Authority
  for the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge
• 1997 Virginia DOT, Parsons Brinckerhoff and Tidewater Construction Corp.
  for the George P. Coleman Bridge, Yorktown, Virginia
• 1996 John M. Kulicki, Modjeski and Masters, Inc.
  for Development & Approval, LRFD Design Specifications
• 1995 Michel P. Virloguex, Designer, Bertrand Deroubaix, Project Manager
  for the Normandy Bridge
• 1994 Figg Engineering and Eastern Federal Lands Highway Div., FHWA
  for the Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge, Tennessee
• 1993 Colorado DOT
  for the Hanging Lake Viaduct, Glenwood Canyon, Colorado
• 1992 Washington State DOT
  for the Lake Washington Floating Bridge
• 1991 James W. Neal, Jr., John F. Beasley Engineering, Inc.
  for the Roosevelt Lake Bridge
• 1990 Denny A. McLeod, Rigging International
  for the Oakland Bay Bridge, California
• 1990 L. Ray Davis, Hardaway Company
  for the Ben Sawyer Bridge, South Carolina
• 1989 Tsutumu Yamane, Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Authority
  for the Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Routes, specifically the Kojima-Sakaide Route
• 1988 Jean M. Muller and Eugene C. Figg, Jr., Figg and Muller Engineers, Inc.
  for the Sunshine Skyway Bridge Across Tampa Bay, Florida

Gustav Lindenthal Medal Winners

Awarded for a single, recent outstanding achievement demonstrating harmony with the environment, aesthetic merit and successful community participation.

• 2007 Construction Command Office of Nanjing No. 3 Yangtze River Bridge
  for the Nanjing No. 3 Yangtze River Bridge, Nanjing, P.R. China
• 2006 South Carolina DOT
  for the Arthur Ravenel, Jr. Bridge
• 2005 Compagnie Eiffage du Viaduc de Millau, Millau, France
  for the Viaduct of Millau
• 2004 The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
  for the Mingo Creek Viaduct, Pennsylvania
• 2003 Alexandre Chan,
  for the President JK Bridge, Brazil
• 2002 Figg Engineers,
  for the Broadway Bridge, Daytona Beach, Florida
• 2001 Henrik Christensen, Øresundskorsortiet, Denmark,
  for Oresund Fixed Link Bridge Project
• 2000 Celia Kupersmith, Golden Gate Bridge
  GGB Highway & Transportation District
• 1999 Kazu Hayashida, Hawaii Dept. of Transportation
  for Interstate H-3 Winward Viaduct

Eugene C. Figg Jr. Medal For Signature Bridges

Awarded for a single recent outstanding achievement in bridge engineering that, through vision and innovation, provides an icon to the community for which it was designed.

• 2007 Florida Department of Transportation
  for the Royal Park Bridge Replacement, West Palm Beach, FL
• 2006 T.Y. Lin International
  for the Dagu Bridge, Tianjin, China
• 2005 Turtle Bay Museums and Arboretum on the River, Redding, California, for the Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay
• 2004 Shanghai Lu Pu Bridge Investment Development Co., Ltd. for the Lu Pu Bridge, China
• 2003 Bangkok Metropolitan Administration for the Rama 8 Bridge, Chaiyuth Na Nakorn
• 2002 Jiangsu Provincial Department of Communications for the Jiangyin Bridge, China

Arthur G. Hayden Medal

Awarded to recognize a single recent outstanding achievement in bridge engineering demonstrating innovation in special use bridges such as pedestrian, people-mover, or non-traditional structures.

• 2007 Project Bureau Ijburg for Nesciobrug, Ijburg, The Netherlands
• 2006 BAA Gatwick, Gatwick Pier 6 Airbridge, Gatwick Airport, London U.K.
• 2005 City of Greenville, South Carolina, for the Liberty Bridge
• 2004 The City of Winnipeg for the Esplanade Riel Pedestrian Bridge, Canada
• 2003 Schlaich Bergermann & Partner for the Duisburg Inner Harbor Footbridge, Germany

James D. Cooper Student Award

An annual competition available to all graduate and undergraduate students attending an accredited college or university that offers a civil engineering major

• 2007 Jessica T. Newlin, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and K. Sham Bhat, Department of Statistics, The Pennsylvania University, University Park, PA
  for Paper: Identification and Prioritization of Stream Channel Maintenance Needs at Bridge Crossings (IBC-07-18)

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