Review Category : Spotlight

Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport – Terminal 2

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP was an Outstanding Award Winner for the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport – Terminal 2 project in the 2014 NCSEA Annual Excellence in Structural Engineering awards program (Category – International Structures over $100M).

As recently as 15 years ago, only 6 million travelers used Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport each year.

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Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP was an Award Winner for the San Bernardino Justice Center project in the 2014 NCSEA Annual Excellence in Structural Engineering awards program (Category – New Buildings over $100M).

As one of the tallest seismically base isolated buildings in the United States, the Justice Center creates a visible landmark for the city while engaging the public with vibrant open space.

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Frankfurt Short Bruza Associates was an Outstanding Award Winner for the P750 Helicopter Maintenance Hangar project in the 2014 NCSEA Annual Excellence in Structural Engineering awards program (Category – New Buildings $30M to $100M).

The Helicopter Maintenance Hangar was constructed at Naval Air Station North Island, the birthplace of naval aviation. Architects and structural engineers collaborated on a facility design worthy of this location, worked to control its visual scale and soften its industrial nature.

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Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. was an Outstanding Award Winner for the East Station Plaza – Danseurs (Dancers) project in the 2014 NCSEA Annual Excellence in Structural Engineering awards program (Category – Other Structures).

Union City, California wanted to develop a civic plaza to the east of the Union City BART station. Although money was tight due to the economic downturn, the City allocated local grant funding for the plaza upgrades.

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Fast + Epp was an Outstanding Award Winner for the Jasper Place Library project in the 2014 NCSEA Annual Excellence in Structural Engineering awards program (Category – New Buildings under $10M).

The City of Edmonton recognizes the value of building high-quality civic facilities for its citizens; hence the architectural response for their newest library that called for a striking free-form clear span facility with maximum daylight penetration.

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Weidlinger Associates, Inc. was an Outstanding Award Winner for the La Plata Stadium project in the 2013 NCSEA Annual Excellence in Structural Engineering awards program (Category – International Structures over $100M).

Construction of the 53,000-seat soccer stadium in La Plata, Argentina, was interrupted in 2001, after the concrete bleachers had been poured on the earth berm and the steel-trussed compression ring had been erected to support the twin-peaked Tenstar Dome™ developed by Weidlinger Associates.

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