2025 Engineering Excellence Awards - People's Choice Voting
Each year, the American Council of Engineering Companies of Minnesota (ACEC/MN) organizes the Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA) competition, which celebrates engineering achievements in new infrastructure projects and research. Consulting Engineering Firms from around the state submit projects and research studies and a distinguished panel of judges evaluates projects on five categories:
- Uniqueness and Innovation
- Future Value to the Engineering Profession and Impact on Public Awareness and Enthusiasm for Engineering
- Social, Economic and Sustainability Impact
- Project Complexity
- Successful fulfillment of Client Vision & Needs
In addition to awards based on our judging panel scores, we also hold a vote for the People's Choice Award. We had an amazing response last year for our first open public vote for this award, with over 1300 votes for projects! And in 2025, we are once again inviting everyone to participate in this celebration of the Minnesota Consulting Engineering Industry, so take a look at our projects below and vote for your favorite.
Some of the entries below may be familiar new parts of your neighborhood - a park to visit, a road or highway that helps your reach your destination with greater efficiency and safety, upgrades and additions to key community amenities. One may inspire you to get out for a daytrip or weekend to see a new corner of our great state of Minnesota. Another may be a new workplace or business serving your community. Others may study long-term solutions that can positively impact a wide range of future projects. And all of these projects demonstrate the excellence that consulting engineering firms practice as they meet the needs of businesses, government and citizens.
Alliant Engineering: I-90 Unbonded Overlay
Bolton & Menk, Inc.: Worthington Wastewater Treatment Facility Improvements
HDR: Upper Harbor Terminal Development Connection Project
Houston Engineering, Inc.: Pelican Rapids Dam Removal, River Restoration, and Pedestrian Bridge
Stantec: TH 43 Reconstruction
Barr Engineering Co.: I-35W Underground Stormwater Storage Facility
CNA Consulting Engineers: Minneapolis Central City Parallel Tunnel
HDR: Hoot Lake Solar: Pioneering Renewable Energy in Minnesota’s Lake Country
KLJ Engineering LLC: Highway 52 Zumbrota to Cannon Falls Design-Build
Steen Engineering, Inc.: ADM Flour Mill Dust Collector System
Barr Engineering Co.: Morningside Neighborhood Flood Risk Reduction
Emmons & Olivier Resources, Inc.: Miesville Ravine Ecosystem Restoration and Management Plan
HDR, KFI Engineers & Meyer Borgman Johnson: Allina Health, Abbott Northwestern Central Utility Plant (CUP)
LHB: MnDOT TH 61 Stewart River and Silver Creek Improvements
TKDA: Lexington Parkway Realignment
Bolton & Menk, Inc.: Downtown Highway 41 Improvements, City of Chaska, Minnesota
HDR: Mayo Clinic Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Building
HGA: The Blake School Early Learning Center
Meyer Borgman Johnson & Buro Happold: Treetop Trail at the Minnesota Zoo