MKA wins top award for NYC performing arts center

Seattle-based Magnusson Klemencic Associates is the top winner in the American Council of Engineering Companies of Washington’s annual Engineering Excellence Awards program. The firm took the Platinum Award for the Perelman Performing Arts Center project in New York City.

Feb. 5, 2024 A Special Section of DJC.COM

Sponsored by ACEC’s Washington state chapter, the awards program recognizes projects that represent a wide range of engineering achievements and demonstrate the highest degree of skill and ingenuity.

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Twenty-nine projects, local and national, were honored in this year’s program, as well as the Engineer of the Year. Local awards were given at three levels: gold, silver and bronze. The top national awards will go on to compete in the ACEC national competition on May 15 in Washington, D.C. Project entries were evaluated by a five-judge panel: Robert Axley, engineer emeritus, Wood Harbinger; Steve Johnston, engineer emeritus, Landau Associates; Supriya Kelkar, senior design manager, Sound Transit; Kathy Robertson, engineer emeritus, Picketts Engineering; and Larry Swartz, engineer emeritus, P2S Inc.

ACEC Washington is a professional trade association representing consulting engineering, land surveying and affiliated scientific and planning firms statewide.