Jacobs wins top award for Waterfront Seattle

Jacobs has been named the 2026 Platinum Award winner by the American Council of Engineering Companies of Washington (ACEC Washington) for its outstanding engineering contributions to the Waterfront Seattle Program.

Feb. 6, 2026 A Special Section of DJC.COM

The Engineering Excellence Awards, presented annually by ACEC Washington, honor projects that exemplify innovation, technical excellence, and the transformative power of engineering. This year’s program recognized 28 exceptional projects — both local and national — as well as the Engineer of the Year.

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Local awards were given at three levels: gold, silver and bronze. The top national awards (given this year at platinum, gold and silver levels) will go on to compete on May 5 in the ACEC National Engineering Excellence Awards at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, D.C.

Project entries were evaluated by a six-judge panel: Larry Swartz, engineer emeritus, P2S; Steve Johnston, engineer emeritus, Landau Associates; Supriya Kelkar, deputy executive project director, Sound Transit; David Winter, senior principal consultant, Haley & Aldrich; Lisa Lannigan, editor, Daily Journal of Commerce.