C+S February 2022 Vol. 8 Issue 2 (web)

C+S February 2022 Vol. 8 Issue 2 (web)

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THE COVER Civil+Structural Engineer Magazine’s Inaugural YEA Winners – story on page 11

YEA WINNERS 12 Mountain Avenue West Recharge Basin 14 FAMU Way 16 Wondercool at World Expo 2020 18 Joseph. A Willhelm Industrial Pump Station 20 Heartwood Preserve 22 Beecher Terrace Senior Building

24 Trinity Woods Residential and Senior Housing Development– Mount Mary University Campus 26 United Wholesale Mortgage Pedestrian Bridge & Office Renovation 28 Corporate Business Park, Phases 1-3 30 I-95 Belfast Keller Interchange 32 New Aurora Road Pump Station for the City of Cleveland Division of Water CHANNELS ENVIRONMENTAL + SUSTAINABILITY 33 Building Connected Communities 34 Taking Sustainability to New Heights STRUCTURES + BUILDINGS 35 Large Upcoming USACE Projects Require Private Sector Expertise 36 Magic Happens When Engineering & Interior Design Converge TRANSPORTATION + INFRASTRUCTURE 39 Improving the State of Florida’s Infrastructure 40 What Does The American Rescue Plan Act Mean for Upcoming Opportunities in Infrastructure? 41 LAX Automated People Mover Los Angeles, CA WATER + STORMWATER 43 Making the Most of this Watershed Moment in Water Infrastructure 44 Decentralized High Strength Waste Facility Design Recommendations and Best Practices BUSINESS NEWS 46 Overcoming Pandemic Challenges: Keeping Crews and Senior Residents Safe During a Retirement Community Renovation 48 The Long and Short Term Goals of Diversity and Inclusion in the AEC Industry SOFTWARE + TECH 49 Digitizing Non-Profit Construction Projects Leads to Residential Revitalization 51 Engineering a Digital Bridge: What’s Your Role? SURVEYING 53 How Challenger Geomatics Fast Tracks Solar Farm Surveying departments 8 Events 55 Reader Index Columns 5 Celebrating Wins and Preparing for the Future Justin Smith 6 Engineering Front Line: Celebrate your Success, Enter Zweig's Awards Kyle Ahern

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Celebrating Wins and Preparing

The start of a new year can be exciting, refreshing, and invigorating. It’s a time to reflect on the past year and to celebrate the wins. As this issue of Civil + Structural Engineer Magazine features the Yearbook of Engineer Achievement Award winners, we recognize some impressive accomplishments. The start of the new year is also a time to set intentions and the direction for the year. So, amid celebrating the wins and reflecting, many of us find ourselves faced with uncertainty and numerous challenges. Whether it's the great resignation, recruitment and retention, or an increase in operational efficiency necessary to remain competitive in the face of record-high inflation levels, 2022 is laden with opportunity for those organizations that can set themselves apart during periods of uncertainty. Despite these challenges and many others, people continue to succeed, and I found myself asking: “What sets people and organizations apart?” So, I investigated the research to determine what it generally says about the topic. Studies indicate that leadership, strong communication, innovation, change orientation, and conflict management all contribute to project and organizational success. But how does that translate to us and the work we do every day—how do we implement these constructs to drive organizational success? 1. Know and understand your organization. What are your values and what drives leadership and the employees to perform at an elite level? How do your processes embody these values? The organizations that link everyday pursuits and activities to the overarching values of the organization demonstrate increased overall effectiveness. It is not enough to communicate your values on websites or in an employee handbook. The day-to-day work and the processes and tools that you use to deliver value to your stakeholders and clients must be linked to the overall reason why the organization exists. 2. Be willing to learn, train, and grow, perhaps in unconventional ways. Continue to develop skill sets and have a platform for this. Many industry leaders are looking for training opportunities to ensure they are practicing cutting edge skills, both technical and non- technical, and the organizations that thrive are those that recognize the need for training in the skills that are linked to organizational success. 3. Message and position. Once you have a strong identity and a way to share this within your organization, share it with others. Having innovative offerings and training can be instrumental in recruiting and retention of strong employees and these solid practices combined with skilled employees will lead to better projects with desired clients. 4. Evolve as needed. Be resilient, open, forward thinking, and responsive. Often, especially during times of uncertainty, the organization’s ability to adapt to the evolving marketplace is more important than the organization’s ability to “get it right” out of the gate. As we enter this new year, let’s celebrate the opportunity to head into uncharted territory. It’s not an easy task to work though the above-mentioned areas, but it will be transformational, contribute to ongoing success, and create more resilient organizations and an overall more resilient AEC landscape. Increased resilience will create new opportunities for people to contribute to the industry and will provide renewed confidence to organizational leaders that they can not only weather difficult times but that they can thrive on the challenges they bring. Investing in yourself and your teams to build on your strengths and expand skills will serve as a way to set yourself apart for clients, potential employees, current employees, and other stakeholders and we welcome the opportunity to support you in your journeys.

for the Future

Justin Smith, PE

JUSTIN SMITH, PE, is a consultant and advisor with Zweig Group that specializes in Project Management training and advisory services. As a member of Zweig’s training and advisory services team, Justin helps organizations bring clarity to expectations and processes in order to reinforce and enhance the Project Management function and strengthen the mid-career organizational core. Justin can be reached at [email protected].

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Zweig Group offers six awards programs specifically focused on architecture, engineering, planning, and environmental consulting firm achievement. Each award has a different focus; successful startups, rising stars in the industry, marketing excellence, overall firm success, best workplace practices, client experi- ence, and outstanding leadership. The Hot Firm List recognizes the 100 fastest-growing AEC firms in North America. Placement on the list is based entirely on revenue growth over the previous three-year period. Zweig Group looks at both dollar revenue growth and percentage revenue growth. Demographic >Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56

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