Entry Information
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 Best New Construction

• Small Project Excellence Award
  Tipping Mar + Associates, Berkeley - Orinda City Hall
  
• Small Project Certificate of Merit
  SDSE Structural Engineers, San Diego – The Estate “Suncatch
  
• Small Project Certificate of Merit
  Holmes Culley, San Francisco – Zen Spa and Observatory
  
• Large Project Excellence Award
  Arup, Los Angeles – Denver Art Museum
  
• Large Project Certificate of Merit
  Saiful/Bouquet Structural Engineers, Pasadena – Santa Monica College Theater Arts Building
  
• Large Project Certificate of Merit
  John A. Martin & Associates, Los Angeles – USC Galen Center & Athletic Pavilion

Best Retrofit/Alteration

• Small Project Excellence Award
  Barrish Pelham & Associates, Sacramento – Lincoln Adult School Restoration
  
• Large Project Excellence Award
  Roessler Design Group/Weidlinger Associates, Irvine – Seismic Retrofit, Orange Coast College
  
• Large Project Certificate of Merit
  Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Emeryville – State Bar Building of California
  
• Large Project Certificate of Merit
  Degenkolb Engineers, San Diego – High Tech Media Arts, NTC Building 83 Renovation
  

Best Historic Preservation

• Excellence Award
  Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Emeryville – Challenge Double-Header Wind-Engine Restoration
• Certificate of Merit
  Holmes Culley, San Francisco – Piers 11/2, 3 & 5         

Study/Research/Guidelines

• Excellence Award
  Rutherford & Chekene, San Francisco – FEMA 547: Seismic Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings
  
• Certificate of Merit
  MHP, Structural Engineers, Long Beach – GSA Steel Frame Bomb Blast & Progressive Collapse Test
  
• Certificate of Merit
  Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, Berkeley – ASCE 41 – Supplement No. 1      
  

Special Use Structures

• Excellence Award
  Saiful/Bouquet, Pasadena – Beverly Connection Tunnel
  
• Certificate of Merit
  Creegan + D’Angelo Engineers, San Francisco – Illinois Street Intermodal Bridge
  
• Certificate of Merit
  Arup, Los Angeles – Portland Aerial Tramway                                                    

Landmark Structures

• Excellence Award
  Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, San Francisco – The New Beijing Poly Plaza
  
• Certificate of Merit
  John A. Martin & Associates, Los Angeles – Orange County Performing Arts Center Concert Hall    

• Certificate of Merit
  Coffman Engineers, Encino – Seismic Isolation – LART Management Center

Best Use of New Technology in Retrofit/Alteration

• Excellence Award
  Integrated Design Services, Irvine – Seismic Strengthening – Parking Lot
• Certificate of Merit
  Saiful/Bouquet, Pasadena – Webb Tower, USC

Best Use of Conventional Technologies in New Construction

• Excellence Award
  Lionakis Beaumont Design, Sacramento – Foresthill High School
• Certificate of Merit
  Degenkolb Engineers, San Diego – Carson/Tahoe Hospital
• Certificate of Merit
  Nabih Youssef & Associates, Los Angeles – La Jolla Playhouse

Best Use of Conventional Technologies in a Building Retrofit

• Excellence Award
  Nishkian Menninger, San Francisco – One Powell Street
• Certificate of Merit
  Degenkolb Engineers, San Francisco – Ritz Carlton Club and Residences
• Certificate of Merit
  Tipping Mar, Berkeley – Seismic Retrofit – Post-tensioned Walls

Best Historic Preservation

• Excellence Award
  Nabih Youssef & Associates – Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament
• Certificate of Merit
  Structural Focus, Gardena – Fresno Santa Fe Depot

Study/Research/Guidelines

• Certificate of Merit
  DASSE Design, San Francisco – AISC Design Guide 20         

Special Recognition

• Certificate of Merit
  Tipping Mar, Berkeley – Straw Bale Housing
• Certificate of Merit
  Certus Consulting, Oakland – Indonesia Tsunami Rebuilding  

• Excellence Award
  Rutherford & Chekene, Oakland – J. David Gladstone Institutes
  
• Certificate of Merit
  Miyamoto International, West Sacramento – CSUS – Academic Information Center
  

Best Use of New Technology in Retrofit/Alteration

• Certificate of Merit
  Saiful/Bouquet, Pasadena – Palo Alto Office Complex
  
• Certificate of Merit
  Integrated Design Services, Irvine – Retrofit of Concrete Waffle Slab Using FRP
  

Best Use of Conventional Technology in New Building Construction

• Excellence Award
  Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, San Francisco – Raycom Info Tech Park Tower 
  
• Certificate of Merit
  Hope Engineering, San Diego – Biogen Idec – NIMO
  
• Certificate of Merit
  Buehler & Buehler, Sacramento – Beale AFB Dormitory
  

Best Use of Conventional Technologies in a Building Retrofit

• Excellence Award
  Hess Engineering, Los Alamitos – Torrance Garage & Podium Retrofit
  

Best Historic Preservation

• Certificate of Merit
  Integrated Design Services, Irvine – Historic Preservation – 8 East Figueroa
  

Landmark Structures

• Excellence Award
  Miyamoto International, West Sacramento – Hollywood Bowl
  

Special Use Structures

• Excellence Award
  Advanced Structures, Inc., Los Angeles – Desert Bloom Porte Cochere
  
• Certificate of Merit
  Simon Wong Engineering, San Diego - El Rancho Road Missile Transport
  

Study/Research/Guidelines

• Excellence Award
  Weidlinger Associates, Santa Monica – WTC Structural Engineering Investigation  
  Certificate of Merit
  Integrated Design Services, Irvine – Experimental Seismic Assessment – UCLA  
  

• Excellence in Engineering
  Arup San Francisco—Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Santa Clara
• Certificate of Merit
  Arup Los Angeles—San Bernardino Valley College, San Bernardino, for performance-based design: College building utilizing unbonded braces.

Best Use of New Technology in Retrofit/Alteration

• Excellence in Engineering
  Forell/Elsesser Engineers, Inc., San Francisco—San Francisco Asian Art Museum
• Certificate of Merit
  Stedman & Dyson, San Diego—Bachelors Enlisted Quarters Renovation, Building 26, Naval Medical Center, San Diego

Best Use of Conventional Technology in New Building Construction

• Excellence in Engineering
  KPFF San Diego—Renaissance Towers in San Diego
• Certificate of Merit
  Buehler & Buehler, Sacramento—California Teachers Association Governmental Building

Best Use of Conventional Technologies in a Building Retrofit

• Excellence in Engineering
  Middlebrook & Louie, San Francisco—215 Fremont Street, San Francisco
• Certificate of Merit
  OLMM Consulting Engineers—Police Administration Building, San Jose—Seismic Strengthening

Best Historic Preservation

• Excellence in Engineering
  DASSE Design, San Francisco—San Mateo Fire Station #21 Renovation
• Certificate of Merit
  Curry Price Court, San Diego—North Park Theater University Avenue, San Diego

Landmark Structures Award

• Excellence in Engineering
  Walter P. Moore Engineers, Atlanta, Georgia—Reliant Stadium Houston Texas—NFL’s first retractable roof stadium
• CCertificate of Merit
  Arup San Francisco—Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio

Special Use Structures Award

• Excellence in Engineering
  Carter & Burgess, Inc., Las Vegas—Las Vegas Monorail, Sahara Station and Connector
• Certificate of Merit
  C+D Consulting and Civil Structural Engineers, San Francisco—Rock Climbing Structure
  

2002-2003

• Degenkolb Engineers:
  SDSU Chemistry/ Geology Building Renovation
• KPFF Consulting Engineers:
  Renaissance
• Stedman & Dyson Engineers:
  Bachelor Enlisted Quarters (BEQ) Renovation, Building 26
  

2001-2002

• Core City Pacific
  Ove Arup & Partners
  
• Miller Park
  Ove Arup & Partners
  
• Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels
  Nabih Yousseft Associates
  
• South Bay Tower
  Saiful/Bouguet Structural Engineers
  

2000-2001

• The Overall Excellence Award
  The Hass Pavilion submitted by Forell/Elsesser Engineers
  
• High Performance Design with Friction Damped Frames
  Tipping Mar & Associates
  
• William Penn Hotel Seismic Rehabilitation
  Curry Price Court
  
• Staples Center
  John A. Martin & Associates
  
• Golden Gateway Center - Seismic Retrofit
  Saiful/Bouquet Consulting Structural
  

1999-2000

• The New International Terminal at San Francisco Airport
  Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, San Francisco
  
• Hearst Memorial Mining Building
  Rutherford & Chekene, Berkeley
  
• The I. Magnin Building: Seismic Strengthening
  Tipping Mar + associates, Oakland
  

1998-1999

• Eiffel Tower II, Las Vegas
  John A. Martin and Associates
  John A. Martin, Jr. 213-483-6490
  
• The Money Store Headquarters, West Sacramento
  Marr Shaffer & Miyamoto, Inc.
  Kit Miyamoto 916-567-0793
  
• One Market Renovation, San Francisco
  Steven Tipping + Associates
  David Marr 510-549-1906
  

1997-1998

• Pacific Place
  by Steven Tippen & Associates
  
• Administration Building Seismic Retrofit
  California State University Los Angeles
  by Brandow & Johnson Associates
  
• The Tree of Life
  by Walt Disney Imagineering
  
• University Events Center
  California State University Long Beach
  by John A. Martin and Associates, Inc.
  

1996-1997

• Los Angeles Convention Center Addition
  John A. Martin and Associates, Inc.
  
• San Diego California Temple
  Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
  Atkinson, Johnson & Spurrier, Inc.
  
• Recreation Sports, Physical Education & Events Center
  California Polytechnic State University
  E.G. Hirsch & Associates
  

1995-1996 -- Outstanding Award

• Fiber Reinforced Plastic Model Range Arch
  San Diego
  Travis, Verdugo, Curry & Associates
  
• Seismic Retrofit of the United States Court of Appeals
  San Francisco
  Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
  
• San Francisco New Main Library
  OLMM Structural Design
  

1995-1996 -- Superior Award

• UCLA Royce Hall Seismic Renovation
  Los Angeles
  John A. Martin and Associates, Inc.
  
• Oakland City Hall Seismic Retrofit
  Forell/Elsesser Engineers, Inc.