Awards and Nominations
Call for 2022 Awards Nominations
Coming in December 2021
Every year, the ASCE Orange County Branch invites nominations for Project and Individual Awards that recognize civil engineering projects and professionals for their achievements. Any number of applications may be submitted for each of the awards offered. Nominations should be made with the local Branch in which the individual or project is located. During the nominations period, please see the “Nomination Forms” along the right hand side of this page to make your nominations.
The awards are celebrated annually at the ASCE Orange County Branch Awards Dinner, selected from nominations made by the Branches, Younger Member Forum, Life Member Forum, Technical Groups, Committees, and individual members. All Project and Individual Award recipients will be automatically forwarded to the LA Section Awards Committee for an official nomination for an LA Section Award, to be presented in the following calendar year.
The award categories are as follows:
Project Award Categories
- Outstanding Airports and Ports Project
- Outstanding Architectural Engineering Project
- Outstanding Bikeways and Trails Project
- Outstanding Bridge Project
- Outstanding Community Improvement Project
- Outstanding Construction Project
- Outstanding Energy Project
- Outstanding Environmental Engineering Project
- Outstanding Flood Management Project
- Outstanding Geotechnical Project
- Outstanding Historical Renovation Project
- Outstanding Parks and Recreation Project
- Outstanding Roadways and Highways Project
- Outstanding Seismic Retrofit Project
- Outstanding Small Project
- Outstanding Structural Engineering Project
- Outstanding Sustainable Engineering Project
- Outstanding Transportation Project
- Outstanding Urban or Land Development Project
- Outstanding Water Project
- Outstanding Water/Wastewater Treatment Project
Individual Award Categories
- Excellence in Journalism
- Lifetime Achievement Award
- Outstanding ASCE Branch Officer
- Outstanding ASCE Faculty Advisor
- Outstanding ASCE Life Member
- Outstanding ASCE Practitioner Advisor
- Outstanding ASCE Section Officer
- Outstanding Civil Engineer in Community Service
- Outstanding Civil Engineer in Legislative Activities
- Outstanding Civil Engineer in the Private Sector
- Outstanding Civil Engineer in the Public Sector
- Outstanding Civil Engineering Student
- Outstanding YMF Officer
- Outstanding Younger Civil Engineer
- State Legislator of the Year
Committee Members
If you are a committee member helping with the selection of the Student Scholarship winners, click here.
If you are a committee member helping with the selection of the Awards Dinner winners, click here.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE 2020 WINNERS BELOW!
Nomination Forms
Contact
2020 Project Awards
Environmental Nature Center Preschool
Building 16
Yorba-Linda Town Center Project, Phases 1, 2, & 3
La Mesa Emergency Shelter
Bayside Drive Roadway Improvements
Silverado Creek Emergency Repair at Thisa Way
Santiago Creek at Modjeska Restoration and Roadside Stabilization
San Juan Creek Levee Improvements Phases IV, V, & VI
The Boardwalk
Edinger Avenue Bridge Replacement
Live Oak/Trabuco Canyon Roads Highway Safety Improvements Project
Uptown Newport Village
Old Towne West Metrolink Parking Structure
Fairmont Booster Pump Station
Borrego Wash Improvement Project
Cow Camp Road Bridge over Gobernadora Canyon
Lake Forest Civic Center Project
Rte 405, Culver Overcrossing Bicycle Striping and Signing Project
Smith Hall Renovation – Chapman University
2020 Individual Awards
Janelle Gonzalez
Marionne Philline Lapitan
Chirath "Chuck" Karunathilake
Gabreelle Gonzalez, P.E.
George A. Jurica, P.E.
Jeff Braun, P.E.
Representative Harley Rouda
Jeremy R. Squire, P.E.
Kathereen Shinkai, P.E.
Mobility 21
Douglas J. Sereno, P.E., F.ASCE
Dr. Lisa Star, Ph.D., P.E.
Lisa M. Penna, P.E., F.ASCE, QSD
Michael A. Kraman, P.E.
