WASHINGTON — Reaveley Engineers of Salt Lake City has earned a National Recognition Award for exemplary engineering achievement in the American Council of Engineering Companies’ (ACEC) 59th annual Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA). The award comes for the Canyon View Terrace Parking Structure at Utah State University in Logan, Utah.
With student enrollment on the rise, the university required a new parking facility ready for the current academic year. The site presented unique challenges due to proximity of new student housing on all sides, an academic building under construction, a state highway, and an existing utility tunnel. High seismic risk and an aggressive 12-month schedule made a traditional concrete parking structure design impractical.
Reaveley Engineers collaborated closely with architects Elliott Workgroup and Jacobsen Construction to develop a hybrid structural system combining hollow structural steel columns, buckling-restrained braces, and post-tensioned concrete floor slabs. The solution enhanced seismic resilience, reduced foundation requirements, and enabled bracing to be located internally, thereby protecting the utility tunnel while improving visibility and safety throughout the garage.
Other participating firms include Cache Landmark Engineering (civil); Envision Engineering (electrical), and KHI Mechanical.
Judging for the awards program took place in February and was conducted by a national 32-member panel of built environment leaders, along with experts from government, the media, and academia. Award criteria focused on uniqueness and originality, technical innovation, social and economic value, and excitement generated toward the engineering profession.
All 240 award winners—including 16 Honor Awards, eight Grand Awards, and the announcement of the prestigious Grand Conceptor Award for the year’s most outstanding overall engineering achievement—will take place at the 2026 EEA Gala on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, DC.
The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) is the business association of America’s engineering industry, representing more than 5,200 independent engineering firms and more than 600,000 professionals throughout the United States engaged in the development of America’s transportation, water, and energy infrastructure, along with environmental, industrial, and other public and private facilities. Founded in 1906 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., ACEC is a national federation of 51 state and regional organizations.