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By Amy Grothaus, Chair, Awards Committee, APWA-MN

The Minnesota Chapter is simply amazing!  Members of our chapter are bringing home a record 10 national awards this year from APWA.

Following is a list of our chapter’s  2014 National Award recipients:

 

 

• Diversity Exemplary Practices Award
  Latino Engineering and Academic Day (LEAD), Jon Rippke, Bolton & Menk, Inc.

• Excellence In Snow and Ice Control Award
  City of Bloomington
• Exceptional Performance Award, Journalism
   Municipal Engineering Resouce Guide, WSB & Associates   
• Technical Innovation Award
  Tablet Technology, City of Minneapolis
• Public Works Project of the Year, Transportation <$5 Million
  Cascade Avenue Reconstruction Project, City of River Falls, Haas Sons, Inc., & SEH, Inc.
• Public Works Project of the Year, Transportation $5-$25 Million
  Diverging Diamond Interchange Project, Metropolitan Airports Commission, CS McCrossan, & Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
• Public Works Project of the Year, Emergency Construction $5-$25 Million
  Haines Road Reconstruction Project, St. Louis County
• Harry S. Swearingen Award, Individual , Outstanding Chapter Achievement and Service
  Lee Gustafson, City of Minnetonka
• Harry S. Swearingen Award, Corporate, Outstanding Chapter Achievement and Service
  SEH, Inc.
• Professional Manager of the Year, Water Resources
  Randy Neprash, Stantec Consulting

Awards will be presented at the 2014 APWA Congress in Toronto this summer. If you are attending the conference, please make plans to attend the Awards Ceremony. Following the ceremony, the Chapter will be hosting an honorary toast for our recipients.  

Way to go Minnesota!  Ah-mazing!