D&B Receives Two ACEC New York 2023 Engineering Excellence Awards
Posted on April 11, 2023
The American Council of Engineering Companies of New York (ACECNY), the largest national organization of engineers engaged in the practice of consulting engineering, has presented D&B Engineers and Architects with two accolades in the 2023 Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA):
An EEA Gold Award in the Building/Technology Systems category for New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Marine Resources Headquarters at Nissequogue River State Park in Kings Park, NY
An EEA Silver Award in the Environmental category for Effluent Pump Station and Outfall Replacement Project at Belgrave Water Pollution Control District in Great Neck, NY.
In total, 86 projects were honored at the 56th Annual Engineering Excellence Awards Gala which took place at the Hilton Midtown in New York City on March 24, 2023.
Steven A. Fangmann, P.E. BCEE, President of D&B commented, “I am extremely pleased that outstanding performances by D&B teams on behalf of our Long Island clients have been recognized with an EEA Gold Award and an EEA Silver Award. Both are not only high visibility projects but are vitally important to their respective geographies. The ACEC New York 2023 Engineering Excellence Awards are highly coveted and valued throughout our industry and these two awards represent a great deal of hard work by our talented teams to make our communities better.”
The Engineering Excellence Awards are presented in recognition of projects that encompass both the public and private sector in a number of major categories: Studies, research, and consulting services; building/technology systems; structural systems; surveying and mapping technology; environmental; waste and storm water; water resources; transportation; energy; industrial and manufacturing processes and facilities; and special projects.
Each year, over 50 member firms submit projects that are judged on rigorous criteria that include complexity, innovation and value to society. These projects are judged by a panel of industry experts. In addition to celebrating among peers, the Engineering Excellence Awards program helps to publicize the many significant contributions consulting engineers make to the built environment throughout the world.
Brian E. Aitchison, RA, D&B Principal Architect (left) and Steven A. Fangmann, P.E., BCEE, D&B President (right) pose with winning poster of Nissequogue River State Park project at the ACEC NY EEA Gala.
Matthew Thogersen, P.E, D&B Associate (left) and Steven A. Fangmann, P.E., BCEE, D&B President (right) pose with silver-award winning poster detailing D&B’s Belgrave Water Pollution Control District project.
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The new 30,000-square-foot NYSDEC Division of Marine Resources (DMR) Facility, nestled within the limits of Nissequogue River State Park in Kings Park, New York, serves as a central hub for the DMR and their essential work to manage and conserve New York’s marine fisheries, shellfish and other protected marine life habitats. The only FDA-certified laboratory in New York State conducts vital research and testing to ensure shellfish harvested from NY waterways are safe for consumers as part of the State’s commercially important shellfish industry.
The 30,000-square-foot, two-story NYSDEC DMR facility is located at the entrance of Nissequogue River State Park. The headquarters features an adjacent 3,000-square-foot boat barn with two drive-through bays. The location provides ample storage for NYSDEC’s fleet of vessels along with access to the Long Island Sound.
Rainwater management, including bioswales, along with roof/ground mounted solar panel arrays and EV charging stations are integral LEED components of the facility. These features increase building efficiency, decrease operational costs while ensuring productivity, comfort, health and well-being for building occupants.
NYSDEC DMR’s FDA-evaluated and conforming (approved) lab features equipment to process and analyze thousands of plankton, shellfish and water samples annually to ensure that shellfish are safe for consumers in support of NY’s shellfish industry.
As part of initial project planning phases, four condemned structures laden with hazardous materials (asbestos, lead-based paint, PCB caulk), were demolished and removed to accommodate the new NYSDEC DMR Facility.
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Aerial photo depicting the Belgrave Water Pollution Control District Treatment Plant and Little Neck Bay during project construction. Shown in the photo is the Effluent Pump Station superstructure being constructed (center of photo) as well as the waterside operations for drilling operations (toward the top of the photo).
Aerial photo showing the waterside drilling operations just prior to the HDPE pipe pull through the borehole. Photo includes the 3,300 linear feet of 24-inch inner diameter HDPE pipe laid out in Little Neck Bay. See the following (from right to left): Disposal barge container for storage and disposal of drilling fluid and drill mud; floating barge containing drill rods, drilling mud dewatering equipment and generators; waterside drill rig on the steel trestle platform which is supported by steel pipe piles; floating work barge for staging of the crane, fuel storage tank and work offices; floating work barge for staging of the HDPE pipe and HDPE pipe fusing operations; floating equipment/storage barge; floating equipment/storage barge. A smaller work barge containing the diving equipment adjacent to the cofferdam is also shown (toward the bottom of the photo).
Photo depicting landside drilling operations during the reaming process. The drill rig is shown (in the middle of the photo) with the drill rods along the center. The drill rig control center is inside the trailer (toward the upper left of the photo), which houses the control and monitoring equipment for the rig. The steel casing pipe is also shown (at the bottom left of the photo).
Photo depicting the Effluent Pump Station superstructure. The finished floor elevation of 16.5 feet is above the 500-year flood elevation of the facility. The monorail beam through the double doors will allow operators to remove the pumps easily from the station by lifting the pump from the wet well with the traveling hoist and then lower it onto a vehicle/trailer that can be situated under the monorail beam on the exterior of the station.
Photo depicting the effluent diffuser before installation. The diffuser consists of a tee section of 24-inch inner diameter (30-inch outer diameter) DR9 HDPE pipe with a quantity of six, 6-inch diameter ports with duckbill diffuser valves for effluent mixing/dilution in Little Neck Bay. The ends of the tee section have PVC blind flanges to allow for future access into the diffuser section if necessary. The diffuser section was connected to the newly installed HDPE Outfall piping within the cofferdam with the open section toward the center of the photo.
The American Council of Engineering Companies of New York (ACECNY), the largest national organization of engineers engaged in the practice of consulting engineering, has presented D&B Engineers and Architects with two accolades in the 2023 Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA):
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