ACEC/MA Announces Louis Berger as 2016 winner of Bronze Engineering Excellence Award

MORRISTOWN, N.J. - June 3, 2016 - PRLog -- The American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts (ACEC/MA) has named Louis Berger (http://www.louisberger.com/) as a winner of their 2016 Bronze Engineering Excellence Award for work on the Bridge No. 456 Replacement I-195 Ramp over Warren Ave. project in East Providence, Rhode Island.

The 2016 Engineering Excellence Awards were announced at the recent ACEC/MA Engineering Excellence and Awards Gala with emcees MA State Senator Karen Spilka and MA Secretary of Transportation Stephanie Pollack.

Louis Berger, headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey, was retained by the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) to implement a variety of Accelerated Bridge Construction techniques on the 57-year-old three-span bridge located at the on-ramp to Interstate 195 westbound.  The accelerated bridge construction (ABC) techniques, which in their totality were new to the RIDOT, significantly reduced bridge closure time from 11 months to 22 days.

"The winning projects exemplify ingenuity and professionalism and represent the breadth of engineering's contribution to our everyday lives," said ACEC/MA President David Vivilecchia. "They are outstanding examples of how engineers connect communities, provide safe and reliable water and energy, and make our buildings safe and efficient. The professional engineers and their colleagues at our member firms are dedicated to working on quality infrastructure, which wouldn't otherwise exist. These outstanding projects are but a few examples of the quality work designed by Massachusetts and Rhode Island engineering firms."

About ACEC/MA
The American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts (ACEC/MA) is the business association of the Massachusetts and Rhode Island engineering industry, representing over 120 independent engineering companies engaged in the development of transportation, environmental, industrial, and other infrastructure. Founded in 1960 and headquartered in Boston, MA, ACEC/MA is a member organization of the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) based in Washington, DC.  ACEC is a national federation of 51 state and regional organizations. For more information on ACEC/MA, visit their website at www.acecma.org. ACEC/MA is undertaking an awareness campaign to educate the public on the many contributions engineers make (or the engineering innovations) in everyday life through their hash tag#EngineeringGoFigure. To Follow us on Twitter:  @ACECMA

About Louis Berger
Louis Berger (http://www.louisberger.com/) is a $1 billion global professional services corporation that helps infrastructure and development clients solve their most complex challenges. We are a trusted partner to national, state and local government agencies; multilateral institutions; and commercial industry clients worldwide. By focusing on client needs to deliver quality, safe, financially-successful projects with integrity, we are committed to deliver on our promise to provide Solutions for a better world.

Louis Berger operates on every habitable continent. We have a long-standing presence in more than 50 nations, represented by the multidisciplinary expertise of 6,000 engineers, economists, scientists, managers and planners.