ACEC/MA Announces Environmental Partners Group Inc. as winner of Silver Engineering Excellence Award

QUINCY, Mass. - July 20, 2016 - PRLog -- The American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts (ACEC/MA) has named Environmental Partners Group, Inc. as a winner of their 2016 Silver Engineering Excellence Award for work on the Complex River Crossing and Pipe Jacking Caps Six-Mile Interceptor Sewer Program in Framingham, Massachusetts.

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.

Environmental Partners Group, Inc., located in Quincy, Massachusetts, provided construction administration and resident engineering services and assisted the Town of Framingham and the contractor in overcoming numerous construction and community challenges associated with the capstone project.  This project is part of the Town's overall sewer program involving the replacement of an aged 15-inch VC siphon sewer across the Sudbury River and below the foundations of an Army Corps flood gate.

"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 Islandengineering 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