AECOM’s Halley VI Research Station receives ASCE’s Outstanding Civil Engineering Award
AECOM (ACM), the world’s #1-ranked engineering design firm, announced today that one of AECOM’s projects, the Halley VI Antarctic Research Station, received the 2015 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement (OCEA) award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) as part of the society’s Outstanding Projects and Leaders program at an awards dinner in Arlington, Va.
The OCEA award was established in 1960 to honor the project that best illustrates superior civil engineering skills and represents a significant contribution to civil engineering progress and society. Honoring an overall project, rather than an individual, the award recognizes the contributions of many engineers.
The Halley VI Antarctic Research Station, located on the Brunt Ice Shelf, Antarctica, is one of the most challenging and technically complex buildings ever delivered, in the harshest climate on Earth. AECOM produced a compelling concept design for a sustainable research station that offered ease of delivery, construction, operation and decommissioning. It is the world’s first fully re-locatable Antarctic base. Built on an ice shelf that moves over 1,300 feet per year, the station can be relocated inland as the ice shelf moves out to sea.
The project team also included Hugh Broughton Architects and Galliford Try International, the main contractor.
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AECOM is a premier, fully integrated professional and technical services firm positioned to design, build, finance and operate infrastructure assets around the world for public- and private-sector clients. With nearly 100,000 employees — including architects, engineers, designers, planners, scientists and management and construction services professionals — serving clients in over 150 countries around the world, AECOM is ranked as the #1 engineering design firm by revenue in Engineering News-Record magazine’s annual industry rankings, and has been recognized by Fortune magazine as a World’s Most Admired Company. The firm is a leader in all of the key markets that it serves, including transportation, facilities, environmental, energy, oil and gas, water, high-rise buildings and government. AECOM provides a blend of global reach, local knowledge, innovation and technical excellence in delivering customized and creative solutions that meet the needs of clients’ projects. A Fortune 500 firm, AECOM companies, including URS Corporation and Hunt Construction Group, had revenue of approximately $19 billion during the 12 months ended Dec. 31, 2014. More information on AECOM and its services can be found at www.aecom.com.
