IMEG of Madison has earned a National Recognition Award for exemplary engineering achievement in the American Council of Engineering Companies’ (ACEC) 58th annual Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA). The award comes for a new public library in Oregon. IMEG provides full-service engineering design services from 94 offices across the U.S.
IMEG provided structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection engineering design and technology services for the 31,000-square-foot library, which is three times the size of its predecessor. The project team worked with the village of Oregon and library board to prioritize sustainability features, even after a site change and inflation necessitated a cost-reduction process.
The project features 129 solar panels in a rooftop array, a geothermal bore field for heating and cooling, a lighting system that is 63% more efficient than code and restoration of the property’s prairies, which use native vegetation for stormwater control. Compared with the former library, the new facility offers more programs and services, and it has more than doubled the number of visitors.
The project is eligible for additional honors as part of 194 entries this year representing engineering excellence from throughout the nation and the world. Judging for the awards program took place in February and was conducted by a national 32-member panel of built environment leaders, along with experts from government, the media, and academia. Award criteria focused on originality, technical innovation, social and economic value, and generating excitement for the engineering profession.
Recognition of all award winners — including 16 Honor Awards, eight Grand Awards, and the Grand Conceptor Award for the year’s most outstanding overall engineering achievement — will take place at the EEA Gala, to be held in Washington, D.C. on May 20.
