2007 ASCE Region 9 Award Recipients

Project of the Year

Garden Grove Freeway (SR-22) HOV Lane Design-Build Project (Los Angeles Section)

Orange County Transportation Authority

Sustainable Technology Project of the Year

Liberty Station (Naval Training Center) (San Diego Section)  

Corky McMillin Companies     

Architectural Engineering Project of the Year

Golden Gate Park Music Concourse Rehabilitation (San Francisco Section)

San Francisco Department of Public Works

Water Project of the Year

Rancho Penasquitos Pressure Control and Hydroelectric Facility (San Diego Section)     

San Diego County Water Authority

Water Project of the Year, Honorable Mention

Hemet Water Filtration Plant (Los Angeles Section)    

Eastern Municipal Water District

Transportation Project of the Year

Amtrak Extension (Sacramento Section)

Sacramento Regional Transit District

Environmental Project of the Year

Storm Water Treatment Pilot Studies at Lake Tahoe (Sacramento Section)

California Department of Transportation

Bridge Project of the Year

Camino del Sur Bridge over Lusardi Creek (San Diego Section)

City of San Diego

Bridge Project of the Year, Honorable Mention  

State Route 128 Russian River Bridge in Geyserville (San Francisco Section)

Caltrans

Excellence in Journalism Award

Tony Bizjak

Sacramento Bee

Excellence in Journalism Award - Graphics

Nathaniel Levine

Sacramento Bee

Excellence in Journalism Award, Honorable Mention

Steve Schmidt

San Diego Union Tribune

Outstanding Civil Engineer In Community Service

Cung Nguyen (Los Angeles Section)

Lifetime Achievement Award

Jack W. Rolston (Los Angeles Section)

Outstanding Civil Engineer in Private Sector

Curtis Edwards (San Diego Section)

Michael Thornton (Los Angeles Section)

Outstanding Civil Engineer in the Public Sector

Yazmin Arellano (San Diego Section)

Outstanding Civil Engineering Faculty Advisor

Dr. Jesus Larralde-Muro (San Francisco Section)

Dr. Ayman Mosallam (Los Angeles Section)

Outstanding Civil Engineering Student

Collette Buzzone (San Francisco Section)

Outstanding Civil Engineering Student, Honorable Mention

Lindsay Carolla (Sacramento Section)

Outstanding Section/Branch/ Younger Member Officer

David Schwegel (Sacramento Section)

Yazdan Emrani (Los Angeles Section)

Outstanding Younger Civil Engineer

Kimberly Hakola (San Diego Section)

Outstanding Younger Civil Engineer, Honorable Mention

Gary Gilbert (Los Angeles Section)

State Legislator of the Year

Senator Allen Lowenthal

Thanks to the 2007 Region 9 Awards Committee:

Jennifer Epp, P.E., Chair, Region 9 Governor

Greg Zeiss, P.E., (Sacramento Section)

Rich Haller, P.E., and Mark Norton, P.E. (Los Angeles Section)

Dennis Metaxas, P.E., (San Francisco Section)

Tim Murphy, P.E., (San Diego Section)